Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, June 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 June 2021, at 202,866. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 28 and the figure for Spain was 3.61 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest202,866Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median288134 municipalities

Spain3,614,339History

Top 40 municipalities, June 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	June 2021 persons	Change on June 2020
1	Madrid	202,866	+0.1%
2	Barcelona	85,486	-7.8%
3	Sevilla	76,370	-6.8%
4	Málaga	66,680	-6.8%
5	València	63,914	-5.7%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	48,134	+3.3%
7	Zaragoza	43,723	-2.6%
8	Córdoba	37,493	-8.7%
9	Murcia	35,362	-1.8%
10	Alacant/Alicante	34,749	-0.8%
11	Jerez de la Frontera	29,674	-6.1%
12	Palma	27,830	-9.1%
13	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	26,815	+5.6%
14	Granada	26,179	-9.5%
15	Elx/Elche	26,032	-7.6%
16	Bilbao	23,889	-12.6%
17	Almería	21,962	-8.1%
18	Gijón	21,490	-9.2%
19	Valladolid	21,015	-4.6%
20	Vigo	20,985	-10.9%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	19,747	+2.4%
22	Cartagena	18,938	-0.2%
23	Huelva	17,549	-6.2%
24	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	17,342	-6.9%
25	Algeciras	16,362	-3.2%
26	A Coruña	15,902	-15.9%
27	Vitoria-Gasteiz	15,766	-17%
28	Badalona	15,716	-5%
29	Terrassa	15,711	-8.7%
30	Dos Hermanas	15,469	-8.6%
31	Badajoz	15,035	-4.4%
32	Oviedo	14,946	-11.6%
33	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	14,921	-12.1%
34	Fuenlabrada	14,772	-0.9%
35	Alcalá de Henares	14,510	+1.9%
36	Móstoles	14,422	-0.1%
37	Albacete	14,242	-6.9%
38	Telde	13,990	+2.2%
39	Sabadell	13,836	-9.6%
40	Cádiz	13,579	-8.7%
41	Marbella	13,169	-13%
42	Arona	12,736	+11.8%
43	Leganés	12,577	-0.7%
44	Santander	12,427	-5%
45	Pamplona/Iruña	12,373	-8.4%
46	Getafe	12,229	+0.8%
47	San Fernando	11,899	-7.7%
48	Salamanca	11,745	-9.7%
49	Ceuta	11,731	-3.4%
50	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	11,407	+7.7%
51	Parla	11,227	+0.5%
52	Roquetas de Mar	11,204	-5.5%
53	Chiclana de la Frontera	11,072	-9.9%
54	El Puerto de Santa María	10,749	-7.8%
55	Alcorcón	10,699	-1.8%
56	La Línea de la Concepción	10,617	+4.5%
57	Talavera de la Reina	10,469	-3.7%
58	Burgos	10,382	-13%
59	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,078	+5.4%
60	Jaén	10,062	-10.5%
61	Arrecife	9,851	+11.7%
62	Torrevieja	9,378	-0.8%
63	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	9,324	-6.9%
64	Mataró	9,279	-6.8%
65	Alcalá de Guadaíra	9,093	-7.9%
66	Lleida	9,064	-1.1%
67	Logroño	9,039	-6.2%
68	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	8,912	-7.5%
69	Cáceres	8,863	-5.4%
70	Tarragona	8,855	-11.5%
71	Mijas	8,765	-7.3%
72	León	8,530	-7.8%
73	Torrent	8,447	-2.5%
74	El Ejido	8,293	-7.8%
75	Reus	8,035	-7.6%
76	Donostia/San Sebastián	8,030	-15.4%
77	Vélez-Málaga	8,012	-10.3%
78	Fuengirola	7,758	-5.6%
79	Torremolinos	7,562	-10%
80	Gandia	7,496	-9.8%
81	Melilla	7,495	-20.8%
82	Granadilla de Abona	7,486	+9.7%
83	Ourense	7,281	-10.7%
84	Linares	7,141	-8.7%
85	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	7,121	+10.3%
86	Benidorm	7,119	-11.2%
87	Utrera	6,995	-9.1%
88	Benalmádena	6,994	-10.8%
89	Mérida	6,858	-1.7%
90	Barakaldo	6,809	-10.9%
91	Ciudad Real	6,483	-6.9%
92	Motril	6,251	-5.2%
93	Paterna	6,209	-3.4%
94	Estepona	6,206	-12%
95	Elda	6,190	-4.4%
96	Avilés	6,074	-9.1%
97	Orihuela	5,923	-1.4%
98	Adeje	5,920	+14.1%
99	Girona	5,835	-8.5%
100	Alcobendas	5,784	+0.6%
101	Manresa	5,734	-3.6%
102	Lorca	5,665	-4.4%
103	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,589	-5.2%
104	Guadalajara	5,568	-6.6%
105	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,516	-9.5%
106	Puerto Real	5,496	-4.9%
107	Lugo	5,450	-16.9%
108	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,442	-9.3%
109	Puertollano	5,438	-4.9%
110	Molina de Segura	5,401	-4%
111	Puerto del Rosario	5,400	-1.5%
112	Valdemoro	5,368	+3.8%
113	Coslada	5,358	+6.8%
114	Toledo	5,349	-7.1%
115	Ponferrada	5,335	-10.1%
116	Rubí	5,313	-9.6%
117	La Orotava	5,297	-0.1%
118	Palencia	5,289	-10.5%
119	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,203	-5.4%
