Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, April 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 April 2021, at 212,597. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 31 and the figure for Spain was 3.91 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest212,597Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median318134 municipalities

Spain3,910,628History

Top 40 municipalities, April 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	April 2021 persons	Change on April 2020
1	Madrid	212,597	+10%
2	Barcelona	94,851	+9.8%
3	Sevilla	83,832	+1.9%
4	Málaga	74,710	+2.5%
5	València	66,538	+3.9%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	49,237	+8.7%
7	Zaragoza	47,033	+2%
8	Córdoba	41,096	-0.2%
9	Murcia	36,575	+4.2%
10	Alacant/Alicante	36,411	+9.1%
11	Palma	34,300	+15.5%
12	Jerez de la Frontera	32,797	-0.6%
13	Granada	29,722	+6.4%
14	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	27,388	+9.8%
15	Elx/Elche	26,747	-3.7%
16	Bilbao	24,513	-7.2%
17	Gijón	24,401	-0.1%
18	Almería	23,344	+5.8%
19	Valladolid	22,705	+4%
20	Vigo	21,953	-11.3%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	20,392	+7.9%
22	Cartagena	19,982	+3.4%
23	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	19,149	+9.6%
24	Algeciras	18,089	+8.5%
25	Huelva	17,886	+0.9%
26	Oviedo	17,188	+0.1%
27	Badalona	16,912	+6.7%
28	Terrassa	16,892	+1.9%
29	A Coruña	16,834	-12.1%
30	Dos Hermanas	16,825	-2.3%
31	Vitoria-Gasteiz	16,814	-8.8%
32	Marbella	16,576	+7.3%
33	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	15,830	-3.2%
34	Badajoz	15,720	-3.1%
35	Fuenlabrada	15,534	+6.8%
36	Cádiz	15,315	+1.8%
37	Albacete	15,295	-4.8%
38	Móstoles	15,286	+4.8%
39	Sabadell	15,179	+5.1%
40	Alcalá de Henares	14,997	+6.9%
41	Telde	14,470	+4.8%
42	Pamplona/Iruña	14,110	+4.5%
43	Santander	13,537	+1.3%
44	San Fernando	13,407	+2.7%
45	Chiclana de la Frontera	13,236	+0.9%
46	Arona	13,222	+21.5%
47	Leganés	13,210	+6.1%
48	Salamanca	12,964	+1.5%
49	Getafe	12,743	+7.5%
50	Ceuta	12,566	+5.6%
51	El Puerto de Santa María	12,254	+2.2%
52	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	11,737	+15.3%
53	Parla	11,689	+4.3%
54	La Línea de la Concepción	11,644	+19.3%
55	Burgos	11,410	-1.7%
56	Alcorcón	11,107	+2.2%
57	Roquetas de Mar	11,097	+8.9%
58	Jaén	11,082	-1.4%
59	Lleida	10,903	+15.8%
60	Talavera de la Reina	10,896	-3.6%
61	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,531	+12.5%
62	Mijas	10,496	+10.6%
63	Torrevieja	10,412	+14.3%
64	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	10,380	+1.3%
65	Mataró	10,288	+3.3%
66	Tarragona	10,184	+3.7%
67	Arrecife	10,165	+25.3%
68	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	9,892	+8.8%
69	Alcalá de Guadaíra	9,891	-2.3%
70	Logroño	9,730	-0.8%
71	Fuengirola	9,293	+11.6%
