Average of 1,966.699 foreign citizens contributing to Spanish Social Security system in January

Over the last decade, this percentage has only been bettered in October (8.62%) and December 2018 (8.43%). Specifically, 151,607 more people are in work than in January 2018.

The number of foreign contributors has fallen by 1.31% month-on-month, in other words, 26,150 fewer workers than in December.

The largest groups of foreign workers paying in to the Social Security system come from Romania (335,344), Morocco (253,009), Italy (109,906) and China (103,479). These countries are followed by Ecuador (70,644), the United Kingdom (64,792), Colombia (61,834), Bulgaria (58,278) and Portugal (52,015).

Autonomous regions

In month-on-month terms, the number of foreign contributors to the Spanish Social Security system rose in Andalusia (up 0.72%), Castile-La Mancha (up 0.29%) and La Rioja (up 0.24%). It fell in all other regions, headed up by Extremadura (down 7.45%), the Region of Valencia (down 3.37%) and Cantabria (down 3.08%).

Of the total number of foreign workers contributing to the Spanish Social Security system in January 2018, 807,430 are from EU countries while 1,159,268 are from further afield.

The majority of foreign citizens are registered under the General Regime: 1,638,323 in total, a figure that includes the Special System for Agricultural Workers (230,071) and the Special System for Domestic Workers (172,872). This is followed by the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (324,702), the Special Regime for Seamen (3,610) and the Special Regime for Coal Workers (65).

Of the total foreign citizens contributing to the Spanish system, 1,115,086 are men and 851,613 are women.

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