Spain: Immigrants registered in social security:
01 January 2003
In the month of January 2003, one out of every two persons who registered in the social security system was a foreign worker from a non-EU country (14,646 out of 27,371). This figure reflects the great importance that the contribution of the migrant labour force has on the renewal of the active population in Spain. At the end of January, the number of foreigners in the social security system was 846,252, of which 179,604 came from the European Union and 666,648 from other countries. In the last twelve months, the rate of growth of the latter group of workers was 45.55%.