Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, February 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 February 2021, at 217,294. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 31 and the figure for Spain was 4.01 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest217,294Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median318134 municipalities

Spain4,008,789History

Top 40 municipalities, February 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	February 2021 persons	Change on February 2020
1	Madrid	217,294	+30%
2	Barcelona	97,480	+36.4%
3	Sevilla	85,360	+23.6%
4	Málaga	76,465	+28.5%
5	València	68,068	+28%
6	Zaragoza	49,246	+26.3%
7	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	48,568	+24%
8	Córdoba	41,742	+20.8%
9	Murcia	37,972	+23.4%
10	Alacant/Alicante	37,044	+29.5%
11	Palma	35,080	+48.8%
12	Jerez de la Frontera	33,788	+21.1%
13	Granada	30,051	+31%
14	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	27,633	+27.9%
15	Elx/Elche	27,305	+16.8%
16	Gijón	24,980	+18.9%
17	Bilbao	24,883	+9.3%
18	Valladolid	23,331	+25.3%
19	Almería	23,305	+27.3%
20	Vigo	23,217	+9.5%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	20,746	+25.8%
22	Cartagena	20,249	+20.6%
23	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	19,728	+37.1%
24	Huelva	19,617	+24.8%
25	A Coruña	18,388	+10%
26	Algeciras	18,287	+29%
27	Oviedo	17,592	+18.3%
28	Marbella	17,499	+44.6%
29	Terrassa	17,297	+22.7%
30	Dos Hermanas	17,202	+18%
31	Badalona	17,164	+24.4%
32	Vitoria-Gasteiz	17,028	+12.8%
33	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	16,058	+13.2%
34	Badajoz	15,875	+7.8%
35	Fuenlabrada	15,829	+22%
36	Cádiz	15,799	+27.1%
37	Albacete	15,787	+9.1%
38	Sabadell	15,546	+25.4%
39	Móstoles	15,469	+23.5%
40	Alcalá de Henares	15,291	+21.5%
41	Pamplona/Iruña	14,365	+27.8%
42	Telde	14,329	+24.4%
43	Santander	13,924	+17.6%
44	San Fernando	13,689	+24.5%
45	Chiclana de la Frontera	13,612	+28.8%
46	Leganés	13,433	+20%
47	Salamanca	13,309	+21.2%
48	Arona	13,268	+81.9%
49	Getafe	12,954	+28.7%
50	El Puerto de Santa María	12,645	+26.8%
51	Ceuta	12,483	+10.4%
52	Burgos	12,031	+23.2%
53	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	11,839	+44.5%
54	Parla	11,682	+21.9%
55	La Línea de la Concepción	11,622	+34.5%
56	Alcorcón	11,417	+23%
57	Lleida	11,120	+27.3%
58	Talavera de la Reina	11,119	+7.3%
59	Jaén	10,951	+14.9%
60	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	10,775	+22.7%
61	Torrevieja	10,762	+38.9%
62	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,616	+27.5%
63	Mijas	10,610	+47.6%
64	Tarragona	10,462	+28.9%
65	Mataró	10,404	+20.2%
66	Roquetas de Mar	10,391	+25.5%
67	Arrecife	10,143	+74%
68	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	10,112	+29.4%
69	Alcalá de Guadaíra	10,093	+16.5%
70	Logroño	10,074	+14.8%
71	Fuengirola	9,636	+48.3%
72	León	9,508	+15.2%
73	Cáceres	9,482	+9.2%
