Municipalities in Alicante province by registered unemployment, August 2026

Name: Municipalities in Alicante province by registered unemployment, August 2026
Creator: Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal
License: Spanish public sector information reuse (Ley 37/2007, attribution required)

Alacant/Alicante had the highest registered unemployment of 139 municipalities in August 2026, at 25,052. Tollos had the lowest, at 0. The median was 126 and the figure for Alicante province was 116,862. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest25,052Alacant/Alicante

Lowest0Tollos

Median126139 municipalities

Alicante province116,862History

Top 40 municipalities, August 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: SEPE. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	August 2026 persons	Change on August 2025
1	Alacant/Alicante	25,052	-0.1%
2	Elx/Elche	17,399	-0.8%
3	Torrevieja	6,483	+1.9%
4	Elda	4,578	+1%
5	Alcoi/Alcoy	4,303	-2.1%
6	Orihuela	4,148	-1.8%
7	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,605	-3.5%
8	Benidorm	2,825	-2.5%
9	Petrer	2,499	-1.8%
10	Crevillent	2,425	-1.1%
11	Villena	2,356	+3.1%
12	Dénia	2,204	+0.4%
13	Santa Pola	2,040	-0.5%
14	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	1,770	-4%
15	Novelda	1,692	-5.2%
16	Almoradí	1,554	+1.6%
17	el Campello	1,488	+1.3%
18	Ibi	1,487	-1.5%
19	Aspe	1,431	-8%
20	Mutxamel	1,319	+1%
21	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,296	-4.4%
22	Callosa de Segura	1,239	+0.6%
23	Xàbia/Jávea	929	-0.4%
24	Altea	898	-4.5%
25	Monòver/Monóvar	884	-3.6%
26	Guardamar del Segura	855	+5.6%
27	Cocentaina	793	-2.7%
28	Calp	787	-8.5%
29	Pilar de la Horadada	760	-2.1%
30	la Nucia	715	+1.7%
31	Albatera	699	-2.2%
32	Castalla	686	-2.1%
33	Sax	656	-5.7%
34	l'Alfàs del Pi	631	-7.6%
35	Muro de Alcoy	620	+3.7%
36	Dolores	574	+0.2%
37	Redován	562	+1.8%
38	Rojales	533	+1.7%
39	Catral	510	-7.8%
40	Pego	472	+5.4%
41	Bigastro	461	-3.2%
42	Onil	445	-2.8%
43	Benissa	440	-9.5%
44	el Pinós/Pinoso	438	-1.4%
45	Monforte del Cid	436	-4%
46	Cox	418	-1.9%
47	Pedreguer	406	-3.8%
48	Ondara	397	+11.5%
49	Banyeres de Mariola	350	-10.9%
50	Benejúzar	347	-8.2%
51	Teulada	305	+4.8%
52	Xixona/Jijona	293	+11.8%
53	Los Montesinos	292	-0.7%
54	San Fulgencio	289	-2.7%
55	Agost	283	-6.3%
55	San Miguel de Salinas	283	+1.1%
57	Finestrat	280	+5.7%
58	Callosa d'en Sarrià	273	-11.1%
59	Formentera del Segura	266	-1.8%
60	Rafal	264	-6.7%
61	el Verger	256	-4.1%
62	Gata de Gorgos	248	+6.4%
63	Polop	231	-5.3%
64	Biar	176	-10.2%
65	Granja de Rocamora	151	-2.6%
66	San Isidro	147	-3.3%
67	Busot	138	-1.4%
68	Salinas	132	+17.9%
69	Algorfa	130	-2.3%
70	Benijófar	126	-10.6%
71	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	117	-7.1%
71	Jacarilla	117	+5.4%
73	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	105	-8.7%
74	la Romana	102	-17.7%
75	Benferri	94	-13.8%
76	Beniarbeig	93	-10.6%
76	Daya Nueva	93	-13.9%
78	Algueña	90	-8.2%
79	Tibi	86	+2.4%
80	Xaló	79	-16.8%
81	els Poblets	75	-6.3%
82	Orba	70	-16.7%
83	Hondón de los Frailes	59	-4.8%
84	Aigües	56	-9.7%
85	Beniarrés	52	-7.1%
85	Benidoleig	52	-14.8%
87	Relleu	46	-2.1%
88	Benilloba	45	-6.3%
89	Beneixama	44	-27.9%
90	Orxeta	42	-14.3%
91	Cañada	40	-13%
91	la Vall de Laguar	40	-2.4%
93	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	37	-7.5%
94	Alcalalí	35	-23.9%
94	Parcent	35	-14.6%
96	Gaianes	31	+6.9%
97	Sanet y Negrals	30	+20%
98	l'Orxa/Lorcha	29	+7.4%
99	Agres	28	-12.5%
99	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	28	-6.7%
99	Llíber	28	-15.2%
102	Planes	26	-7.1%
103	Senija	25	-37.5%
104	Confrides	24	-22.6%
104	Sella	24	-25%
104	Tàrbena	24	-17.2%
107	Alfafara	22	+10%
108	Benimantell	20	-9.1%
108	la Vall de Gallinera	20	-16.7%
110	Benigembla	19	-24%
110	Daya Vieja	19	-9.5%
112	Sagra	18	-14.3%
113	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	17	0%
113	Gorga	17	-32%
115	Alcosser	15	+87.5%
115	Balones	15	+25%
115	Benimeli	15	-11.8%
115	Bolulla	15	-21.1%
115	Murla	15	+7.1%
115	Penàguila	15	-16.7%
121	Benimarfull	14	-6.7%
121	la Vall d'Ebo	14	-6.7%
123	Castell de Castells	12	-29.4%
123	l'Atzúbia	12	-45.5%
125	Beniardà	11	+10%
126	Benasau	10	+11.1%
126	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	10	-41.2%
126	Tormos	10	-47.4%
129	Millena	9	-40%
130	Benimassot	8	0%
130	el Castell de Guadalest	8	0%
132	Benifallim	7	-12.5%
132	la Vall d'Alcalà	7	0%
132	Quatretondeta	7	-50%
135	Benillup	6	-50%
135	Fageca	6	0%
137	Alcoleja	5	-61.5%
137	Benifato	5	-58.3%
139	Tollos	0	n/a

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About this ranking

Job seekers registered as unemployed at public employment offices on the last working day of the month.

Administrative count, available down to municipality. Not the survey-based unemployment rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for August 2026 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE). Paro registrado por municipios. https://sede.sepe.gob.es/es/portaltrabaja/resources/sede/datos_abiertos/datos/Paro_por_municipios_2026_csv.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which municipality has the highest registered unemployment?

Alacant/Alicante, with 25,052 in August 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Tollos, with 0 in August 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal, Paro registrado por municipios. Retrieved 2026-10-08. 2 municipalities have no value for August 2026 and are not ranked.