Municipalities in Canary Islands by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities in Canary Islands by registered unemployment, May 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 May 2026, at 28,553. Betancuria had the lowest, at 37. The median was 598 and the figure for Canary Islands was 144,598. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest28,553Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest37Betancuria

Median59888 municipalities

Canary Islands144,598History

Top 40 municipalities, May 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	May 2026 persons	Change on May 2025
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	28,553	-5.5%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,932	-5.3%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	11,084	-6.5%
4	Telde	8,243	-7.5%
5	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	5,406	-6.8%
6	Arona	4,779	-0.4%
7	Arrecife	3,480	-2.4%
8	Granadilla de Abona	3,261	-0.9%
9	La Orotava	3,111	-7.3%
10	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	3,025	-4.5%
11	Arucas	2,859	-7.2%
12	Los Realejos	2,803	-5.2%
13	Puerto del Rosario	2,418	-4.7%
14	Ingenio	2,378	-8.9%
15	Puerto de la Cruz	2,266	-3.9%
16	Agüimes	2,107	-6%
17	Adeje	1,982	+1.3%
18	Icod de los Vinos	1,835	-8.4%
19	Gáldar	1,809	-9.6%
20	Tacoronte	1,749	-9.1%
21	Candelaria	1,618	-1.9%
22	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,592	-3.2%
23	Güímar	1,486	-7.5%
24	La Oliva	1,233	-0.4%
25	Santa Úrsula	1,204	-5.5%
26	San Miguel de Abona	1,182	+2.9%
27	Guía de Isora	1,113	-0.1%
28	Santa Cruz de la Palma	1,062	-0.7%
29	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	1,032	-8.9%
30	Santa Brígida	980	+0.1%
31	Mogán	976	-7.3%
32	El Rosario	924	-2.9%
33	Teror	920	-4.6%
34	San Bartolomé	815	-4.9%
35	La Victoria de Acentejo	804	-3.2%
36	Teguise	794	-0.3%
37	Tuineje	749	-9.5%
38	Moya	689	-3.9%
38	Tegueste	689	-4.4%
38	Tías	689	-7.1%
41	Pájara	639	-3.3%
42	La Matanza de Acentejo	638	-13.7%
43	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	612	-5.1%
44	El Paso	607	-1.6%
45	Arico	589	-2.2%
46	Firgas	579	-7.1%
47	La Aldea de San Nicolás	573	+3.8%
48	Yaiza	551	+1.8%
49	El Sauzal	538	-7.6%
50	Breña Alta	513	-0.2%
51	Vega de San Mateo	511	-4.5%
52	Agaete	459	-9.5%
53	Antigua	452	-3.8%
53	Santiago del Teide	452	+2.7%
55	Tazacorte	412	+2.7%
56	San Sebastián de la Gomera	406	+14.7%
57	La Guancha	394	-4.6%
58	Arafo	378	-10.6%
59	Los Silos	363	-1.9%
60	San Juan de la Rambla	360	-6.5%
61	Buenavista del Norte	338	-9.6%
62	Villa de Mazo	328	-2.4%
63	Breña Baja	317	-7%
64	Garachico	303	-10.9%
65	San Andrés y Sauces	278	+10.8%
66	Valleseco	261	-10.6%
67	Haría	257	-5.5%
68	Tinajo	243	-16.8%
69	Valverde	237	+6.3%
70	Fasnia	225	+19.7%
71	Frontera	223	+0.9%
72	El Tanque	217	-6.1%
73	Valle Gran Rey	194	0%
74	Puntallana	158	+7.5%
75	Tijarafe	155	+14%
76	Barlovento	151	-12.7%
77	Puntagorda	131	-5.1%
78	Garafía	128	-6.6%
79	Fuencaliente de la Palma	118	+11.3%
79	Vallehermoso	118	+5.4%
81	El Pinar de El Hierro	103	+18.4%
82	Hermigua	98	0%
83	Vilaflor de Chasna	97	-15.7%
84	Tejeda	82	-15.5%
85	Alajeró	62	+10.7%
86	Agulo	45	+136.8%
87	Artenara	37	+2.8%
87	Betancuria	37	-2.6%

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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 28,553 in May 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Betancuria, with 37 in May 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.