74	Torremolinos	9,355	+43.5%
75	Vélez-Málaga	9,268	+24.8%
76	Benidorm	9,264	+64.7%
77	Reus	9,240	+27.7%
78	Melilla	8,823	-5.4%
79	Benalmádena	8,820	+45.4%
80	Donostia/San Sebastián	8,717	+14.7%
81	Torrent	8,543	+20.6%
82	Gandia	8,129	+20.5%
83	Estepona	8,116	+38%
84	Ourense	8,110	+11.8%
85	Granadilla de Abona	7,767	+64.9%
86	Utrera	7,746	+13.1%
87	Linares	7,407	+8.4%
88	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	7,365	+59.3%
89	Mérida	7,303	+10.2%
90	Ciudad Real	7,039	+8.5%
91	Barakaldo	7,013	+8.5%
92	Avilés	6,992	+15.2%
93	Girona	6,785	+31.6%
94	Motril	6,742	+28.1%
95	El Ejido	6,614	+29.9%
96	Lugo	6,608	+15.6%
97	Elda	6,471	+19.1%
98	Paterna	6,444	+25.1%
99	Guadalajara	6,398	+16.1%
99	Puerto Real	6,398	+28%
101	Orihuela	6,361	+30.9%
102	Manresa	6,329	+28%
103	Santiago de Compostela	6,323	+14.2%
104	Alcobendas	6,239	+30%
105	Cornellà de Llobregat	6,222	+32.2%
106	Ponferrada	6,131	+20.9%
107	Adeje	6,040	+93.4%
108	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,962	+22.5%
109	Pontevedra	5,952	+6.5%
110	Molina de Segura	5,944	+16.5%
111	Sant Boi de Llobregat	5,909	+28.5%
112	Palencia	5,892	+18.9%
113	Puertollano	5,891	+8.1%
114	Toledo	5,827	+14.2%
115	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,747	+14%
116	Lorca	5,744	+21.9%
117	Rubí	5,717	+22.7%
118	Puerto del Rosario	5,674	+42.6%
119	Valdemoro	5,604	+23.6%
120	La Orotava	5,591	+28%
121	Ferrol	5,590	+12.3%
122	Coslada	5,580	+22.7%
123	Zamora	5,572	+22.5%
124	Arcos de la Frontera	5,515	+14.1%
125	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,502	+21.9%
126	Los Realejos	5,219	+30.4%
127	Vilanova i la Geltrú	5,194	+24.5%
128	La Rinconada	5,162	+16.1%
129	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,114	+27.1%
130	Arganda del Rey	5,088	+17.9%
131	San Sebastián de los Reyes	5,043	+28.2%
132	Lucena	4,970	+19.3%
133	Collado Villalba	4,908	+24.3%
134	Mairena del Aljarafe	4,889	+24.8%
135	Rincón de la Victoria	4,885	+28.6%
136	Torrelavega	4,872	+13.6%
137	Aranjuez	4,870	+16.6%
138	Barbate	4,856	+23.3%
139	Los Palacios y Villafranca	4,818	+24.7%
140	Alhaurín de la Torre	4,704	+34.7%
141	Arucas	4,616	+21.2%
142	Écija	4,612	+12.7%
143	Ávila	4,603	+20.1%
144	Figueres	4,580	+36.6%
145	Granollers	4,573	+27.7%
146	San Roque	4,536	+31%
147	Dénia	4,518	+32.4%
148	Andújar	4,505	+7.4%
149	Ingenio	4,493	+28.3%
150	Camas	4,477	+21.5%
151	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	4,468	+43.6%
152	El Prat de Llobregat	4,460	+28.8%
153	Plasencia	4,429	+5.3%
154	Viladecans	4,400	+28.2%
155	Alcantarilla	4,399	+19.8%
156	Ronda	4,393	+29.3%
157	Antequera	4,373	+26.3%
158	Tomelloso	4,360	+6.5%
159	Eivissa	4,315	+56.5%
160	Agüimes	4,263	+29.1%
161	Puerto de la Cruz	4,252	+40.3%
162	Burjassot	4,210	+24.9%
163	Mislata	4,205	+23.2%
164	Cuenca	4,202	+16.5%
165	Langreo	4,162	+11.4%
166	Petrer	4,123	+12.5%
167	Alzira	4,080	+19.1%
168	Coria del Río	4,033	+21.3%
