Municipalities in Badajoz province by registered unemployment

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

Badajoz had the highest registered unemployment of 165 municipalities in May 2026, at 9,518. El Carrascalejo had the lowest, at 5. The median was 84 and the figure for Badajoz province was 40,238. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest9,518Badajoz

Lowest5El Carrascalejo

Median84165 municipalities

Badajoz province40,238History

Top 40 municipalities, May 2026

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	May 2026 persons	Change on May 2025
1	Badajoz	9,518	-8.7%
2	Mérida	4,232	-7.5%
3	Almendralejo	2,175	-13.7%
4	Don Benito	1,783	-15.1%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,269	-13.5%
6	Montijo	1,062	-15.2%
7	Zafra	958	-12.4%
8	Olivenza	713	-17.9%
9	Villafranca de los Barros	687	-10.1%
10	Jerez de los Caballeros	612	-7.8%
11	Azuaga	521	-8.9%
12	Los Santos de Maimona	412	-15.1%
13	Quintana de la Serena	389	-18.8%
14	Castuera	387	-10.2%
15	San Vicente de Alcántara	382	-5.9%
16	Oliva de la Frontera	374	-4.6%
17	Llerena	355	-14.5%
18	Fuente del Maestre	354	-6.1%
19	Puebla de la Calzada	345	-8.7%
20	Fuente de Cantos	325	-13.8%
21	Calamonte	323	-3.9%
22	Alburquerque	320	-13%
23	Campanario	319	-2.1%
24	Barcarrota	288	-7.7%
25	Cabeza del Buey	274	-18.2%
26	Monesterio	259	-9.4%
27	Burguillos del Cerro	258	-17.3%
28	Zalamea de la Serena	254	-9.9%
29	Guareña	246	-14.6%
30	Fregenal de la Sierra	236	-11.3%
31	Arroyo de San Serván	229	-12.9%
32	Talavera la Real	223	-11.9%
33	Hornachos	216	-5.3%
33	Villanueva del Fresno	216	-14.6%
35	Herrera del Duque	202	-8.6%
36	Santa Marta	200	-19%
37	Navalvillar de Pela	192	-9%
38	Valverde de Leganés	184	-8.9%
39	Santa Amalia	181	+13.1%
40	La Zarza	173	-20.6%
41	Zahínos	172	-7%
42	Villar del Rey	171	+3%
43	La Codosera	168	-5.1%
44	Berlanga	167	-8.2%
45	Ribera del Fresno	165	-16.2%
46	Aceuchal	158	-15.1%
47	Fuentes de León	157	-14.2%
48	La Garrovilla	154	-1.3%
48	Talarrubias	154	-13%
50	Granja de Torrehermosa	152	-8.4%
51	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	150	-13.8%
52	Salvaleón	149	-11.8%
53	Segura de León	147	-13.5%
54	Higuera la Real	145	-17.6%
55	Monterrubio de la Serena	142	+2.2%
56	Lobón	139	-5.4%
57	Puebla de Obando	137	-1.4%
58	Torremejía	128	-5.2%
59	Higuera de Vargas	125	-9.4%
60	Guadiana	121	-2.4%
61	La Roca de la Sierra	120	-5.5%
61	Valencia del Ventoso	120	-4.8%
63	Orellana la Vieja	118	-11.3%
64	Alange	111	-10.5%
65	Usagre	110	-9.1%
66	Bienvenida	107	-21.9%
66	Valle de la Serena	107	-11.6%
68	Alconchel	106	-15.2%
69	Trujillanos	104	-8.8%
70	Esparragalejo	101	-10.6%
71	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	100	-15.3%
72	Salvatierra de los Barros	95	-18.1%
73	Montemolín	92	-17.9%
74	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	91	0%
75	Higuera de la Serena	90	-1.1%
75	Siruela	90	-15.1%
