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Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, December 2021
Madrid had the highest registered unemployment of 8134 municipalities in December 2021, at 173,742. Zarzosa had the lowest, at 0. The median was 24 and the figure for Spain was 3.11 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.
Median 24 8134 municipalities
Madrid Madrid: 173,742 persons 173,742 Sevilla Sevilla: 65,987 persons 65,987 Barcelona Barcelona: 63,383 persons 63,383 Málaga Málaga: 58,106 persons 58,106 València València: 54,424 persons 54,424 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: 38,523 persons 38,523 Zaragoza Zaragoza: 35,068 persons 35,068 Córdoba Córdoba: 32,433 persons 32,433 Alacant/Alicante Alacant/Alicante: 30,561 persons 30,561 Murcia Murcia: 27,883 persons 27,883 Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera: 27,419 persons 27,419 Elx/Elche Elx/Elche: 23,027 persons 23,027 Palma Palma: 22,482 persons 22,482 Bilbao Bilbao: 22,131 persons 22,131 Granada Granada: 21,877 persons 21,877 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 20,889 persons 20,889 Vigo Vigo: 20,053 persons 20,053 Gijón Gijón: 19,022 persons 19,022 Almería Almería: 18,475 persons 18,475 Valladolid Valladolid: 17,614 persons 17,614 Huelva Huelva: 16,066 persons 16,066 San Cristóbal de La Laguna San Cristóbal de La Laguna: 15,810 persons 15,810 Cartagena Cartagena: 15,235 persons 15,235 Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz: 14,998 persons 14,998 A Coruña A Coruña: 14,864 persons 14,864 Algeciras Algeciras: 14,690 persons 14,690 Dos Hermanas Dos Hermanas: 13,723 persons 13,723 Terrassa Terrassa: 13,083 persons 13,083 Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada: 13,014 persons 13,014 Oviedo Oviedo: 12,945 persons 12,945 Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de… Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana: 12,901 persons 12,901 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat L'Hospitalet de Llobregat: 12,863 persons 12,863 Badalona Badalona: 12,801 persons 12,801 Badajoz Badajoz: 12,797 persons 12,797 Móstoles Móstoles: 12,656 persons 12,656 Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares: 12,638 persons 12,638 Cádiz Cádiz: 12,047 persons 12,047 Sabadell Sabadell: 11,870 persons 11,870 Albacete Albacete: 11,744 persons 11,744 Telde Telde: 11,204 persons 11,204 persons. Source: SEPE . Retrieved 2026-10-08. Full ranking Rank Municipalities December 2021persons 1 Madrid 173,742 2 Sevilla 65,987 3 Barcelona 63,383 4 Málaga 58,106 5 València 54,424 6 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 38,523 7 Zaragoza 35,068 8 Córdoba 32,433 9 Alacant/Alicante 30,561 10 Murcia 27,883 11 Jerez de la Frontera 27,419 12 Elx/Elche 23,027 13 Palma 22,482 14 Bilbao 22,131 15 Granada 21,877 16 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 20,889 17 Vigo 20,053 18 Gijón 19,022 19 Almería 18,475 20 Valladolid 17,614 21 Huelva 16,066 22 San Cristóbal de La Laguna 15,810 23 Cartagena 15,235 24 Vitoria-Gasteiz 14,998 25 A Coruña 14,864 26 Algeciras 14,690 27 Dos Hermanas 13,723 28 Terrassa 13,083 29 Fuenlabrada 13,014 30 Oviedo 12,945 31 Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana 12,901 32 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 12,863 33 Badalona 12,801 34 Badajoz 12,797 35 Móstoles 12,656 36 Alcalá de Henares 12,638 37 Cádiz 12,047 38 Sabadell 11,870 39 Albacete 11,744 40 Telde 11,204 41 Chiclana de la Frontera 11,180 42 Leganés 11,092 43 Santander 11,040 44 San Fernando 11,008 45 Marbella 10,995 46 Pamplona/Iruña 10,659 47 Getafe 10,560 48 El Puerto de Santa María 9,978 49 Ceuta 9,854 50 Salamanca 9,722 51 Parla 9,499 52 Alcorcón 9,324 53 Talavera de la Reina 9,204 54 La Línea de la Concepción 9,138 55 Torrejón de Ardoz 8,963 56 Sanlúcar de Barrameda 8,702 57 Jaén 8,536 58 Roquetas de Mar 8,413 59 Torrevieja 8,361 60 Burgos 8,276 61 Melilla 8,186 62 Lleida 8,180 63 Alcalá de Guadaíra 8,111 64 Santa Lucía de Tirajana 7,855 65 Mataró 7,852 66 Mijas 7,787 67 Logroño 7,655 68 Tarragona 7,552 69 Cáceres 7,445 70 Arona 7,444 71 Donostia/San Sebastián 7,367 72 Torrent 7,306 73 Vélez-Málaga 7,274 74 Santa Coloma de Gramenet 7,172 75 León 6,936 76 Reus 6,905 77 Torremolinos 6,736 78 Ourense 6,704 79 Fuengirola 6,693 80 Gandia 6,691 81 Utrera 6,418 82 Benidorm 6,386 83 Barakaldo 6,222 84 Benalmádena 6,086 85 Linares 