Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, January 2021
Creator: Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal
License: Spanish public sector information reuse (Ley 37/2007, attribution required)

Madrid had the highest registered unemployment of 8134 municipalities in January 2021, at 214,100. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 31 and the figure for Spain was 3.96 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest214,100Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median318134 municipalities

Spain3,964,353History

Top 40 municipalities, January 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	January 2021 persons	Change on January 2020
1	Madrid	214,100	+28.7%
2	Barcelona	96,227	+36.3%
3	Sevilla	84,374	+22.2%
4	Málaga	75,135	+26.1%
5	València	66,874	+26.2%
6	Zaragoza	48,098	+23.2%
7	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	48,077	+21.6%
8	Córdoba	41,196	+20.1%
9	Murcia	37,524	+22.3%
10	Alacant/Alicante	36,520	+27.5%
11	Palma	34,176	+39.2%
12	Jerez de la Frontera	33,488	+19.3%
13	Granada	29,711	+31.3%
14	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	27,481	+24.9%
15	Elx/Elche	27,175	+17.8%
16	Bilbao	25,341	+10.6%
17	Gijón	24,717	+16.8%
18	Vigo	23,477	+9.3%
19	Almería	23,170	+27.7%
20	Valladolid	23,034	+25.3%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	20,706	+23.5%
22	Cartagena	20,229	+19.6%
23	Huelva	19,729	+20.6%
24	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	19,488	+37.4%
25	A Coruña	18,638	+10%
26	Algeciras	17,846	+27.4%
27	Oviedo	17,372	+18%
28	Vitoria-Gasteiz	17,272	+13.9%
29	Terrassa	17,227	+24.2%
30	Marbella	17,163	+40.5%
31	Dos Hermanas	16,987	+16.8%
32	Badalona	16,938	+23.9%
33	Badajoz	16,023	+9.7%
34	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	15,949	+13.6%
35	Albacete	15,788	+6.2%
36	Fuenlabrada	15,537	+18.6%
37	Cádiz	15,520	+21.9%
38	Sabadell	15,356	+25.2%
39	Móstoles	15,208	+21.6%
40	Alcalá de Henares	14,935	+21.3%
41	Telde	13,943	+19.5%
42	Pamplona/Iruña	13,937	+24.8%
43	Santander	13,719	+16.7%
44	San Fernando	13,475	+22.5%
45	Chiclana de la Frontera	13,421	+25%
46	Salamanca	13,309	+20.7%
47	Leganés	13,173	+18.5%
48	Arona	12,875	+68.2%
49	Getafe	12,738	+26.8%
50	El Puerto de Santa María	12,522	+23.5%
51	Ceuta	12,399	+10.5%
52	Burgos	12,115	+24.7%
53	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	11,603	+40.4%
54	Parla	11,480	+19.8%
55	La Línea de la Concepción	11,472	+35.8%
56	Alcorcón	11,178	+21.4%
57	Lleida	11,098	+27.4%
58	Talavera de la Reina	11,030	+4.3%
59	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	10,648	+20.1%
60	Torrevieja	10,616	+35.9%
61	Jaén	10,523	+14.6%
62	Mataró	10,418	+23.2%
63	Tarragona	10,389	+29%
64	Mijas	10,382	+43.1%
65	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,374	+25.9%
66	Roquetas de Mar	10,150	+20.8%
67	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	9,937	+28.3%
68	Alcalá de Guadaíra	9,934	+15.8%
