Canary Islands registers the second highest rate of work absenteeism in the country from April to June

Canary Islands registered the second highest rate of work absenteeism in Spain in the second quarter, at 8.8 percent, almost two points above the national average, according to a Randstad report.

The rate of work absenteeism stood at 7% of the hours agreed upon in Spain as a whole in the second quarter, three tenths above the same period in 2024, a "serious problem" for companies, with "a direct impact on productivity, business costs and competitiveness".

This is indicated in the Absenteeism Report for the second quarter of 2025, prepared by Randstad with data from the Quarterly Labor Cost Survey of the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

In the case of absenteeism due to temporary disability (TD) or with medical leave, the rate for the second quarter was 5.5%, two tenths higher than that recorded in the second quarter of the previous year.

These levels of absenteeism mean that 1.56 million people did not go to work on an average daily basis, of which 1.22 million were on medical leave and just over 334,000 for other reasons.

Of the three major economic sectors, industry is the one with the highest absenteeism, 7.4% of the total hours agreed upon, followed by the service sector (7%) and construction (5.5%).

Looking at the activities, the ones with the most absenteeism are postal and courier services (12.1%), services to buildings and gardening (11.5%), assistance in residential establishments (10.7%) and collection, treatment and elimination of waste (10.6%).

On the contrary, the activities with the least absenteeism are activities related to employment (3%), programming, consulting and activities related to information technology (3.6%), legal and accounting activities (3.6%) and publishing (3.8%).

By autonomous communities, Cantabria (9.2%), Canary Islands (8.8%) and Basque Country (8.6%) were the ones that registered the highest level of absenteeism, while the lowest levels were located in Balearic Islands (5.5%), La Rioja and Madrid, both with 6.1%.