Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, July 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 July 2021, at 199,825. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 26 and the figure for Spain was 3.42 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest199,825Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median268134 municipalities

Spain3,416,498History

Top 40 municipalities, July 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	July 2021 persons	Change on July 2020
1	Madrid	199,825	-3.3%
2	Barcelona	78,019	-14.4%
3	Sevilla	71,017	-11.8%
4	València	63,968	-1.7%
5	Málaga	60,595	-12.6%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	45,491	-1.7%
7	Zaragoza	41,062	-7.8%
8	Córdoba	35,016	-13.3%
9	Alacant/Alicante	34,226	+1.3%
10	Murcia	33,074	-9.1%
11	Jerez de la Frontera	27,726	-9.1%
12	Elx/Elche	25,926	-4.6%
13	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	25,278	+0.7%
14	Palma	24,036	-21.5%
15	Granada	23,725	-16.4%
16	Bilbao	23,472	-13.9%
17	Valladolid	20,980	-1%
18	Vigo	20,885	-8.6%
19	Almería	20,493	-14.2%
20	Gijón	19,325	-15.8%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	18,928	0%
22	Cartagena	17,219	-8.6%
23	Huelva	16,495	-10.9%
24	Vitoria-Gasteiz	15,465	-18%
25	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	15,454	-14.2%
26	A Coruña	15,408	-16.6%
27	Algeciras	14,945	-10%
28	Fuenlabrada	14,672	-2.9%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	14,597	-8.1%
30	Dos Hermanas	14,510	-11.9%
31	Terrassa	14,473	-12.8%
32	Badalona	14,372	-11.2%
33	Alcalá de Henares	14,334	0%
34	Móstoles	14,265	-1.7%
35	Badajoz	13,950	-9.3%
36	Albacete	13,518	-11.7%
37	Oviedo	13,517	-17.6%
38	Telde	13,259	-2.1%
39	Sabadell	12,974	-12.7%
40	Leganés	12,364	-2.8%
41	Getafe	12,192	+0.7%
42	Santander	12,168	-2.8%
43	Cádiz	12,123	-13.9%
44	Ceuta	12,076	-4.9%
45	Pamplona/Iruña	11,865	-11.9%
46	Salamanca	11,638	-7.1%
47	Arona	11,118	-0.5%
48	Parla	10,895	-1.9%
49	San Fernando	10,894	-11.4%
50	Marbella	10,864	-21.8%
51	Alcorcón	10,575	-2.5%
52	Roquetas de Mar	10,533	-12.6%
53	Talavera de la Reina	10,527	-1.6%
54	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	10,311	-0.8%
55	Burgos	10,018	-9.9%
56	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,014	+2.4%
57	Chiclana de la Frontera	9,899	-13.3%
58	El Puerto de Santa María	9,596	-12.7%
59	Jaén	9,379	-14%
60	La Línea de la Concepción	9,370	-8.1%
61	Logroño	8,954	-8.2%
62	Torrevieja	8,891	+1.7%
63	Arrecife	8,636	-0.7%
64	Alcalá de Guadaíra	8,571	-10.9%
65	Mataró	8,529	-13.3%
66	Torrent	8,459	+1.1%
67	Lleida	8,441	-5.7%
68	León	8,423	-4.6%
69	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	8,379	-13.4%
70	El Ejido	8,236	-15%
71	Cáceres	8,089	-11.1%
72	Tarragona	8,040	-16%
73	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	7,886	-14.7%
74	Donostia/San Sebastián	7,745	-18.5%
75	Mijas	7,473	-15.8%
76	Gandia	7,423	-4.5%
77	Reus	7,255	-13.7%
78	Vélez-Málaga	7,209	-15.2%
79	Melilla	7,103	-24.7%
80	Ourense	6,987	-13.3%
81	Linares	6,676	-9.9%
82	Granadilla de Abona	6,668	0%
83	Fuengirola	6,590	-15.8%
84	Utrera	6,579	-11.9%
85	Barakaldo	6,558	-12.7%
86	Torremolinos	6,519	-15.9%
87	Benidorm	6,417	-10.2%
88	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	6,388	0%
89	Mérida	6,278	-7.8%
90	Elda	6,266	-1.1%
91	Paterna	6,231	+0.4%
92	Ciudad Real	6,105	-11.3%
93	Orihuela	5,968	+2.5%