120	Santiago de Compostela	5,178	-22.4%
121	Sant Boi de Llobregat	5,155	-7.2%
122	Pontevedra	5,046	-18.3%
123	Los Realejos	5,042	+3.7%
124	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	4,947	+5.8%
125	Arganda del Rey	4,935	+0.5%
126	Ferrol	4,903	-11.3%
127	Arcos de la Frontera	4,794	-13.6%
128	Zamora	4,699	-9.8%
129	Almonte	4,683	+1.8%
130	Collado Villalba	4,661	+4.5%
131	La Rinconada	4,621	-11.8%
132	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,583	-0.5%
133	Lucena	4,538	-16.4%
134	Aranjuez	4,536	-0.4%
135	Arucas	4,530	+2%
136	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,471	-9.6%
137	Torrelavega	4,401	-8.1%
138	Andújar	4,353	-12.1%
139	Mairena del Aljarafe	4,311	-7.1%
140	Ingenio	4,307	+2.1%
141	Écija	4,298	-9.5%
142	Rincón de la Victoria	4,173	-8%
143	Agüimes	4,149	+2.5%
144	Los Palacios y Villafranca	4,136	-7.5%
145	Alcantarilla	4,087	-1.1%
146	Camas	4,082	-3.7%
147	Puerto de la Cruz	4,076	+4.1%
148	Alzira	4,062	-5.3%
149	Alhaurín de la Torre	4,047	-7.5%
150	Granollers	4,042	-8.8%
151	Burjassot	4,026	-3.1%
152	Antequera	3,997	-4.9%
153	Petrer	3,986	-8%
154	San Roque	3,985	+0.2%
155	Ávila	3,984	-7.8%
156	Mislata	3,948	-5.1%
157	Vila-real	3,945	-12.5%
158	Viladecans	3,939	-6.4%
159	Tomelloso	3,913	-7.5%
160	El Prat de Llobregat	3,894	-9.9%
161	Almendralejo	3,856	-1.1%
162	Plasencia	3,843	-9%
163	Figueres	3,817	-2.2%
164	Ronda	3,774	-7.8%
165	Cuenca	3,748	-3.8%
166	Langreo	3,743	-6.8%
167	Coria del Río	3,742	-4.9%
168	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	3,617	-10.6%
169	Dénia	3,616	-10.8%
170	Pinto	3,606	-1.5%
171	Irun	3,570	-17.3%
172	Siero	3,528	-7.3%
173	Santurtzi	3,495	-11.9%
174	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,467	-3.7%
175	Crevillent	3,457	-9.2%
176	Úbeda	3,453	-11.6%
177	Mollet del Vallès	3,381	-15.3%
178	Barbate	3,345	-11.4%
179	Getxo	3,341	-15.6%
180	Puente Genil	3,337	-8.8%
181	Villena	3,324	-9.7%
182	Don Benito	3,308	-7.1%
183	Mieres	3,291	-11%
184	Icod de los Vinos	3,285	+2.5%
185	Castelldefels	3,245	-4%
186	Sant Adrià de Besòs	3,243	-2%
187	El Vendrell	3,218	-8.3%
188	San Juan de Aznalfarache	3,159	-3.2%
189	Huesca	3,149	+1.5%
190	Sant Cugat del Vallès	3,129	-9.1%
191	Tacoronte	3,119	+0.7%
192	Carmona	3,110	-8.9%
193	Vícar	3,100	-6%
194	Manises	3,092	-5.8%
195	Ontinyent	3,084	-8.1%
196	Portugalete	3,057	-9.9%
197	Santa Pola	3,033	-5.3%
198	Gáldar	3,014	+3.9%
199	Níjar	3,009	-8.8%
200	Blanes	2,987	-13.9%
201	Hellín	2,982	-2.6%
202	La Oliva	2,972	-0.9%
203	Cerdanyola del Vallès	2,966	-8%
203	Lebrija	2,966	-10.2%
205	Rota	2,944	-9.9%
206	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,940	-18.3%
207	Adra	2,934	-5.9%
208	Aldaia	2,932	-4.7%
209	Segovia	2,922	-13.7%
210	Morón de la Frontera	2,920	-9.2%
211	Alhaurín el Grande	2,919	-3.3%
212	Armilla	2,890	-10.7%
213	Colmenar Viejo	2,887	-1%
214	Guía de Isora	2,876	+15.1%
215	Los Barrios	2,875	-5.4%
216	Ripollet	2,863	-7.5%
216	Vic	2,863	-4.8%
218	Basauri	2,844	-10.5%
219	Alaquàs	2,829	-4.8%
220	Valdepeñas	2,824	-8.2%
221	Candelaria	2,816	+4.7%
222	Borriana/Burriana	2,800	-5.2%
223	Salt	2,782	-0.6%
224	Xirivella	2,771	-1.8%
225	Cártama	2,759	-5%
226	San Fernando de Henares	2,757	+6%
227	Pozuelo de Alarcón	2,717	+1.1%
228	Lepe	2,714	-10.4%
229	Majadahonda	2,713	+0.2%
230	Águilas	2,709	-7.8%
231	Azuqueca de Henares	2,700	-7.2%
232	Güímar	2,666	+2.1%
233	Alcázar de San Juan	2,665	-5.9%
234	Manacor	2,663	-13.7%
235	Igualada	2,657	-5.2%
236	Yecla	2,648	-13.5%
237	Xàtiva	2,645	-3.2%
238	Almuñécar	2,644	-9.4%
239	Eivissa	2,635	-30.7%
240	Inca	2,632	-7.9%
241	Las Gabias	2,630	-9.8%
242	Gavà	2,581	-0.3%
243	Los Llanos de Aridane	2,580	+5.6%
244	Catarroja	2,579	-2.9%
245	Novelda	2,556	-6.7%
246	Montcada i Reixac	2,541	-9.1%
247	Narón	2,537	-7.7%
248	Pájara	2,530	+3.6%
249	Mairena del Alcor	2,521	-13.2%
250	Isla Cristina	2,516	-12.2%

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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 June 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 202,866 in June 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

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