Spaniards remain on the move with official figures indicating the numbers leaving the country are the highest since the economic collapse began.
Just shy of 100,000 Spaniards left Spain behind in 2015, according to the country’s Office of National Statistics.
Last year, 98,934 people are recorded as having left Spain. That is balanced somewhat by the 52,227 people who chose to return to Spain that year.
There were slightly more men (52%) than women (48%) and most were aged between 25 and 44.
This was a leap of 23% over 2014, despite the substantial progress being made in economic recovery.
The rebound, however, has not made a significant dent in the country’s unemployment rate which, at 20%, is the second highest in the EU.
The majority of departures were of those seeking work opportunities. They headed primarily to the UK, with France, Germany and the US also frequent destinations.
At the same time, people from other countries looked to Spain for the possibility of work. Last year some 290,000 foreign nationals went to Spain, predominately from Romania, Morocco and Italy.
That figure was also balanced by the 253,000 foreigners who left Spain that year.