Municipalities in Biscay province by registered unemployment, August 2026

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

Bilbao had the highest registered unemployment of 112 municipalities in August 2026, at 21,169. Ereño had the lowest, at 5. The median was 60 and the figure for Biscay province was 60,461. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest21,169Bilbao

Lowest5Ereño

Median60112 municipalities

Biscay province60,461History

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	Bilbao	21,169	-0.1%
2	Barakaldo	5,737	+0.7%
3	Santurtzi	2,994	-2.2%
4	Getxo	2,781	-2.6%
5	Portugalete	2,598	-0.4%
6	Basauri	2,369	-1.9%
7	Sestao	2,066	+5.2%
8	Leioa	1,383	-5.9%
9	Erandio	1,304	-0.5%
10	Durango	1,265	+1%
11	Galdakao	1,255	-4.9%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	851	+3.5%
13	Bermeo	807	-0.5%
14	Ermua	803	-2.1%
15	Mungia	739	-10.4%
16	Gernika-Lumo	676	-7.1%
17	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	639	-0.3%
18	Arrigorriaga	632	-0.5%
19	Ortuella	611	+1.3%
20	Sopela	564	-10.5%
21	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	556	-14.7%
22	Balmaseda	524	+1.2%
22	Etxebarri	524	+0.2%
24	Zalla	431	-5.9%
25	Muskiz	401	-4.3%
26	Güeñes	349	-4.4%
27	Ondarroa	319	-6.5%
28	Abadiño	305	-8.1%
29	Berango	273	-6.8%
30	Elorrio	256	-5.5%
31	Derio	244	-6.5%
32	Gorliz	235	-8.2%
33	Ugao-Miraballes	229	-3.8%
34	Lekeitio	216	-11.1%
35	Urduliz	208	-12.2%
36	Alonsotegi	202	+0.5%
37	Igorre	197	0%
38	Iurreta	192	+12.9%
39	Berriz	189	+6.8%
40	Lemoa	188	-3.6%
41	Markina-Xemein	177	-3.3%
42	Sondika	166	+5.1%
43	Plentzia	165	-14.1%
44	Zamudio	151	+1.3%
45	Sopuerta	146	+9.8%
46	Zaldibar	135	-8.2%
47	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	114	-13.6%
48	Bakio	100	-3.8%
49	Zaratamo	92	+9.5%
50	Lezama	88	-12%
51	Usansolo	78	+56%
52	Areatza	72	+5.9%
53	Loiu	70	+14.8%
54	Busturia	68	-26.9%
55	Larrabetzu	67	-4.3%
56	Gordexola	62	-15.1%
57	Zierbena	58	-13.4%
58	Otxandio	56	+16.7%
59	Barrika	53	-11.7%
60	Gatika	52	+8.3%
60	Lemoiz	52	-17.5%
62	Gamiz-Fika	49	+4.3%
63	Muxika	48	-12.7%
64	Mundaka	47	-41.3%
65	Zeanuri	43	-4.4%
66	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	42	+13.5%
67	Dima	41	-30.5%
68	Bedia	40	-31%
68	Zeberio	40	-20%
70	Mallabia	39	-7.1%
71	Berriatua	37	-7.5%
71	Maruri-Jatabe	37	+2.8%
73	Artzentales	36	+5.9%
73	Atxondo	36	-23.4%
75	Laukiz	35	-10.3%
76	Galdames	31	0%
76	Ibarrangelu	31	+3.3%
78	Forua	30	-25%
78	Trucios-Turtzioz	30	-9.1%
80	Ea	28	-15.2%
81	Urduña/Orduña	25	-13.8%
82	Mañaria	24	+41.2%
83	Artea	23	+15%
84	Arrieta	22	-18.5%
85	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	21	+5%
86	Etxebarria	19	-34.5%
87	Ziortza-Bolibar	18	+5.9%
88	Fruiz	17	-19%
88	Gautegiz Arteaga	17	-32%
88	Lanestosa	17	0%
91	Sukarrieta	16	+14.3%
92	Aulesti	15	-40%
92	Kortezubi	15	+25%
92	Meñaka	15	-40%
92	Orozko	15	-25%
96	Ispaster	14	-17.6%
97	Mendexa	13	+44.4%
98	Morga	12	-14.3%
99	Amoroto	11	-21.4%
99	Errigoiti	11	-26.7%
99	Mendata	11	-8.3%
102	Arantzazu	9	0%
102	Arratzu	9	-35.7%
102	Garai	9	+50%
105	Ajangiz	8	-20%
105	Arakaldo	8	+14.3%
105	Elantxobe	8	-27.3%
105	Izurtza	8	0%
105	Murueta	8	-20%
105	Nabarniz	8	0%
111	Ubide	7	+16.7%
112	Ereño	5	-16.7%

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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. 1 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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Questions

Which municipality has the highest registered unemployment?

Bilbao, with 21,169 in August 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Ereño, with 5 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. 1 municipalities have no value for August 2026 and are not ranked.