Economically Active Population Survey
National results
Persons between 16 and 74 years of age born abroad, who have encountered obstacles in Spain that have prevented them from having a job appropriate to their professional training (1), according to the main obstacle encountered, by country of birth.
Unidades: Thousands Persons, %

	Absolute values								Percentage								
	Total	Lack of language skills in host country language(s)	Lack of recognition of formal qualification obtained abroad	Restricted right to work because of citizenship or residence permit	Discrimination on the grounds of foreign origin	No suitable job available	Other obstacle	No answer/Don't know	Total	Lack of language skills in host country language(s)	Lack of recognition of formal qualification obtained abroad	Restricted right to work because of citizenship or residence permit	Discrimination on the grounds of foreign origin	No suitable job available	Other obstacle	No answer/Don't know	
Total	1.330,6	161	287,8	153,2	64,1	223,8	407,9	32,6	100	12,1	21,63	11,52	4,82	16,82	30,66	2,45	
Europe	346,8	59,7	80,7	19,9	20,3	70,2	82,3	13,7	100	17,21	23,28	5,73	5,87	20,24	23,72	3,94	
Latin America	644,7	4,5	177,6	88,9	30,4	104,1	225,4	13,8	100	0,7	27,54	13,78	4,71	16,15	34,96	2,15	
Rest of the world	339,1	96,8	29,5	44,5	13,4	49,5	100,3	5,1	100	28,56	8,71	13,12	3,95	14,59	29,57	1,51	
Notas:
These are people who have sometime worked in Spain or have searched for a job within the national territory
Fuente: National Statistics Institute