72	León	9,160	-0.2%
73	Cáceres	9,085	-6.6%
74	Torremolinos	9,053	+7.3%
75	Reus	9,011	+7.1%
76	Vélez-Málaga	8,977	-0.7%
77	Benidorm	8,832	+13.7%
78	Benalmádena	8,610	+10.1%
79	Donostia/San Sebastián	8,537	-7.6%
80	Torrent	8,532	+1.8%
81	Melilla	8,360	-10.6%
82	Gandia	8,028	+1.3%
83	Granadilla de Abona	7,775	+17.5%
84	Linares	7,749	-0.4%
85	Estepona	7,743	+4.4%
86	Utrera	7,618	-6.1%
87	El Ejido	7,453	+7.4%
88	Ourense	7,439	-9.7%
89	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	7,351	+20.9%
90	Mérida	7,129	-4.2%
91	Avilés	6,943	+0.4%
92	Barakaldo	6,931	-8%
93	Ciudad Real	6,873	-3.9%
94	Motril	6,837	+5.5%
95	Girona	6,543	+6.1%
96	Elda	6,399	+0.5%
97	Paterna	6,362	+1.8%
98	Puerto Real	6,301	+4.1%
99	Orihuela	6,195	+10.8%
100	Manresa	6,148	+6.5%
101	Guadalajara	6,132	-8.6%
102	Cornellà de Llobregat	6,117	+8.6%
103	Alcobendas	6,110	+8.3%
104	Adeje	6,046	+24.5%
105	Lugo	5,958	-8.4%
106	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,878	-0.3%
107	Ponferrada	5,825	-2.6%
108	Molina de Segura	5,773	+4.4%
109	Palencia	5,743	-2.9%
110	Toledo	5,718	-3.5%
111	Santiago de Compostela	5,684	-13.5%
112	Rubí	5,681	-0.2%
113	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,678	-5.5%
113	Sant Boi de Llobregat	5,678	+5.8%
115	Puertollano	5,674	-7.1%
116	Lorca	5,648	+7.2%
117	Puerto del Rosario	5,605	+7.8%
118	Valdemoro	5,601	+8.6%
119	Coslada	5,530	+12.2%
120	La Orotava	5,514	+3.5%
121	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,473	+2.9%
122	Pontevedra	5,472	-13.2%
123	Zamora	5,345	+3.4%
124	Arcos de la Frontera	5,207	-11.2%
125	Los Realejos	5,196	+5.8%
126	Ferrol	5,188	-7.1%
127	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,103	+13.3%
128	Lucena	5,042	-7.8%
129	Arganda del Rey	5,039	+3.2%
130	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,957	+3%
131	La Rinconada	4,939	-5%
132	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,833	+8.4%
133	Collado Villalba	4,829	+3%
134	Aranjuez	4,795	+5%
135	Mairena del Aljarafe	4,792	+1.7%
136	Torrelavega	4,713	-2.6%
137	Rincón de la Victoria	4,699	-0.9%
138	Andújar	4,652	-8.9%
139	Arucas	4,618	+5.3%
140	Los Palacios y Villafranca	4,605	-1.2%
141	Écija	4,580	-6.6%
142	Ávila	4,536	+4.7%
143	Alhaurín de la Torre	4,520	+3%
144	Figueres	4,489	+15.7%
144	San Roque	4,489	+9.4%
146	Barbate	4,468	+1.1%
147	Ingenio	4,467	+3.8%
148	Camas	4,444	+1.1%
149	Granollers	4,404	+4.7%
150	Antequera	4,359	-0.5%
151	El Prat de Llobregat	4,322	+4.1%
152	Plasencia	4,313	-9.1%
153	Tomelloso	4,311	-6.8%
154	Viladecans	4,283	+4.1%
155	Dénia	4,264	+5.1%
156	Alcantarilla	4,260	+5.2%
157	Agüimes	4,243	+6%
158	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	4,207	+6.7%
159	Ronda	4,204	+1.2%
160	Puerto de la Cruz	4,143	+9.6%
161	Mislata	4,120	+2.3%
162	Alzira	4,108	+2.1%