169	Siero	4,029	+18.2%
170	Almendralejo	4,025	+7.7%
171	Vila-real	3,936	+12.8%
172	Pinto	3,907	+22.4%
173	Rota	3,861	+29.6%
174	El Vendrell	3,842	+29.5%
175	Mieres	3,817	+12.3%
176	Mollet del Vallès	3,812	+16.8%
177	Irun	3,809	+7.2%
178	Castelldefels	3,800	+39.1%
179	Don Benito	3,748	+6.4%
180	Blanes	3,734	+30.4%
181	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,715	+23.9%
182	Santurtzi	3,671	+10.2%
183	Puente Genil	3,664	+12.5%
184	Villena	3,656	+20.3%
185	Almonte	3,635	+82.8%
186	Huesca	3,630	+36.9%
187	Úbeda	3,626	+8.4%
188	Crevillent	3,589	+13.9%
189	Hellín	3,566	+3.2%
190	Segovia	3,540	+30.1%
191	Vilagarcía de Arousa	3,531	+7.3%
192	Sant Adrià de Besòs	3,501	+26.8%
193	Santa Pola	3,500	+28.1%
194	Chipiona	3,499	+28%
195	San Juan de Aznalfarache	3,496	+22.6%
196	Sant Cugat del Vallès	3,492	+32.4%
197	Getxo	3,488	+9.1%
198	Calvià	3,455	+45.4%
199	Almuñécar	3,423	+38.8%
200	Icod de los Vinos	3,411	+28.9%
201	Manacor	3,392	+44.8%
202	Lebrija	3,334	+13%
203	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,331	+26.2%
204	Manises	3,324	+24.5%
205	La Oliva	3,318	+73.6%
206	Conil de la Frontera	3,304	+30.4%
207	Carmona	3,301	+14.7%
208	Armilla	3,289	+27.7%
209	Alhaurín el Grande	3,246	+29.3%
209	Morón de la Frontera	3,246	+18.8%
211	Tacoronte	3,218	+21.3%
212	Los Barrios	3,200	+24.4%
213	Valdepeñas	3,194	+14.8%
214	Nerja	3,187	+42.9%
215	Salt	3,178	+36%
216	Ripollet	3,143	+26.1%
217	Inca	3,136	+40.2%
218	Isla Cristina	3,119	+36.8%
219	Aldaia	3,117	+25.6%
220	Portugalete	3,110	+5.7%
221	Ontinyent	3,101	+14.7%
222	Vic	3,086	+24.7%
223	Lloret de Mar	3,078	+34.9%
224	Colmenar Viejo	3,055	+21.3%
225	Águilas	3,048	+29.9%
226	Cártama	3,039	+28.7%
227	Alaquàs	3,016	+22.5%
228	Azuqueca de Henares	2,997	+16.5%
229	Las Gabias	2,991	+24.8%
230	Majadahonda	2,966	+32.8%
231	Gáldar	2,963	+17.2%
232	Candelaria	2,953	+29.2%
233	Lepe	2,932	+33.3%
234	Basauri	2,921	+7.7%
235	San Fernando de Henares	2,907	+23.5%
236	Guía de Isora	2,905	+72.4%
237	Xirivella	2,902	+26.1%
238	Gavà	2,900	+35.7%
239	Pájara	2,899	+89.8%
240	Narón	2,887	+13.4%
241	Yecla	2,886	+9.6%
242	Coín	2,879	+32.3%
243	Alcázar de San Juan	2,866	+9.3%
244	Níjar	2,865	+45.3%
245	Igualada	2,862	+27.7%
246	Villanueva de la Serena	2,859	+9.4%
247	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,853	+32.1%
248	Cambrils	2,850	+25.9%
249	Montcada i Reixac	2,829	+26.4%
250	Pineda de Mar	2,828	+26.6%

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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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for February 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 217,294 in February 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Zuñeda, with 0 in February 2021.

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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 February 2021 and are not ranked.