Madrid , Spain ( CNN ) -- Spain 's unemployment rate rose to 20.09 percent for the second quarter of 2010 , up from 20.05 percent from the previous quarter , Spain 's National Statistics Institute said Friday . It is the highest level in 13 years , and it comes despite a rise in seasonal jobs for the summer . The figure means 4.6 million people are jobless in Spain . Spain has had one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union , hovering near 20 percent for months . Data released earlier this month by Eurostat , the European statistics agency , showed the Baltic countries of Latvia and Estonia with similar jobless rates . The Eurostat figures , which were for May , showed overall unemployment in the 27-member European Union was at 9.6 percent . CNN 's Al Goodman contributed to this report .
Spanish unemployment rises to 20.09 percent . The number of people in Spain who are unemployed for more than a year has risen by nearly one million since the start of 2012, according to official figures released on Thursday. Spain has had one of the highest jobless rates in Europe .