The activity rate of people with disabilities stood at 35.4% in 2024, which meant a decrease of 0.1 points compared to the previous year. This rate is less than half that of 78.5% of the population without disabilities, Therefore, a very significant gap continues to exist.
The employment rate stood at 28.9%, with an increase of 0.4 points compared to 2023, and the unemployment rate fell 1.2 points, to 18.5%. In the population without disabilities these rates were 69.7% and 11.2%, respectively.
By sex, as reflected in this statistic, the activity rate grew 1.2 points in women, reaching 36.3%, while it decreased 1.1 points in men, to 34.7%.
For its part, the employment rate of women with disabilities was 29.8% (1.5 points more than in 2023) and that of men was 28.2% (0.4 points less).
By age, The 25-44 year old group showed the highest rates of activity (48.6%), employment (37.6%) and unemployment (22.7%). The youngest group – 16-24 years old – presented an activity rate of 22.7%, an employment rate of 11.7% and an unemployment rate of 48.6%.
Salaries of people with disabilities
The average gross annual salary of workers with disabilities was 23,159.7 euros in 2023, 5.1% higher than in 2022.
By sex, that of women increased by 6.1%, up to 22,191.5 euros, and that of men 4.0%, up to 23,853.3 euros. In this senseThe gender gap between people with disabilities was reduced to 93%, from 91.1% in 2022. For its part, the salary difference with respect to workers without disabilities grew by 0.9 points and stood at 82.1%.
The degree of disability had a negative influence. Thus, people with less severe disabilities (between 33% and 44%) earned 24,206.1 euros, compared to 21,634.3 and 21,239.7 euros for the groups with disabilities from 45% to 64% and more than 65%, respectively.
