# Employment rate in Barcelona province

Employment rate in Barcelona province was 57.34% in Q2 2026. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

- Indicator id: `employment_rate`
- Place id: `es-prov-08`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Employed people as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 20 to 64 (EU headline indicator).
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Encuesta de Población Activa: tasas de actividad, paro y empleo por provincia (tabla 65349) (https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=65349)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)
- Citation: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Encuesta de Población Activa: tasas de actividad, paro y empleo por provincia (tabla 65349). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=65349. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employment-rate/barcelona-province
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employment-rate/barcelona-province.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employment_rate&place=es-prov-08

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2026-Q2 | 57.34 |
| 2026-Q1 | 56.12 |
| 2025-Q4 | 56.89 |
| 2025-Q3 | 57.28 |
| 2025-Q2 | 57.71 |
| 2025-Q1 | 56.77 |
| 2024-Q4 | 56.83 |
| 2024-Q3 | 56.99 |
| 2024-Q2 | 56.65 |
| 2024-Q1 | 56.87 |
| 2023-Q4 | 57.58 |
| 2023-Q3 | 57.1 |
| 2023-Q2 | 56.59 |
| 2023-Q1 | 54.62 |
| 2022-Q4 | 54.76 |
| 2022-Q3 | 56.09 |
| 2022-Q2 | 55.67 |
| 2022-Q1 | 54.66 |
| 2021-Q4 | 55.69 |
| 2021-Q3 | 54.84 |
| 2021-Q2 | 53.8 |
| 2021-Q1 | 53.36 |
| 2020-Q4 | 52.97 |
| 2020-Q3 | 52.4 |
| 2020-Q2 | 51.25 |
| 2020-Q1 | 54.91 |
| 2019-Q4 | 55.24 |
| 2019-Q3 | 54.75 |
| 2019-Q2 | 54.86 |
| 2019-Q1 | 54.98 |
| 2018-Q4 | 54.87 |
| 2018-Q3 | 54.59 |
| 2018-Q2 | 54.61 |
| 2018-Q1 | 54.24 |
| 2017-Q4 | 54.52 |
| 2017-Q3 | 54.13 |
| 2017-Q2 | 53.65 |
| 2017-Q1 | 53.37 |
| 2016-Q4 | 53.15 |
| 2016-Q3 | 53.17 |
| 2016-Q2 | 52.72 |
| 2016-Q1 | 51.77 |
| 2015-Q4 | 51.32 |
| 2015-Q3 | 51.13 |
| 2015-Q2 | 50.7 |
| 2015-Q1 | 49.81 |
| 2014-Q4 | 50.33 |
| 2014-Q3 | 50.27 |
| 2014-Q2 | 50.11 |
| 2014-Q1 | 49.31 |
| 2013-Q4 | 49.42 |
| 2013-Q3 | 48.68 |
| 2013-Q2 | 47.68 |
| 2013-Q1 | 47.97 |
| 2012-Q4 | 48.23 |
| 2012-Q3 | 48.99 |
| 2012-Q2 | 49.64 |
| 2012-Q1 | 50.12 |
| 2011-Q4 | 51.06 |
| 2011-Q3 | 51.89 |
| 2011-Q2 | 52.78 |
| 2011-Q1 | 52.2 |
| 2010-Q4 | 52.69 |
| 2010-Q3 | 53.03 |
| 2010-Q2 | 52.72 |
| 2010-Q1 | 52.29 |
| 2009-Q4 | 52.85 |
| 2009-Q3 | 53.38 |
| 2009-Q2 | 53.04 |
| 2009-Q1 | 53.95 |
| 2008-Q4 | 56.89 |
| 2008-Q3 | 58.36 |
| 2008-Q2 | 59.69 |
| 2008-Q1 | 59.38 |
| 2007-Q4 | 60.07 |
| 2007-Q3 | 59.09 |
| 2007-Q2 | 59.23 |
| 2007-Q1 | 58.99 |
| 2006-Q4 | 58.85 |
| 2006-Q3 | 58.91 |