Municipalities in Canary Islands by registered unemployment

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

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest registered unemployment of 88 municipalities in January 2026, at 28,899. Betancuria had the lowest, at 39. The median was 627 and the figure for Canary Islands was 146,406. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest28,899Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest39Betancuria

Median62788 municipalities

Canary Islands146,406History

Top 40 municipalities, January 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	January 2026 persons	Change on January 2025
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	28,899	-7.8%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,006	-7.9%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	11,251	-9.1%
4	Telde	8,502	-7%
5	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	5,402	-6.4%
6	Arona	4,683	-4.7%
7	Arrecife	3,464	-7%
8	Granadilla de Abona	3,183	-5.8%
9	La Orotava	3,171	-7.4%
10	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	2,972	-7.2%
11	Arucas	2,933	-7.4%
12	Los Realejos	2,864	-8.1%
13	Puerto del Rosario	2,496	-3.1%
14	Ingenio	2,452	-3.8%
15	Puerto de la Cruz	2,254	-4.4%
16	Agüimes	2,192	-4.9%
17	Adeje	1,876	-1.8%
18	Icod de los Vinos	1,856	-10.9%
19	Gáldar	1,855	-3.7%
20	Tacoronte	1,823	-10.3%
21	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,641	+0.7%
22	Candelaria	1,592	-6.8%
23	Güímar	1,515	-7.1%
24	Santa Úrsula	1,282	-2.4%
25	La Oliva	1,250	-6.2%
26	San Miguel de Abona	1,120	-2.6%
27	Guía de Isora	1,119	+2%
28	Santa Cruz de la Palma	1,086	-5.6%
29	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	1,068	-3.3%
30	Santa Brígida	997	-5.9%
31	Teror	951	-5.2%
32	El Rosario	928	-7.3%
33	Mogán	895	-6.2%
34	Teguise	831	-5.7%
35	San Bartolomé	815	-5.1%
36	Tuineje	790	-9%
37	La Victoria de Acentejo	789	-6.1%
38	Tegueste	728	+1.8%
39	Tías	714	-4.9%
40	Moya	707	-7.5%
41	La Matanza de Acentejo	685	-7.7%
42	Pájara	679	-5.7%
43	El Paso	647	-3.3%
44	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	639	-8.2%
45	Firgas	614	-4.8%
46	El Sauzal	588	-3.1%
47	Arico	580	-5.4%
48	La Aldea de San Nicolás	565	+1.4%
49	Breña Alta	543	+1.3%
50	Yaiza	540	+6.9%
51	Vega de San Mateo	508	-8.8%
52	Agaete	482	-0.2%
53	Antigua	476	+4.4%
54	Santiago del Teide	442	-2.9%
55	Tazacorte	423	-5.6%
56	La Guancha	405	-6.5%
57	San Sebastián de la Gomera	400	+2%
58	Villa de Mazo	398	+9.6%
59	Arafo	380	-7.8%
60	San Juan de la Rambla	343	-10.9%
61	Los Silos	334	-6.7%
62	Garachico	331	-2.9%
63	Breña Baja	329	-6.3%
64	Buenavista del Norte	318	-9.1%
65	Valleseco	280	-5.1%
66	Tinajo	275	-14.1%
67	Valverde	268	-14.1%
68	San Andrés y Sauces	267	+2.7%
69	Haría	256	-14.1%
70	El Tanque	231	+4.5%
71	Frontera	219	-15.1%
72	Fasnia	214	+6.5%
73	Valle Gran Rey	197	+2.1%
74	Tijarafe	156	+6.8%
75	Garafía	147	-3.3%
76	Vallehermoso	146	+15%
77	Barlovento	142	+2.2%
78	Puntallana	138	-6.1%
79	Puntagorda	137	-21.7%
80	Fuencaliente de la Palma	126	+8.6%
81	El Pinar de El Hierro	122	+2.5%
82	Hermigua	114	+5.6%
83	Tejeda	94	-1.1%
84	Vilaflor de Chasna	91	-28.3%
85	Alajeró	66	+20%
86	Artenara	41	+13.9%
87	Agulo	39	+62.5%
87	Betancuria	39	+5.4%

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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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Questions

Which municipality has the highest registered unemployment?

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 28,899 in January 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Betancuria, with 39 in January 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.