Municipalities in Alicante province by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities in Alicante province by registered unemployment, February 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 133 municipalities in February 2026, at 25,589. Benifato had the lowest, at 7. The median was 142 and the figure for Alicante province was 118,253. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest25,589Alacant/Alicante

Lowest7Benifato

Median142133 municipalities

Alicante province118,253History

Top 40 municipalities, February 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	February 2026 persons	Change on February 2025
1	Alacant/Alicante	25,589	-5.3%
2	Elx/Elche	17,177	-5.7%
3	Torrevieja	6,737	-5.9%
4	Elda	4,466	-5.7%
5	Alcoi/Alcoy	4,245	-5.4%
6	Orihuela	4,023	-10.4%
7	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,705	-5.7%
8	Benidorm	3,201	-7.1%
9	Petrer	2,471	-6.4%
10	Crevillent	2,406	-5.5%
11	Dénia	2,385	-4.5%
12	Villena	2,254	-7.4%
13	Santa Pola	2,181	-6.8%
14	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	1,962	-5.4%
15	Novelda	1,701	-7.3%
16	el Campello	1,570	-2.9%
17	Almoradí	1,482	-7.5%
18	Aspe	1,472	-7.1%
19	Ibi	1,439	-2.6%
20	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,360	-6.5%
21	Mutxamel	1,327	-7.2%
22	Callosa de Segura	1,148	-8.4%
23	Altea	1,006	-4%
24	Xàbia/Jávea	956	-10.8%
25	Calp	937	-9.6%
26	Monòver/Monóvar	906	-7.8%
27	Guardamar del Segura	867	-5.7%
28	Pilar de la Horadada	804	-8.4%
29	la Nucia	779	-2.6%
30	Cocentaina	763	-8.7%
31	Albatera	711	-9.9%
32	l'Alfàs del Pi	694	-7.8%
33	Sax	665	-5.8%
34	Castalla	655	-4.7%
35	Dolores	574	-1.4%
36	Muro de Alcoy	564	-5.8%
37	Redován	540	-5.9%
38	Catral	527	-6.1%
39	Rojales	503	-12.7%
40	Benissa	478	-11%
41	el Pinós/Pinoso	436	-9.4%
42	Bigastro	430	-6.3%
43	Pedreguer	427	-8%
44	Monforte del Cid	425	-9.6%
45	Pego	422	-11.2%
46	Onil	414	-7%
47	Cox	403	-12.4%
48	Ondara	392	-8.6%
49	Banyeres de Mariola	355	+2.9%
50	Benejúzar	343	-8.3%
51	Teulada	332	-7.5%
52	Los Montesinos	305	+0.7%
53	San Fulgencio	295	-12.2%
54	Finestrat	291	-7.9%
55	Agost	285	-16.2%
56	Callosa d'en Sarrià	274	-17.5%
56	San Miguel de Salinas	274	-5.8%
58	Xixona/Jijona	268	-4.3%
59	Formentera del Segura	266	-4.3%
60	el Verger	261	-11.8%
61	Rafal	256	-10.8%
62	Polop	241	+4.8%
63	Gata de Gorgos	228	-14.9%
64	Biar	174	-5.9%
65	Busot	147	+4.3%
66	Granja de Rocamora	145	-9.4%
67	San Isidro	142	-2.1%
68	Algorfa	136	-3.5%
68	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	136	-4.2%
70	Benijófar	130	-11.6%
71	Salinas	118	-0.8%
72	la Romana	117	-17%
73	Jacarilla	115	-4.2%
74	Algueña	108	+11.3%
75	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	107	-9.3%
76	Benferri	102	-13.6%
77	Daya Nueva	98	-3%
78	Xaló	96	0%
79	Beniarbeig	95	-5%
80	els Poblets	82	+7.9%
81	Tibi	79	-7.1%
82	Orba	67	-14.1%
83	Aigües	57	+7.5%
84	Benidoleig	55	+3.8%
84	Hondón de los Frailes	55	-11.3%
86	Beniarrés	47	-25.4%
86	Relleu	47	-6%
88	Beneixama	46	-16.4%
89	Cañada	43	-10.4%
89	Orxeta	43	-6.5%
91	Alcalalí	41	+5.1%
92	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	38	+8.6%
93	Benilloba	36	-20%
93	la Vall de Laguar	36	-16.3%
95	Parcent	35	+12.9%
96	l'Orxa/Lorcha	32	+52.4%
97	Gaianes	30	+15.4%
98	Llíber	28	-6.7%
98	Sanet y Negrals	28	-9.7%
100	Sella	26	-3.7%
101	Agres	25	-16.7%
102	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	24	-7.7%
102	Senija	24	-27.3%
104	Planes	23	-36.1%
105	Tàrbena	22	+4.8%
106	la Vall de Gallinera	21	-8.7%
107	Confrides	20	-13%
107	Daya Vieja	20	-13%
109	Alfafara	19	0%
109	Benigembla	19	-9.5%
111	Gorga	18	+5.9%
112	Sagra	17	+21.4%
113	Benimantell	15	-11.8%
113	l'Atzúbia	15	-16.7%
115	Alcosser	14	+16.7%
115	Benimarfull	14	+27.3%
115	Penàguila	14	-12.5%
118	Tormos	13	+18.2%
119	Benimeli	12	-29.4%
119	Bolulla	12	-20%
119	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	12	-20%
119	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	12	-25%
119	la Vall d'Ebo	12	+9.1%
124	Castell de Castells	11	-21.4%
125	Alcoleja	9	+28.6%
125	Balones	9	-18.2%
125	el Castell de Guadalest	9	-25%
125	la Vall d'Alcalà	9	+12.5%
125	Murla	9	-59.1%
130	Benasau	8	0%
130	Quatretondeta	8	+14.3%
132	Beniardà	7	-30%
132	Benifato	7	0%

Other periods

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. 8 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for February 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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Questions

Which municipality has the highest registered unemployment?

Alacant/Alicante, with 25,589 in February 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Benifato, with 7 in February 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. 8 municipalities have no value for February 2026 and are not ranked.