77	Medina de las Torres	89	+2.3%
78	Almendral	88	-10.2%
78	La Albuera	88	-12%
78	Solana de los Barros	88	-12.9%
81	Casas de Don Pedro	87	-8.4%
82	Medellín	85	+9%
83	Campillo de Llerena	84	-19.2%
84	La Coronada	82	-23.4%
85	Cabeza la Vaca	80	-10.1%
86	Valdecaballeros	77	-4.9%
87	Valdelacalzada	74	-24.5%
88	Benquerencia de la Serena	68	-13.9%
88	La Parra	68	-9.3%
88	Maguilla	68	-6.8%
91	Esparragosa de la Serena	67	-14.1%
92	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	66	+10%
92	Valle de Santa Ana	66	-23.3%
94	Calera de León	65	-1.5%
94	Feria	65	+6.6%
96	La Haba	64	-25.6%
96	Valverde de Mérida	64	0%
98	Esparragosa de Lares	63	-3.1%
98	Mirandilla	63	-20.3%
100	Alconera	62	-11.4%
100	Villagonzalo	62	-4.6%
102	Peñalsordo	61	-3.2%
103	Puebla del Maestre	60	-16.7%
103	Torremayor	60	-13%
105	La Nava de Santiago	57	-10.9%
106	San Pedro de Mérida	56	-8.2%
107	Villagarcía de la Torre	54	-21.7%
108	Bodonal de la Sierra	53	-13.1%
109	Oliva de Mérida	52	+26.8%
110	Cordobilla de Lácara	50	-15.3%
111	Don Álvaro	49	-7.5%
111	Puebla de la Reina	49	+4.3%
113	Garlitos	48	-7.7%
113	Villalba de los Barros	48	-25%
115	Cheles	47	-26.6%
115	Puebla de Alcocer	47	-24.2%
115	Valdetorres	47	-19%
118	Castilblanco	45	-28.6%
118	Garbayuela	45	+7.1%
118	Villar de Rena	45	-6.3%
121	Corte de Peleas	44	-21.4%
121	Llera	44	-6.4%
123	Táliga	43	-21.8%
124	Valencia de las Torres	42	+5%
125	Valencia del Mombuey	41	-8.9%
126	Valverde de Llerena	40	-20%
127	Nogales	39	+8.3%
128	Manchita	37	0%
129	Calzadilla de los Barros	35	-32.7%
129	Trasierra	35	-2.8%
131	Hinojosa del Valle	34	-10.5%
132	Atalaya	33	+43.5%
132	Palomas	33	+17.9%
134	Acedera	32	-17.9%
134	Carmonita	32	-5.9%
136	Fuente del Arco	30	-28.6%
136	Helechosa de los Montes	30	+3.4%
138	Puebla del Prior	29	-27.5%
139	Retamal de Llerena	28	-24.3%
140	Ahillones	27	-20.6%
140	Magacela	27	+3.8%
142	Malpartida de la Serena	25	-34.2%
142	Mengabril	25	0%
142	Peraleda del Zaucejo	25	-21.9%
145	Cristina	24	-27.3%
145	Valle de Matamoros	24	-11.1%
147	La Morera	23	-4.2%
147	Villarta de los Montes	23	-37.8%
149	Higuera de Llerena	22	+29.4%
150	Malcocinado	18	+28.6%
151	Entrín Bajo	17	-32%
151	La Lapa	17	-15%
153	Capilla	16	-33.3%
153	Zarza-Capilla	16	-5.9%
155	Baterno	13	-35%
155	Casas de Reina	13	0%
155	Risco	13	+18.2%
155	Tamurejo	13	+44.4%
159	Aljucén	12	-36.8%
160	Reina	10	-9.1%
160	Rena	10	-41.2%
162	Orellana de la Sierra	9	+12.5%
163	Sancti-Spíritus	8	+33.3%
164	Valverde de Burguillos	7	-50%
165	El Carrascalejo	5	-44.4%

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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. 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?

Badajoz, with 9,518 in May 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

El Carrascalejo, with 5 in May 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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