163	Langreo	4,104	-0.1%
164	Petrer	4,103	-5.7%
165	Cuenca	4,100	+1.4%
166	Burjassot	4,095	+0.7%
167	Vila-real	4,041	-2.3%
168	Eivissa	4,017	+6.9%
169	Siero	3,986	+1.2%
170	Almendralejo	3,983	-2.6%
171	Coria del Río	3,906	+0.9%
172	Pinto	3,791	+3.2%
173	Úbeda	3,786	-3.1%
174	Irun	3,768	-10.4%
175	Mollet del Vallès	3,762	-5%
176	Rota	3,729	+1.4%
177	El Vendrell	3,684	+5%
178	Mieres	3,679	-1.4%
179	Castelldefels	3,651	+10.2%
180	Santurtzi	3,634	-4.4%
181	Puente Genil	3,614	-4.5%
182	Villena	3,580	-1.4%
183	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,568	+3.4%
184	Blanes	3,553	+2.7%
185	Don Benito	3,542	-6.9%
186	Sant Adrià de Besòs	3,502	+13.3%
187	Crevillent	3,496	-4.4%
188	San Juan de Aznalfarache	3,469	+5.3%
189	Getxo	3,444	-8.7%
190	Huesca	3,400	+12%
191	Sant Cugat del Vallès	3,383	+6.1%
192	Icod de los Vinos	3,379	+4%
193	Santa Pola	3,376	+4.4%
194	Segovia	3,357	+2.1%
195	Manacor	3,338	+11.7%
196	Calvià	3,319	+12.6%
197	Almuñécar	3,292	+5.9%
198	Manises	3,257	+2.3%
199	Carmona	3,255	-4.9%
200	Chipiona	3,253	-3.3%
201	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,246	+5.6%
202	La Oliva	3,244	+19%
203	Armilla	3,234	+1.5%
204	Alhaurín el Grande	3,233	+3.2%
205	Vilagarcía de Arousa	3,225	-12.4%
206	Hellín	3,209	-7.3%
207	Tacoronte	3,200	+4.1%
208	Valdepeñas	3,188	-4.6%
209	Morón de la Frontera	3,180	-2.2%
210	Los Barrios	3,155	-2.2%
211	Salt	3,126	+12.7%
212	Lebrija	3,121	-8.4%
213	Inca	3,118	+13.8%
214	Ontinyent	3,113	-4.4%
215	Portugalete	3,095	-7.3%
216	Ripollet	3,088	+5.4%
217	Aldaia	3,057	+1.4%
218	Nerja	3,038	+5.8%
219	Vic	3,035	+11.4%
220	Níjar	3,016	+23%
221	Colmenar Viejo	3,015	+5.7%
222	Cártama	3,005	+1.9%
223	Lloret de Mar	2,978	+4.6%
224	Gáldar	2,966	+2.8%
225	Almonte	2,953	+28.4%
225	Conil de la Frontera	2,953	-6.3%
227	Guía de Isora	2,948	+22.7%
228	Alaquàs	2,944	+0.7%
229	Basauri	2,938	-4.9%
230	Las Gabias	2,935	-2.8%
231	Xirivella	2,904	+6.1%
232	Águilas	2,897	+3.1%
233	Azuqueca de Henares	2,896	-10.8%
234	Pájara	2,884	+23.1%
235	Candelaria	2,882	+8.5%
236	San Fernando de Henares	2,871	+12%
237	Igualada	2,848	+4.6%
238	Borriana/Burriana	2,847	+1.9%
239	Majadahonda	2,829	+11.4%
240	Yecla	2,819	-13%
241	Gavà	2,804	+11.3%
242	Alcázar de San Juan	2,801	-4.2%
243	Narón	2,790	-3.4%
244	Güímar	2,769	+6.8%
245	Montcada i Reixac	2,754	+7%
246	Coín	2,744	-0.9%
246	Pozuelo de Alarcón	2,744	+6%
248	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,738	+9%
249	Mairena del Alcor	2,732	-10%
250	Pineda de Mar	2,726	+5.4%

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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 April 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 212,597 in April 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

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