69	Logroño	9,891	+14.4%
70	Melilla	9,792	+4.9%
71	Arrecife	9,767	+65.3%
72	Cáceres	9,604	+12.2%
73	Fuengirola	9,453	+42.3%
73	León	9,453	+13.5%
75	Torremolinos	9,257	+36.9%
76	Vélez-Málaga	9,191	+22.3%
77	Reus	9,159	+27.4%
78	Benidorm	8,997	+50.7%
79	Donostia/San Sebastián	8,883	+16.9%
80	Benalmádena	8,686	+38.6%
81	Torrent	8,360	+18.8%
82	Ourense	8,193	+12.3%
83	Estepona	7,960	+34.6%
84	Gandia	7,904	+17.4%
85	Utrera	7,692	+12.9%
86	Granadilla de Abona	7,605	+63.3%
87	Mérida	7,461	+12.3%
88	Linares	7,127	+11.3%
89	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	7,082	+52.1%
90	Barakaldo	7,013	+8.7%
91	Ciudad Real	7,010	+7.1%
92	Avilés	6,897	+15.3%
93	Girona	6,720	+28.8%
94	Motril	6,662	+24.3%
95	Lugo	6,577	+13.8%
96	El Ejido	6,526	+27.9%
97	Elda	6,403	+19%
98	Paterna	6,379	+23%
99	Santiago de Compostela	6,377	+13.7%
100	Puerto Real	6,347	+27.2%
101	Orihuela	6,235	+26.2%
102	Manresa	6,218	+26.2%
103	Ponferrada	6,209	+21.8%
104	Cornellà de Llobregat	6,148	+31.9%
105	Alcobendas	6,133	+29.8%
106	Guadalajara	6,131	+15.8%
107	Pontevedra	6,022	+7.6%
108	Molina de Segura	5,923	+16.2%
109	Adeje	5,883	+82.6%
110	Sant Boi de Llobregat	5,840	+26.3%
111	Palencia	5,839	+16.3%
112	Puertollano	5,820	+5.2%
113	Ferrol	5,813	+18.8%
114	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,768	+19.5%
115	Toledo	5,716	+11.1%
116	Lorca	5,714	+20.9%
117	Rubí	5,656	+25.3%
118	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,651	+11%
119	Puerto del Rosario	5,643	+37.7%
120	La Orotava	5,593	+25.3%
121	Coslada	5,528	+21.4%
122	Arcos de la Frontera	5,499	+12.6%
123	Zamora	5,487	+21%
124	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,429	+20.4%
125	Valdemoro	5,424	+20.8%
126	Vilanova i la Geltrú	5,237	+23.9%
127	Los Realejos	5,158	+25.1%
128	La Rinconada	5,127	+15.1%
129	Arganda del Rey	5,052	+19.5%
130	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,026	+25.1%
131	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,938	+27.3%
132	Lucena	4,896	+20%
133	Barbate	4,879	+19.3%
134	Mairena del Aljarafe	4,866	+23.2%
135	Los Palacios y Villafranca	4,864	+25.7%
136	Collado Villalba	4,837	+23.3%
137	Rincón de la Victoria	4,799	+27%
138	Torrelavega	4,789	+11.6%
139	Aranjuez	4,696	+14.1%
140	Alhaurín de la Torre	4,630	+31.5%
141	Ávila	4,575	+19.9%
142	Arucas	4,574	+18.5%
142	Granollers	4,574	+27.1%
144	Figueres	4,551	+34.5%
145	Plasencia	4,527	+7.8%
146	Écija	4,517	+11.2%
147	Camas	4,467	+20.2%
148	San Roque	4,464	+31.3%
149	Ingenio	4,422	+27.5%
150	Viladecans	4,415	+29.2%
151	El Prat de Llobregat	4,400	+28.7%
152	Dénia	4,372	+25.1%
153	Alcantarilla	4,365	+18.7%
154	Andújar	4,339	+10.1%
155	Tomelloso	4,326	+5.8%
156	Eivissa	4,307	+47.9%
157	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	4,305	+33.7%
158	Ronda	4,301	+26.1%
159	Antequera	4,254	+23.6%
160	Cuenca	4,225	+12.6%
161	Almonte	4,223	+66.9%
162	Agüimes	4,211	+24.4%
163	Puerto de la Cruz	4,182	+34.5%
164	Burjassot	4,148	+24.9%
165	Mislata	4,114	+22.3%
