For the second month running, Moroccans are the largest group of foreign workers contributing to Spain’s social security system, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.
With 358,371 affiliates at the end of May, almost 11,500 more than in April, Moroccans are the largest group of foreigners employed and contributing to social security, ahead of workers from Romania (351,890 contributors), the ministry said in a statement.
Workers from Morocco and Romania are followed by affiliates from Colombia (205,890), Italy (194,182), Venezuela (157,784) and China (157,784), the same source added.
The number of foreign social security affiliates reached a new record of 2,882,967 employees, after increasing by 77,912 in May, according to the ministry.
Since December 2019, before the impact of the Covid-19-related pandemic, the number of foreign contributors has risen by 627,864.
Of the total number of foreign affiliates at the end of the fifth month of the year, 925,282 were from EU countries (32.1%) and 1,957,685 from non-EU countries (67.9%).
In addition, the system has 70,675 members from Ukraine, 23,416 more than in January 2022 (+49.5%), before the outbreak of war.
Of the total number of foreign employees, almost 1.6 million are men and over 1.3 million are women.
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