More than a quarter of the more than 4 million jobs created in Spain in the last 20 years have been located in the Community of Madrid, specifically 26.03%, far ahead of Andalusia and Catalonia, which are close to 17 %. and the Valencian Community, with 9.08% of the total. Comparing the data recently published by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, corresponding to December 31, 2023, with those for the end of 2003, published by the then Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, it is observed that currently there are 4,143 ,481 more people working than 20 years ago.
That means an increase of 24.98%, from 16,589,561 members at the end of 2003, with José María Aznar in Moncloa, to 20,733,042 at the end of 2023, with Pedro Sánchez at the head of the Government. This average increase of 24.98% has been exceeded in six communities: Madrid (41.99%), the Balearic Islands (35.65%), Murcia (30.67%), Castilla-La Mancha (29.02%), Canary Islands (27.57%) and Andalusia (26.17%). ), as well as in Melilla (54.58%) and Ceuta (32.98%).
Also in nine other provinces – there are 12 including Madrid, the Balearic Islands and Murcia -: Guadalajara, which leads employment growth in this period – after Melilla – with 52.12%, Almería (41.78%), Málaga (38. 58%), Toledo (52.12%), Las Palmas (27.60%), Santa Cruz Tenerife (27.54%), Girona (27.27%), Alicante (26.35%) and Seville (25 ,Four. Five%). On the contrary, the three communities in the northwest third of the peninsula and several provinces of depopulated Spain have registered growth, yes, but much lower.
These communities are Asturias (4.62%), Galicia (12.17%) and Castilla y León (12.90%), while the provinces with the lowest growth in membership since 2003 – the six that are below 10 %, seven counting Asturiasson Lugo (1.91%), Ourense (3.86%), Zamora (6.09%), León (6.70%), Cáceres (7%) and Castelló (9.88% ).
More than a million new jobs in Madrid
Of the 4.1 million new Social Security affiliates in those 20 years, Madrid has contributed 1,078,465 (26.03%), Andalusia 697,948 (16.84%), Catalonia 691,302 (16.68%) and the Valencian Community 376,287 (9.08%). With these increases, Catalonia continues to be the community with the most members, 3,688,792, only 42,101 more than Madrid – 20 years ago the difference was 429,264 -, which totals 3,646,691, followed by Andalusia (3,364,458) and the Community Valencian (2,116,693).
20 years ago, Catalonia accounted for 18.07% of all employment in Spain – only the province of Barcelona accounted for 13.56% -, Andalusia 16.07%, Madrid 15.84% and the Valencian Community 10. .49%. However, Madrid currently occupies second place and has come closer to only 20 hundredths, 17.59% compared to 17.79% in Catalonia, Andalusia has risen slightly to 16.23% and the Valencian Community has fallen slightly at 10.21%.