Spain's unemployment rate falls in 2022 despite difficult year
STORY: Spain's unemployment rate falls in 2022 despite difficult year
DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:09
LOCATION: Madrid
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
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1. various of different kind of jobs in Spain
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Spain ended 2022 with 2,837,653 people registered as unemployed, the least since 2007, according to data published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy on Wednesday.
The Ministry confirmed that the number of people registered as out of work fell by 43,727 during December, leading to a total fall of 268,252 over the year.
Despite the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and rising energy prices, 2022 was also a good year for job creation, with 471,360 new jobs created. Spain ended the year with a record of 20,296,217 people affiliated to its social security system.
"The latest data of affiliation to the social security system shows that the year that just ended has been very positive for employment, despite the complicated international situation," commented Jose Luis Escriva, the Minister for
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