La afiliación de extranjeros crece más de un 7% en el último año, hasta los 3.090.000 cotizantes de media

The Social Security has registered 3,067,780 foreign affiliates in September if the calendar effect is discounted. One more month, the number of workers from other countries exceeds three million, after adding more than 200,000 workers in the last twelve months (202,694), which represents a +7.07% year-on-year variation.

In the original series, average affiliation, the number of workers from other countries is 3,088,341, which means a growth of +7.1% year-on-year, almost five points above the total affiliation, which has experienced an increase of +2.4% in the last year.

The autonomous communities that lead the growth are Asturias (20.8%), Galicia (14.8%) and Castilla y León (13%), which were in turn the ones that had the highest average age in Spain in 2024 according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

In any case, the number of foreign affiliates, which on average represents 14.2% of the total number of affiliates, in the aforementioned communities is 7.3% in Asturias, 10.4% in Castilla y León and 7% in Galicia.

“Employment grows above average among foreigners due to their age structure, and it does so especially in the autonomous communities where it is most needed, which is excellent news,” said Minister Elma Saiz.

On the other hand, women already represent 43.2% of the total number of foreign workers, with 1,333,863 foreign affiliates to the system.

General and autonomous regime

In line with the situation of native workers, 83.9% of foreign affiliates are covered by the General Social Security System, with 2,591,246 workers.

They have a particularly significant weight in the Hospitality sector, where they represent one in three employed (29.7% of participants), but also in Agriculture (26.2%), Construction (22.5%) and both Administrative Activities and Transport, where they are more than 17% of workers.

As an indicator of the diversification of occupations by the collective, its growth can be seen in more and more sectors. This is the case of Transport, where its presence has grown by 31.6%, Water Supply (14%), Trade (12.1%), Financial Activities (8.3%), Administrative Activities (7.7%), Health Activities (7.3%), and Professional and Scientific-Technical Activities (5.7%). 
Morocco, with more than 350,000 contributors, is the country that provides the most workers, followed by Romania (337,000) and Colombia (253,000).
Record growth of foreign self-employed workers

The affiliation of self-employed workers from other countries reached a new peak in September: 490,717 people, 6.8% more than a year ago. Its growth is well above the average of the group of affiliates, whose growth has been 1.1%
This growth is even more relevant in highly qualified sectors: in the last year, the number of foreign self-employed workers has increased by 27.9% in Information and Communications, in Energy Supply, 24.3%, and 18.5% in Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities.

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