A busy restaurant terrace in Palma Beach, in Palma de Mallorca, on July 18, 2025

A busy restaurant terrace in Palma Beach, in Palma de Mallorca, on July 18, 2025

 JAIME REINA

Spain's historically stubborn unemployment fell below 10 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, official data showed on Tuesday, a first since the 2008 financial crisis.

The jobless rate in the European Union's fourth-largest economy was 9.93 percent in the period, 0.52 percentage points below the preceding quarter, the National Statistics Institute said.

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