Municipalities in Biscay province by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities in Biscay province by registered unemployment, December 2025
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 December 2025, at 20,876. Ajangiz had the lowest, at 5. The median was 64 and the figure for Biscay province was 60,470. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest20,876Bilbao

Lowest5Ajangiz

Median64112 municipalities

Biscay province60,470History

Top 40 municipalities, December 2025

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	December 2025 persons	Change on December 2024
1	Bilbao	20,876	-0.9%
2	Barakaldo	5,693	+0.2%
3	Santurtzi	3,020	-2.5%
4	Getxo	2,743	-1.2%
5	Portugalete	2,551	-1.4%
6	Basauri	2,394	+0.4%
7	Sestao	2,049	+0.5%
8	Leioa	1,401	-2.7%
9	Erandio	1,314	+7.4%
10	Durango	1,280	+0.1%
11	Galdakao	1,254	+1.2%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	856	+5.9%
13	Ermua	846	-1.4%
14	Bermeo	836	+1.8%
15	Mungia	748	-1.6%
16	Gernika-Lumo	651	-5.5%
17	Arrigorriaga	614	-1%
18	Ortuella	607	+0.5%
19	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	596	-7.6%
20	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	593	-8.3%
21	Sopela	589	-2.8%
22	Etxebarri	518	-1.1%
23	Balmaseda	515	+2.4%
24	Zalla	455	+0.9%
25	Muskiz	410	+4.9%
26	Güeñes	366	+1.1%
27	Abadiño	345	+0.3%
28	Ondarroa	323	-1.2%
29	Berango	286	+7.9%
30	Elorrio	272	+13.8%
31	Derio	262	+6.1%
32	Gorliz	244	-3.6%
33	Ugao-Miraballes	240	+15.9%
34	Lekeitio	236	+0.9%
35	Urduliz	233	-2.1%
36	Alonsotegi	204	-0.5%
37	Iurreta	198	+10.6%
38	Markina-Xemein	195	+13.4%
39	Igorre	191	+7.9%
40	Lemoa	188	+6.2%
41	Berriz	177	-7.3%
42	Plentzia	174	-8.4%
43	Sondika	165	0%
44	Zamudio	151	+5.6%
45	Zaldibar	144	-3.4%
46	Sopuerta	137	+5.4%
47	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	126	-9.4%
48	Bakio	102	0%
49	Zaratamo	87	+2.4%
50	Busturia	83	+5.1%
51	Lezama	81	-11%
52	Gordexola	76	+1.3%
52	Usansolo	76	n/a
54	Areatza	73	+49%
55	Loiu	68	-1.4%
56	Zierbena	67	-6.9%
57	Lemoiz	60	-4.8%
58	Mundaka	59	0%
59	Larrabetzu	57	-8.1%
60	Bedia	56	+7.7%
61	Otxandio	53	+17.8%
62	Barrika	52	+4%
63	Dima	51	-1.9%
64	Mallabia	49	+4.3%
64	Zeberio	49	+22.5%
66	Gatika	47	+2.2%
67	Muxika	46	-9.8%
68	Gamiz-Fika	45	+7.1%
69	Berriatua	44	-12%
70	Zeanuri	43	+10.3%
71	Atxondo	42	+7.7%
72	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	40	+17.6%
73	Maruri-Jatabe	39	+50%
74	Ibarrangelu	35	+9.4%
75	Galdames	34	+13.3%
75	Laukiz	34	-5.6%
77	Trucios-Turtzioz	33	+13.8%
78	Artzentales	32	-20%
78	Urduña/Orduña	32	-15.8%
80	Ea	29	-17.1%
80	Forua	29	-21.6%
82	Meñaka	25	+19%
83	Artea	24	-27.3%
83	Etxebarria	24	-4%
85	Fruiz	22	+10%
86	Gautegiz Arteaga	21	-8.7%
87	Arrieta	20	+11.1%
87	Aulesti	20	-20%
89	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	18	+20%
89	Orozko	18	-5.3%
91	Lanestosa	16	-5.9%
92	Mañaria	15	+15.4%
93	Sukarrieta	14	+7.7%
94	Amoroto	13	-23.5%
94	Kortezubi	13	-31.6%
96	Morga	12	0%
96	Ziortza-Bolibar	12	+9.1%
98	Arratzu	10	-23.1%
99	Mendexa	9	-10%
99	Murueta	9	+50%
99	Nabarniz	9	+28.6%
102	Arakaldo	8	0%
102	Elantxobe	8	-20%
102	Ereño	8	+14.3%
102	Errigoiti	8	-52.9%
102	Ispaster	8	-20%
107	Garai	7	0%
107	Mendata	7	-22.2%
109	Arantzazu	6	-40%
109	Izurtza	6	-25%
109	Ubide	6	+20%
112	Ajangiz	5	-44.4%

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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for December 2025 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_2025_csv.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which municipality has the highest registered unemployment?

Bilbao, with 20,876 in December 2025, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Ajangiz, with 5 in December 2025.

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 December 2025 and are not ranked.