Municipalities in Biscay province by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities in Biscay province by registered unemployment, June 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 June 2026, at 20,458. Elantxobe had the lowest, at 5. The median was 63 and the figure for Biscay province was 58,951. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest20,458Bilbao

Lowest5Elantxobe

Median63112 municipalities

Biscay province58,951History

Top 40 municipalities, June 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	June 2026 persons	Change on June 2025
1	Bilbao	20,458	+0.1%
2	Barakaldo	5,594	+2.7%
3	Santurtzi	2,954	+0.4%
4	Getxo	2,718	+0.7%
5	Portugalete	2,527	-2.9%
6	Basauri	2,324	+2.5%
7	Sestao	2,040	+6.2%
8	Leioa	1,332	-2.7%
9	Erandio	1,261	+2%
10	Galdakao	1,240	+7%
11	Durango	1,178	+2.3%
12	Bermeo	853	+6.2%
13	Amorebieta-Etxano	835	+11.8%
14	Ermua	771	+1.7%
15	Mungia	716	-2.6%
16	Gernika-Lumo	669	+5.2%
17	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	623	+3%
18	Arrigorriaga	602	-0.8%
19	Ortuella	587	-2.5%
20	Sopela	575	-4.6%
21	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	573	-5.3%
22	Etxebarri	502	+3.3%
23	Balmaseda	485	-3.6%
24	Zalla	450	-0.7%
25	Muskiz	402	+2.8%
26	Güeñes	388	+8.7%
27	Ondarroa	293	+5.8%
28	Abadiño	292	+2.5%
29	Berango	269	+1.5%
30	Elorrio	256	+13.8%
31	Derio	229	-2.1%
32	Gorliz	224	-10%
33	Alonsotegi	218	+16%
33	Ugao-Miraballes	218	-2.7%
35	Urduliz	213	-2.7%
36	Lekeitio	205	+4.1%
37	Igorre	195	+12.1%
38	Lemoa	184	-1.1%
39	Berriz	182	+12.3%
40	Sondika	167	+9.2%
41	Markina-Xemein	166	+1.8%
42	Iurreta	165	+2.5%
43	Plentzia	164	-5.2%
44	Sopuerta	141	+7.6%
45	Zamudio	138	-2.8%
46	Zaldibar	134	+5.5%
47	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	120	-7%
48	Zaratamo	92	+15%
49	Bakio	91	-2.2%
50	Gordexola	80	+9.6%
50	Lezama	80	-13%
50	Usansolo	80	+105.1%
53	Loiu	74	+8.8%
54	Larrabetzu	70	+4.5%
55	Areatza	69	+11.3%
56	Busturia	65	-26.1%
57	Zierbena	61	-7.6%
58	Barrika	53	+10.4%
58	Otxandio	53	+23.3%
60	Gatika	48	+2.1%
60	Mundaka	48	-25%
62	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	46	+84%
62	Lemoiz	46	-23.3%
62	Zeberio	46	+4.5%
65	Gamiz-Fika	45	+2.3%
65	Muxika	45	+7.1%
67	Zeanuri	44	+41.9%
68	Bedia	43	-10.4%
69	Maruri-Jatabe	41	+51.9%
70	Mallabia	39	-11.4%
71	Dima	38	-17.4%
71	Laukiz	38	+15.2%
73	Artzentales	36	+12.5%
73	Atxondo	36	-16.3%
75	Trucios-Turtzioz	35	+6.1%
76	Berriatua	33	-10.8%
77	Galdames	32	+6.7%
78	Ea	30	0%
78	Forua	30	+15.4%
78	Ibarrangelu	30	+15.4%
81	Urduña/Orduña	28	-17.6%
82	Arrieta	22	+22.2%
82	Etxebarria	22	-4.3%
84	Artea	20	-16.7%
84	Meñaka	20	-20%
86	Orozko	19	0%
87	Aulesti	18	-14.3%
87	Fruiz	18	-21.7%
89	Lanestosa	16	-23.8%
89	Mañaria	16	+14.3%
91	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	15	-11.8%
92	Morga	14	+7.7%
92	Sukarrieta	14	+16.7%
92	Ziortza-Bolibar	14	+27.3%
95	Amoroto	13	+8.3%
95	Gautegiz Arteaga	13	-31.6%
97	Arantzazu	11	0%
97	Errigoiti	11	-15.4%
97	Ispaster	11	-21.4%
97	Kortezubi	11	-26.7%
97	Mendexa	11	0%
97	Nabarniz	11	n/a
103	Arratzu	10	+42.9%
103	Murueta	10	+100%
105	Arakaldo	9	+50%
105	Mendata	9	+12.5%
107	Garai	8	+14.3%
108	Ajangiz	7	-12.5%
109	Ereño	6	-14.3%
109	Izurtza	6	-14.3%
109	Ubide	6	+20%
112	Elantxobe	5	-37.5%

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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 June 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 20,458 in June 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Elantxobe, with 5 in June 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 June 2026 and are not ranked.