According to an article published by El Mundo this morning, the rise in women’s employment in Spain last year was the highest among European Union member states.

The number of women workers in Spain rose by 4.6 percent, significantly higher than the EU average of just 1.1 percent.

Italy and Greece rank just behind Spain with rises of 4.3 and 4.1 percent respectively, followed by Ireland (3.3 percent), Luxemburg (1.6 percent) and the UK (1.2 percent). None of the other EU member states reached the EU average of 1.1 percent.

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