Last year, the proportion of immigrants in employment rose from 67.8% to 68.2%. The employment rate among EU immigrants also rose, from 71.1 per cent to 74.8 per cent, whilst among the native-born population it rose from 67.2 per cent to 71.6 per cent, also reaching its highest level during that period. Across much of Europe, immigrants born in other EU Member States have employment rates similar to, or even higher than, those of the native population. In the specific case of Spain, the employment rate for non-EU immigrants stands at 65.4 per cent, close to that of the native-born population (67.1 per cent), but lower than that of EU immigrants (72.3 per cent). However, disadvantages persist amongst non-EU women, whose employment rates remain well behind both those of women born in the country and those of female immigrants born in the EU.