Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, May 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 May 2021, at 207,254. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 29 and the figure for Spain was 3.78 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest207,254Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median298134 municipalities

Spain3,781,250History

Top 40 municipalities, May 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	May 2021 persons	Change on May 2020
1	Madrid	207,254	+2.6%
2	Barcelona	92,582	+2.3%
3	Sevilla	81,819	-0.1%
4	Málaga	72,861	+0.4%
5	València	64,729	-0%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	48,432	+4.3%
7	Zaragoza	45,314	-1.8%
8	Córdoba	39,577	-3.5%
9	Alacant/Alicante	35,437	+5%
10	Murcia	35,300	-0.2%
11	Palma	32,355	+5.7%
12	Jerez de la Frontera	31,913	-1.2%
13	Granada	28,655	+1.6%
14	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	26,978	+7.3%
15	Elx/Elche	26,095	-5%
16	Bilbao	23,818	-11.2%
17	Gijón	23,355	-4.8%
18	Almería	23,190	+1.7%
19	Valladolid	21,767	-3.3%
20	Vigo	21,525	-12.3%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	19,905	+3.2%
22	Cartagena	19,173	-0.8%
23	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	18,850	+2.5%
24	Algeciras	17,780	+5.9%
25	Huelva	17,675	-1.1%
26	Badalona	16,636	+1.5%
27	Terrassa	16,574	-2.6%
28	Oviedo	16,507	-4.4%
29	A Coruña	16,408	-14.4%
30	Dos Hermanas	16,382	-3.2%
31	Vitoria-Gasteiz	16,060	-14.3%
32	Marbella	15,563	+1.2%
33	Badajoz	15,341	-4.8%
34	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	15,286	-7.3%
35	Fuenlabrada	15,143	+1.6%
36	Móstoles	14,874	+0.6%
37	Sabadell	14,822	-2.8%
38	Cádiz	14,721	-2.7%
39	Alcalá de Henares	14,668	+1.9%
40	Albacete	14,540	-8.3%
41	Telde	14,071	+1.7%
42	Pamplona/Iruña	13,112	-5.3%
43	Santander	13,061	-2.9%
44	Arona	13,021	+15%
45	San Fernando	12,886	-1.4%
46	Leganés	12,787	-1%
47	Chiclana de la Frontera	12,550	-2.4%
48	Getafe	12,522	+1.9%
49	Salamanca	12,412	-5.5%
50	Ceuta	12,116	+1%
51	El Puerto de Santa María	11,869	-0%
52	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	11,671	+10.9%
53	La Línea de la Concepción	11,528	+15.9%
54	Parla	11,477	+1.5%
55	Roquetas de Mar	11,418	+4.4%
56	Alcorcón	10,885	-3.1%
57	Jaén	10,789	-3.8%
58	Burgos	10,778	-12.3%
59	Talavera de la Reina	10,626	-5%
60	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,216	+6.6%
61	Mijas	10,168	+7.1%
62	Mataró	10,018	-1.3%
63	Arrecife	10,009	+16.9%
64	Torrevieja	10,001	+8.1%
65	Lleida	9,878	+5.8%
66	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	9,831	-1.5%
67	Tarragona	9,695	-3.1%
68	Alcalá de Guadaíra	9,632	-3.2%
69	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	9,535	+1.2%
70	Logroño	9,214	-5.7%
71	Fuengirola	8,933	+7.1%
72	León	8,875	-5.2%
73	Cáceres	8,832	-9.1%
74	Vélez-Málaga	8,756	-1.7%
75	Torremolinos	8,635	+2.1%
76	Reus	8,608	-0.4%
77	Torrent	8,449	+1.1%
78	Benidorm	8,281	+3.4%
79	Donostia/San Sebastián	8,246	-12.2%
80	Benalmádena	8,223	+3.8%
81	Melilla	8,109	-13%
82	El Ejido	7,840	+3.8%
83	Gandia	7,724	-4%
84	Granadilla de Abona	7,655	+11.9%
85	Linares	7,558	-2.6%
86	Utrera	7,407	-7.1%
87	Ourense	7,343	-12.1%
88	Estepona	7,308	+0.2%
89	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	7,227	+15%
90	Mérida	6,879	-4.7%
91	Barakaldo	6,812	-11.6%
92	Motril	6,767	+2.5%
93	Avilés	6,670	-3.8%
94	Ciudad Real	6,643	-6.6%
95	Girona	6,373	+0.4%
96	Elda	6,235	-0.4%
96	Paterna	6,235	-1.1%
98	Manresa	6,109	+2.9%
99	Orihuela	6,067	+8.1%
100	Cornellà de Llobregat	6,016	+3%
101	Adeje	5,998	+17.9%
102	Puerto Real	5,966	+1.5%
103	Alcobendas	5,926	+0.7%
104	Guadalajara	5,738	-7.6%
105	Lorca	5,668	+1%
106	Lugo	5,645	-14.6%
107	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,625	-4.6%
108	Rubí	5,610	-5.1%
109	Sant Boi de Llobregat	5,577	+0.3%
110	Ponferrada	5,574	-8.5%
111	Toledo	5,552	-7.2%
112	Puerto del Rosario	5,520	+0.6%
113	Palencia	5,517	-9.5%
114	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,492	-8%
115	Valdemoro	5,471	+5.3%
116	Santiago de Compostela	5,452	-18.5%
117	Molina de Segura	5,413	-2.2%
118	Coslada	5,379	+8.6%
119	La Orotava	5,366	-0.1%
120	Puertollano	5,357	-10.3%