6,073 86 Arrecife 5,743 87 Mérida 5,667 88 Estepona 5,613 89 Elda 5,547 90 Avilés 5,423 91 Motril 5,389 92 Paterna 5,384 93 Ciudad Real 5,313 94 Orihuela 5,263 95 Puerto Real 5,176 96 El Ejido 5,142 97 Alcobendas 5,070 98 Pontevedra 4,992 99 Lugo 4,930 100 Manresa 4,863 101 Sagunt/Sagunto 4,833 102 Santiago de Compostela 4,819 103 Granadilla de Abona 4,800 104 Alcoi/Alcoy 4,798 105 Arcos de la Frontera 4,722 106 Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig 4,705 107 Rubí 4,678 108 Girona 4,667 109 Ferrol 4,658 109 Palencia 4,658 111 Ponferrada 4,647 112 Valdemoro 4,644 113 Coslada 4,600 114 Molina de Segura 4,558 115 Puertollano 4,536 116 San Bartolomé de Tirajana 4,460 117 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 4,458 118 Arganda del Rey 4,340 119 Guadalajara 4,332 120 Cornellà de Llobregat 4,269 121 Lorca 4,160 122 Sant Boi de Llobregat 4,152 123 La Rinconada 4,146 124 La Orotava 4,141 125 Collado Villalba 4,139 126 Zamora 4,064 127 San Sebastián de los Reyes 4,038 128 Los Realejos 4,014 129 Barbate 3,989 130 Aranjuez 3,987 131 Toledo 3,972 132 Torrelavega 3,966 133 Los Palacios y Villafranca 3,900 134 Almonte 3,882 135 Lucena 3,853 136 Mairena del Aljarafe 3,827 137 Vilanova i la Geltrú 3,803 138 Rincón de la Victoria 3,741 139 Arucas 3,642 140 Écija 3,637 141 Plasencia 3,632 142 Andújar 3,567 143 San Roque 3,560 144 Puerto del Rosario 3,522 145 Alhaurín de la Torre 3,519 146 Dénia 3,509 147 Camas 3,506 148 Petrer 3,487 149 Mislata 3,453 150 Burjassot 3,436 151 Irun 3,433 152 la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa 3,408 153 Tomelloso 3,386 154 Antequera 3,383 155 Ingenio 3,340 156 Coria del Río 3,329 157 Ávila 3,325 158 Granollers 3,315 159 Alzira 3,307 160 Almendralejo 3,297 161 Viladecans 3,287 162 Langreo 3,286 163 Alcantarilla 3,248 164 Ronda 3,212 165 Las Rozas de Madrid 3,197 166 Santurtzi 3,189 167 Pinto 3,163 168 Adeje 3,148 169 Crevillent 3,115 170 El Prat de Llobregat 3,110 171 Agüimes 3,109 171 Figueres 3,109 173 Vila-real 3,105 174 Siero 3,084 175 Getxo 3,067 176 Villena 3,046 177 Rota 3,039 178 Puerto de la Cruz 3,029 179 Don Benito 3,011 180 Mieres 2,973 181 El Vendrell 2,961 182 Vilagarcía de Arousa 2,951 183 Hellín 2,920 184 Mollet del Vallès 2,894 185 Santa Pola 2,855 186 Puente Genil 2,853 187 Portugalete 2,852 188 Cuenca 2,835 189 Úbeda 2,794 190 Lebrija 2,792 191 Morón de la Frontera 2,780 192 Chipiona 2,770 193 Icod de los Vinos 2,730 194 San Juan de Aznalfarache 2,720 195 Manises 2,697 196 Blanes 2,690 197 Sant Adrià de Besòs 2,685 198 Ontinyent 2,665 199 Aldaia 2,652 200 Carmona 2,639 201 Alhaurín el Grande 2,626 202 Conil de la Frontera 2,612 203 Los Barrios 2,607 204 Colmenar Viejo 2,602 205 Basauri 2,590 206 Isla Cristina 2,559 207 Alaquàs 2,555 208 Almuñécar 2,547 209 Castelldefels 2,533 210 Cártama 2,523 211 Tacoronte 2,498 212 Lepe 2,483 213 Eivissa 2,478 214 San Fernando de Henares 2,434 215 Narón 2,424 216 Xirivella 2,412 217 Pozuelo de Alarcón 2,391 218 Armilla 2,386 219 Majadahonda 2,371 219 Sant Cugat del Vallès 2,371 221 Cerdanyola del Vallès 2,345 222 Manacor 2,342 223 Los Llanos de Aridane 2,341 223 Yecla 2,341 225 Igualada 2,311 226 Gáldar 2,309 227 Novelda 2,303 228 Vic 2,297 229 Villanueva de la Serena 2,295 230 Ripollet 2,282 231 Mairena del Alcor 2,281 232 Águilas 2,279 233 Candelaria 2,270 234 Xàtiva 2,264 235 Castro-Urdiales 2,261 236 Las Gabias 2,257 237 Azuqueca de Henares 2,251 238 Valdepeñas 2,235 239 Carballo 2,221 240 Segovia 2,215 241 Huesca 2,214 242 Nerja 2,204 243 Salt 2,187 244 Sestao 2,186 245 Catarroja 2,184 245 Inca 2,184 247 Níjar 2,171 248 Coín 2,163 249 Calvià 2,150 250 Montcada i Reixac 2,146
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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 December 2021 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_2021_csv.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-08.Use this data in your AI agent Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
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Questions Which municipality has the highest registered unemployment? Madrid, with 173,742 in December 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.
Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment? Zarzosa, with 0 in December 2021.
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 2021 and are not ranked.
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