Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, March 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 March 2021, at 214,446. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 31 and the figure for Spain was 3.95 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest214,446Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median318134 municipalities

Spain3,949,640History

Top 40 municipalities, March 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	March 2021 persons	Change on March 2020
1	Madrid	214,446	+24.2%
2	Barcelona	96,384	+26.5%
3	Sevilla	83,951	+6.2%
4	Málaga	74,831	+6.1%
5	València	66,704	+14.4%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	48,648	+16.5%
7	Zaragoza	48,451	+15.8%
8	Córdoba	41,279	+5.1%
9	Murcia	37,335	+15.1%
10	Alacant/Alicante	36,405	+18%
11	Palma	34,549	+34.9%
12	Jerez de la Frontera	33,012	+2.5%
13	Granada	29,690	+11.9%
14	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	27,101	+16.5%
15	Elx/Elche	26,859	+4.7%
16	Bilbao	25,198	+2.5%
17	Gijón	24,634	+9.7%
18	Vigo	23,126	+3%
19	Almería	23,093	+8.1%
20	Valladolid	22,970	+15.2%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	20,351	+15.5%
22	Cartagena	19,970	+10.6%
23	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	19,494	+26.5%
24	Huelva	18,190	+2.2%
25	Algeciras	18,068	+14.1%
26	A Coruña	17,798	+2.1%
27	Oviedo	17,357	+10%
28	Terrassa	17,239	+16.6%
29	Badalona	17,106	+19.4%
30	Vitoria-Gasteiz	17,100	+1.7%
31	Dos Hermanas	16,895	+0.4%
32	Marbella	16,894	+19%
33	Badajoz	15,803	+1.6%
34	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	15,766	+3.8%
35	Fuenlabrada	15,749	+19%
36	Albacete	15,560	+2.5%
37	Cádiz	15,489	+5.5%
38	Sabadell	15,409	+19.8%
39	Móstoles	15,317	+18.6%
40	Alcalá de Henares	15,030	+16.9%
41	Telde	14,294	+15%
42	Pamplona/Iruña	14,166	+13.3%
43	Santander	13,541	+9.7%
44	San Fernando	13,414	+6.2%
45	Leganés	13,365	+18%
46	Chiclana de la Frontera	13,302	+4.1%
47	Arona	13,177	+52.8%
48	Salamanca	12,848	+12.5%
49	Getafe	12,799	+22.7%
50	Ceuta	12,486	+8.8%
51	El Puerto de Santa María	12,296	+6.5%
52	Burgos	11,702	+12.9%
53	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	11,684	+33.2%
54	La Línea de la Concepción	11,612	+23.8%
55	Parla	11,605	+15.1%
56	Alcorcón	11,267	+17.8%
57	Lleida	11,137	+23.9%
58	Talavera de la Reina	10,951	-0%
59	Jaén	10,879	-1.1%
60	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	10,555	+1.2%
61	Roquetas de Mar	10,548	+11.4%
62	Torrevieja	10,498	+25.9%
63	Mijas	10,454	+17.5%
64	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,442	+22.4%
65	Mataró	10,388	+15.3%
66	Tarragona	10,355	+20.9%
67	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	10,099	+22.4%
68	Arrecife	10,077	+52.6%
69	Logroño	9,951	+5.9%
70	Alcalá de Guadaíra	9,918	+0.5%
71	Fuengirola	9,396	+19.5%
72	León	9,272	+8%
73	Cáceres	9,241	-0.6%
74	Reus	9,189	+21.8%
75	Torremolinos	9,109	+16.4%
76	Benidorm	9,039	+32.3%
77	Vélez-Málaga	8,932	+3%
78	Donostia/San Sebastián	8,754	+3%
79	Benalmádena	8,611	+15.4%
80	Melilla	8,514	-7.5%
81	Torrent	8,497	+10.1%
82	Gandia	8,007	+9.4%
83	Ourense	7,985	+5.5%
84	Estepona	7,915	+14.5%
85	Granadilla de Abona	7,728	+39.6%
86	Utrera	7,685	-3.9%
87	Linares	7,598	-0.9%
88	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	7,294	+42.7%
89	Mérida	7,214	+2.7%
90	Barakaldo	7,097	+0.6%
91	Avilés	7,017	+8.3%
92	Ciudad Real	6,976	+3.2%
93	El Ejido	6,869	+16.3%
94	Girona	6,689	+24.8%
95	Motril	6,619	+5.1%
96	Elda	6,438	+6.9%
97	Lugo	6,415	+8.1%
98	Puerto Real	6,356	+5.9%
99	Paterna	6,308	+9.2%
100	Guadalajara	6,267	+2.9%
101	Orihuela	6,234	+19.3%
102	Manresa	6,221	+18.2%
103	Cornellà de Llobregat	6,207	+24.4%
104	Alcobendas	6,178	+24.1%
105	Santiago de Compostela	6,133	+5.6%
106	Adeje	6,003	+57.8%
107	Ponferrada	5,932	+7.3%
108	Molina de Segura	5,866	+11%
109	Palencia	5,852	+9.7%
110	Sant Boi de Llobregat	5,822	+18.8%
111	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,819	+8.2%
112	Pontevedra	5,807	+0.2%
113	Puertollano	5,796	+1.1%
114	Toledo	5,776	+5.5%
115	Rubí	5,767	+13.8%
116	Lorca	5,703	+16.3%
117	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,633	+1.8%
118	Valdemoro	5,608	+19%
119	Puerto del Rosario	5,564	+26.8%