121	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,317	-0.4%
122	Pontevedra	5,288	-16.4%
123	Los Realejos	5,089	+3%
124	Arcos de la Frontera	5,040	-8.8%
125	Ferrol	5,034	-10.2%
126	Zamora	5,021	-6%
127	Arganda del Rey	4,986	+0.6%
128	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	4,973	+5.1%
129	Lucena	4,849	-10.2%
130	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,822	-3%
131	Collado Villalba	4,765	+1.6%
132	La Rinconada	4,746	-6.6%
133	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,659	+1.3%
134	Mairena del Aljarafe	4,635	-0.7%
135	Aranjuez	4,632	-1.2%
136	Andújar	4,591	-8.1%
137	Torrelavega	4,587	-5.3%
138	Arucas	4,538	+1.7%
139	Rincón de la Victoria	4,517	-3.8%
140	Los Palacios y Villafranca	4,416	-1.5%
141	Écija	4,415	-6.5%
142	Alhaurín de la Torre	4,406	+0.6%
143	Ingenio	4,380	+0.9%
144	San Roque	4,379	+7.7%
145	Granollers	4,334	-2.5%
146	Camas	4,284	-0.1%
147	Figueres	4,274	+7.5%
148	Ávila	4,240	-4.3%
148	El Prat de Llobregat	4,240	-1.3%
150	Antequera	4,235	+0.2%
151	Agüimes	4,192	+3.4%
152	Viladecans	4,172	-1.5%
153	Alcantarilla	4,112	+2.5%
154	Puerto de la Cruz	4,090	+4.6%
155	Ronda	4,075	-1.1%
156	Burjassot	4,047	-0.1%
157	Barbate	4,042	-6.1%
158	Alzira	4,038	-0.9%
159	Mislata	4,023	-0.5%
160	Langreo	4,017	-2.3%
161	Petrer	4,014	-5.6%
162	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	4,006	-0.4%
163	Vila-real	3,999	-7.4%
164	Dénia	3,972	-2.9%
164	Tomelloso	3,972	-9.2%
166	Plasencia	3,935	-14.1%
167	Coria del Río	3,885	+1.5%
168	Cuenca	3,884	-3.8%
169	Almendralejo	3,862	-1.7%
170	Siero	3,842	-2.1%
171	Úbeda	3,668	-6.5%
172	Pinto	3,666	-3%
173	Mollet del Vallès	3,663	-10.4%
174	Irun	3,625	-16%
175	Mieres	3,569	-4%
176	El Vendrell	3,566	+2.1%
177	Castelldefels	3,520	+2.5%
178	Santurtzi	3,495	-10.1%
179	Sant Adrià de Besòs	3,473	+7.9%
180	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,463	-5.8%
181	Puente Genil	3,459	-5.3%
182	Crevillent	3,450	-5.5%
183	Rota	3,410	-5.4%
184	Blanes	3,408	-2.5%
185	Eivissa	3,386	-13.7%
186	San Juan de Aznalfarache	3,373	+4.2%
187	Villena	3,356	-4.3%
188	Don Benito	3,332	-6.5%
189	Getxo	3,328	-13.9%
190	Sant Cugat del Vallès	3,321	-0.4%
191	Icod de los Vinos	3,294	+0.2%
192	Huesca	3,239	+5.4%
193	Santa Pola	3,236	+1.6%
194	Manises	3,191	+0.1%
195	Carmona	3,164	-5.9%
196	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,149	-1.6%
197	Lebrija	3,147	-2.4%
198	Segovia	3,145	-9.8%
199	Vilagarcía de Arousa	3,143	-14.5%
200	Almuñécar	3,140	+3%
201	Armilla	3,127	-2.5%
201	Manacor	3,127	+2.7%
203	Los Barrios	3,115	-1.2%
204	Tacoronte	3,113	+1.4%
205	Morón de la Frontera	3,102	-2.5%
206	La Oliva	3,099	+4.9%
207	Alhaurín el Grande	3,086	+0.6%
208	Ontinyent	3,047	-5.2%
209	Salt	3,037	+10.3%
210	Portugalete	3,016	-11%
211	Aldaia	3,005	-0.2%
212	Níjar	3,003	+12.8%
213	Valdepeñas	3,000	-9.1%
214	Almonte	2,998	+23.5%
214	Ripollet	2,998	-1.2%
216	Calvià	2,990	-2%
217	Vic	2,975	+3.1%
218	Gáldar	2,960	+1.2%
219	Inca	2,954	+4.4%
220	Hellín	2,950	-2.9%
221	Vícar	2,942	+6.6%
222	Colmenar Viejo	2,941	-0.8%
223	Guía de Isora	2,927	+17.6%
224	Cártama	2,925	+1.7%
225	Nerja	2,909	+0.4%
226	Alaquàs	2,891	-1%
227	Basauri	2,862	-8.4%
228	Chipiona	2,858	-12%
229	Candelaria	2,849	+6.4%
230	Xirivella	2,835	+4.3%
231	Águilas	2,833	-4.6%
231	Las Gabias	2,833	-4%
233	Borriana/Burriana	2,822	-1.8%
234	San Fernando de Henares	2,813	+9.4%
235	Azuqueca de Henares	2,796	-9.2%
236	Igualada	2,793	-0.5%
237	Lloret de Mar	2,758	-2.7%
238	Pájara	2,755	+14.6%
239	Majadahonda	2,753	+1.1%
240	Güímar	2,747	+5.9%
241	Gavà	2,736	+5.1%
242	Adra	2,723	-2.1%
243	Pozuelo de Alarcón	2,711	-1.7%
244	Coín	2,710	-1%
245	Montcada i Reixac	2,700	-1%
246	Alcázar de San Juan	2,691	-7.3%
247	Yecla	2,683	-16.5%
248	Narón	2,681	-6.8%
249	Mairena del Alcor	2,659	-9.8%
249	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,659	+1.4%

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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 May 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 207,254 in May 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

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