166	Langreo	4,112	+10.5%
167	Petrer	4,099	+11.8%
168	Almendralejo	4,096	+11.7%
169	Coria del Río	4,056	+18.2%
170	Alzira	3,973	+16.7%
171	Siero	3,966	+16.9%
172	Irun	3,870	+9.2%
173	Don Benito	3,849	+8.9%
174	Rota	3,841	+26.2%
175	El Vendrell	3,809	+26%
176	Mollet del Vallès	3,785	+16.6%
177	Pinto	3,783	+20.7%
178	Castelldefels	3,769	+40.4%
178	Mieres	3,769	+11.6%
180	Vila-real	3,757	+11.3%
181	Blanes	3,720	+33%
182	Santurtzi	3,671	+10.2%
183	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,659	+23.1%
184	Villena	3,600	+19.8%
185	Crevillent	3,591	+13.1%
186	Getxo	3,553	+9.7%
187	Chipiona	3,522	+20.5%
188	Vilagarcía de Arousa	3,518	+7.9%
189	Hellín	3,511	+0.7%
190	Sant Cugat del Vallès	3,509	+35%
191	Huesca	3,508	+32.3%
192	Segovia	3,504	+30.2%
193	San Juan de Aznalfarache	3,465	+24.7%
194	Puente Genil	3,461	+14.4%
195	Almuñécar	3,439	+34.2%
196	Sant Adrià de Besòs	3,424	+25.1%
196	Úbeda	3,424	+7.2%
198	Santa Pola	3,421	+26.2%
199	Calvià	3,396	+27.8%
200	Manacor	3,395	+36.6%
201	Icod de los Vinos	3,384	+24.9%
202	Conil de la Frontera	3,356	+25.6%
203	Lebrija	3,320	+12.1%
204	Carmona	3,288	+14.6%
205	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,284	+25.1%
206	La Oliva	3,266	+70.5%
207	Armilla	3,254	+23.9%
208	Manises	3,252	+22.8%
209	Alhaurín el Grande	3,247	+29.2%
210	Portugalete	3,209	+9.2%
211	Tacoronte	3,204	+18.2%
212	Morón de la Frontera	3,197	+15%
213	Isla Cristina	3,183	+30.6%
214	Nerja	3,171	+33.5%
215	Salt	3,158	+39.2%
216	Los Barrios	3,155	+22.7%
217	Inca	3,132	+32.9%
217	Vic	3,132	+27.9%
219	Ripollet	3,107	+24.1%
220	Valdepeñas	3,104	+6.7%
221	Lepe	3,070	+26.1%
222	Lloret de Mar	3,068	+32.9%
223	Aldaia	3,063	+22.4%
224	Ontinyent	3,046	+12.1%
225	Colmenar Viejo	3,038	+20.3%
226	Cártama	3,026	+26.1%
227	Águilas	3,015	+25.9%
228	Alaquàs	2,966	+21.5%
229	Villanueva de la Serena	2,964	+13.8%
230	Basauri	2,950	+7.7%
231	Las Gabias	2,949	+23.1%
232	Níjar	2,921	+48.5%
233	Candelaria	2,917	+25.9%
234	Yecla	2,909	+7.9%
235	Majadahonda	2,907	+31.8%
236	Gáldar	2,901	+11.7%
237	Azuqueca de Henares	2,884	+13.9%
238	Alcázar de San Juan	2,883	+7%
239	Gavà	2,864	+32%
240	Pájara	2,855	+73.5%
241	Guía de Isora	2,852	+58.4%
242	Igualada	2,848	+28.1%
243	Cambrils	2,838	+22.4%
244	Coín	2,835	+28%
245	San Fernando de Henares	2,834	+24%
246	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,832	+28.3%
247	Pineda de Mar	2,826	+26.9%
248	Narón	2,822	+13.2%
249	Xirivella	2,815	+23.1%
250	Montcada i Reixac	2,811	+28.1%

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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 January 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.

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Which municipality has the highest registered unemployment?

Madrid, with 214,100 in January 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Zuñeda, with 0 in January 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 January 2021 and are not ranked.