120	Coslada	5,562	+22%
121	La Orotava	5,557	+13.1%
122	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,438	+10.3%
123	Ferrol	5,413	+4%
124	Zamora	5,378	+11.3%
125	Arcos de la Frontera	5,237	-13.3%
126	Los Realejos	5,160	+13.7%
127	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,113	+22.9%
128	La Rinconada	5,086	-2.2%
129	Lucena	5,074	-1.7%
130	Vilanova i la Geltrú	5,042	+15%
131	Arganda del Rey	5,029	+12.6%
132	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,931	+22.1%
133	Aranjuez	4,864	+13.7%
134	Mairena del Aljarafe	4,842	+6.2%
135	Collado Villalba	4,835	+15.1%
136	Torrelavega	4,733	+5.1%
137	Andújar	4,715	-5.3%
138	Rincón de la Victoria	4,710	+3.5%
139	Los Palacios y Villafranca	4,645	-1.3%
140	Barbate	4,606	+4.8%
141	Écija	4,590	-5.9%
142	Alhaurín de la Torre	4,578	+10.9%
143	Ávila	4,570	+14.5%
144	Granollers	4,557	+22.5%
145	Arucas	4,546	+11.4%
146	Figueres	4,519	+32.1%
147	San Roque	4,489	+15.5%
148	Ingenio	4,482	+13.7%
149	Camas	4,462	+4.2%
150	Tomelloso	4,407	-2.6%
151	El Prat de Llobregat	4,390	+16.6%
152	Plasencia	4,377	-3.7%
153	Alcantarilla	4,334	+12.7%
153	Antequera	4,334	+3.9%
155	Dénia	4,304	+18%
156	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	4,288	+18.1%
157	Viladecans	4,277	+15.2%
158	Ronda	4,255	+3.3%
159	Agüimes	4,235	+18.5%
160	Puerto de la Cruz	4,201	+21.8%
161	Langreo	4,172	+6.5%
162	Burjassot	4,146	+10.9%
163	Mislata	4,141	+11.8%
164	Eivissa	4,130	+30.2%
165	Cuenca	4,099	+5%
166	Petrer	4,085	-1.3%
167	Siero	4,051	+9.7%
168	Alzira	4,035	+6.4%
169	Almendralejo	3,952	+0.5%
170	Coria del Río	3,936	+2.3%
171	Vila-real	3,933	+4.7%
172	Irun	3,875	+1.3%
173	Pinto	3,867	+16.9%
174	Mollet del Vallès	3,830	+8.2%
175	Mieres	3,758	+6.5%
176	Rota	3,746	+5.9%
177	Úbeda	3,744	-3%
178	El Vendrell	3,729	+16.5%
179	Don Benito	3,709	-0.6%
180	Castelldefels	3,682	+24.3%
181	Puente Genil	3,667	-1.7%
182	Santurtzi	3,660	+1.6%
183	Blanes	3,648	+20.6%
184	Villena	3,610	+8.1%
185	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,593	+15.2%
186	Huesca	3,553	+28%
187	Sant Adrià de Besòs	3,529	+22.6%
188	Crevillent	3,518	+3.7%
189	Getxo	3,512	+0.7%
190	Vilagarcía de Arousa	3,490	+1.2%
191	Hellín	3,473	-2%
192	Sant Cugat del Vallès	3,466	+23.4%
193	San Juan de Aznalfarache	3,461	+8.2%
194	Icod de los Vinos	3,411	+11.6%
195	Segovia	3,400	+15.3%
196	Calvià	3,356	+24.4%
197	Manacor	3,349	+31.6%
198	Chipiona	3,339	+5.1%
199	Santa Pola	3,337	+12.6%
200	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,314	+19.6%
201	La Oliva	3,280	+50.3%
202	Morón de la Frontera	3,279	+2.3%
203	Carmona	3,252	-3%
204	Lebrija	3,231	-10%
205	Manises	3,227	+10.9%
206	Almuñécar	3,216	+7.8%
207	Armilla	3,208	+2.6%
208	Alhaurín el Grande	3,199	+5.4%
209	Valdepeñas	3,196	+1.5%
210	Portugalete	3,181	+0.5%
211	Los Barrios	3,176	+4.2%
212	Salt	3,150	+31.4%
213	Ripollet	3,147	+21.2%
214	Tacoronte	3,145	+10.1%
215	Inca	3,116	+26.5%
216	Ontinyent	3,082	+3.1%
217	Nerja	3,077	+10.6%
218	Vic	3,070	+20.4%
219	Aldaia	3,058	+10.6%
220	Águilas	3,019	+16.3%
221	Lloret de Mar	3,017	+24.1%
222	Colmenar Viejo	3,010	+17%
223	Almonte	3,001	+30.3%
223	Cártama	3,001	+3.7%
225	Conil de la Frontera	2,995	-2.6%
226	Las Gabias	2,962	+1.6%
227	Basauri	2,957	+1%
228	Alaquàs	2,948	+8.8%
229	Níjar	2,936	+32.7%
230	Azuqueca de Henares	2,932	-2.8%
231	Gáldar	2,926	+10.4%
232	Igualada	2,900	+18.1%
233	Guía de Isora	2,899	+44.7%
234	San Fernando de Henares	2,898	+22.4%
235	Isla Cristina	2,889	+13.2%
236	Majadahonda	2,883	+27.3%
237	Xirivella	2,880	+13%
238	Yecla	2,868	0%
239	Villanueva de la Serena	2,860	+3.5%
240	Gavà	2,852	+24.5%
241	Candelaria	2,843	+15.4%
241	Pájara	2,843	+49.2%
243	Alcázar de San Juan	2,837	+6%
244	Montcada i Reixac	2,833	+22.8%
245	Narón	2,804	+6.4%
246	Maracena	2,784	+5.4%
247	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,783	+24.5%
248	Mairena del Alcor	2,782	-6.1%
249	Güímar	2,776	+15.4%
250	Pineda de Mar	2,769	+17.6%

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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 March 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 214,446 in March 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

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