The unemployment rate was estimated at 5.9%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage points lower compared to the second quarter of 2024, the National Statistics Institute (INE) announced on Wednesday.
In the second quarter of 2025, the employed population (5,248.3 thousand people) increased by 1.3% (66.9 thousand) compared to the previous quarter and by 2.9% (148.4 thousand) relative to the same quarter in 2024.
The proportion of the employed population working from home, using information and communication technologies, was 20.9% (1,095.8 thousand people), the same as in the first quarter of 2025 and 0.6 percentage points higher than in the second quarter of 2024.
The unemployed population, estimated at 329.5 thousand people, decreased by 9.9% (36.3 thousand) from the previous quarter and by 0.8% (2.5 thousand) year-on-year.
The unemployment rate was estimated at 5.9%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage points lower compared to the second quarter of 2024.
Labor underutilization covered 573.1 thousand people, reflecting a decrease of 8.8% (55.3 thousand) from the previous quarter and 2.4% (14.3 thousand) year-on-year. The corresponding labor underutilization rate, estimated at 10.1%, decreased by 1.0 percentage points from the previous quarter and by 0.5 percentage points year-on-year.
The inactive population aged 16 and over (3,753.0 thousand) increased by 0.1% (2.2 thousand) compared to the previous quarter and decreased by 0.1% (2.6 thousand) year-on-year.
