Social Security adds 25,184 foreign members in June, surpassing three million

Social Security registered 3,096,015 foreign affiliates , after adding 25,184 contributors in June, according to a report from the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration on Monday.

Of these, 1,753,391 are men and 1,342,624 are women, representing 43.4% of the total number of foreign workers. Eighty-four percent of foreign contributors are registered with the General Social Security System, with 2,602,680 members. The sectors with the highest number of workers from other countries are: hospitality (29.3%), agriculture (26.6%), construction (22.3%), administrative activities (17.2%), real estate activities (14.8%), and high-value-added sectors such as information and communications (12.2%), artistic activities (11.2%), and scientific and technical activities (10%).

Over the past 12 months, foreign employment grew by 6.8%, exceeding this figure in ten sectors. In Transportation and Storage, it was 26.5%; in Water Supply, 12%; in Agriculture, 10.5%; Construction, 10.1%; in Manufacturing, 8.9%; and in Administrative Activities, 8.5%.

Of the total, 31% are workers from European Union countries. By country, the largest number of contributors comes from Morocco, followed by Romania, Colombia, Italy, Venezuela, and China.

Social Security also highlighted the growth in foreign registrations under the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA), with a record 486,894 people, 6.8% more than a year ago.

This growth has skyrocketed in highly skilled sectors. Last year, the number of self-employed foreign workers increased by 30.6% in Information and Communications and by 17.6% in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Activities.

The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz , emphasized that "Spain needs the talent and contributions" of foreign workers and added that this growth indicates that the country is built "on the contributions and efforts of all workers, regardless of nationality, and strengthens us as a society."