Spain unemployment rate hits 20%
People in line at a government employment office in Madrid The unemployment rate in Spain has risen sharply during the downturn

Spain's unemployment rate has hit 20% for the first time in nearly 13 years, official figures have shown.

There were 4,612,700 people unemployed in the country at the end of March, the national statistics agency INE said.

Spain's jobless rate has risen sharply during the economic downturn and is the highest in the eurozone.


SPAIN - CHAMPION OF HAVING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE PER HEAD OF POPULATION ON THE DOLE

They don't look after foreigners like England does either.

If your English and your unemployed over there you get diddly squat.

What about filthy bull fighting [>o]