Over 300,000 Moroccans benefit from Spain’s social security

Over 300,000 Moroccans benefit from Spain’s social security
Thursday 19 May 2022 - 10:47

Over 300,000 Moroccans benefited from Spain’s social security system by the end of April, according to the Spanish Ministry of Integration, Social Security, and Immigration.

Moroccans still top the list of non-EU foreign workers paying social security contributions in Spain, with 300,329 members, followed by the Chinese (108,795) and Venezuelans (108,765).

Among foreigners, Romanians ranked first (340,641), followed by Moroccans (300,329) and Italians (150,678).

The Spanish Social Security registered 2,354,514 foreign members in April, an increase of 55,689 people (+2.4%).

Additionally, 828,034 people were from EU countries (35.2%) and 1,526,480 from outside the EU (64.8%).

Last month, a total of 289,548 Moroccans were benefiting from Spain’s social security system.

According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), a total of 879,943 Moroccans were legally established in Spain earlier this year, an increase of 0.8% (+7,184 people) compared to last year.

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