94	Benalmádena	5,826	-19.8%
95	Alcobendas	5,700	-3.5%
96	Motril	5,649	-11.7%
97	Avilés	5,484	-15.2%
98	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,461	-1.9%
99	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,361	-6%
100	Ponferrada	5,324	-5.1%
101	Lugo	5,321	-16.1%
102	Valdemoro	5,309	+1%
103	Coslada	5,305	+0.8%
104	Manresa	5,279	-11.4%
105	Girona	5,252	-15.2%
106	Estepona	5,249	-18.5%
107	Guadalajara	5,200	-13.8%
108	Adeje	5,188	+3.2%
109	Palencia	5,183	-4.2%
110	Lorca	5,153	-14%
111	Puertollano	5,140	-8.2%
112	Toledo	5,122	-10.3%
113	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,107	-1.7%
114	Molina de Segura	5,104	-11%
115	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,007	-12.4%
116	Puerto Real	4,998	-9.9%
117	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	4,990	+4.3%
118	La Orotava	4,982	-4.6%
119	Santiago de Compostela	4,970	-21.6%
120	Rubí	4,966	-11.4%
121	Pontevedra	4,907	-15.3%
122	Arganda del Rey	4,839	-2.7%
123	Los Realejos	4,775	-0.3%
124	Puerto del Rosario	4,774	-9.3%
125	Ferrol	4,766	-9.7%
126	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,746	-11.6%
127	Arcos de la Frontera	4,703	-10.8%
128	Zamora	4,653	-4.9%
129	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,607	-2.1%
130	Collado Villalba	4,572	+0.5%
131	Aranjuez	4,455	-3%
132	Almonte	4,426	-17.3%
133	La Rinconada	4,377	-14.9%
134	Arucas	4,332	-2.8%
135	Lucena	4,308	-18.3%
136	Torrelavega	4,254	-3.5%
137	Andújar	4,154	-14.7%
138	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,136	-14.7%
139	Écija	4,091	-13.9%
140	Alzira	4,072	-1.2%
141	Burjassot	4,044	+0.8%
142	Ingenio	4,027	-4.4%
143	Petrer	3,986	-4.7%
144	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,966	-13.5%
145	Ávila	3,946	-3.2%
146	Mislata	3,927	-2%
147	Vila-real	3,900	-8.7%
148	Tomelloso	3,875	-8.2%
149	Camas	3,851	-6.3%
150	Agüimes	3,833	-4%
151	Alcantarilla	3,801	-7.9%
152	Rincón de la Victoria	3,770	-12.9%
153	Puerto de la Cruz	3,761	-2.3%
154	Los Palacios y Villafranca	3,749	-14.2%
155	Almendralejo	3,707	-2.2%
156	Antequera	3,681	-11.7%
157	Plasencia	3,674	-14.7%
158	Granollers	3,673	-14.7%
159	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,664	-13.1%
160	Viladecans	3,598	-11.9%
161	Pinto	3,595	-0.9%
162	Cuenca	3,572	-5.8%
163	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,558	-3.5%
164	Crevillent	3,552	-4.8%
165	El Prat de Llobregat	3,494	-16.7%
166	Ronda	3,493	-11.3%
167	San Roque	3,478	-13.4%
168	Coria del Río	3,454	-14.1%
169	Dénia	3,442	-3.6%
170	Irun	3,412	-20.7%
171	Villena	3,406	-4.2%
172	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	3,357	-7.9%
173	Langreo	3,351	-14.8%
174	Santurtzi	3,345	-13.8%
175	Getxo	3,314	-15.5%
176	Úbeda	3,261	-12.8%
177	Figueres	3,249	-10.7%
178	Siero	3,247	-12.3%
179	Mollet del Vallès	3,175	-16%
180	Puente Genil	3,145	-14.2%
181	Ontinyent	3,131	-3%
182	Icod de los Vinos	3,127	+0.1%
183	Mieres	3,095	-13.1%
184	Manises	3,069	-2%
185	Carmona	3,031	-9.3%
186	Portugalete	3,004	-11.6%
187	Tacoronte	2,976	-2.2%
188	Hellín	2,974	-3.9%
189	El Vendrell	2,960	-10.4%
190	Adra	2,954	-10.4%
191	Aldaia	2,949	-0.7%
191	Don Benito	2,949	-10.9%
191	Vícar	2,949	-12.4%
194	San Juan de Aznalfarache	2,942	-10.9%
195	Sant Cugat del Vallès	2,931	-15.1%
196	Barbate	2,929	-11.6%
197	Níjar	2,914	-21.2%
198	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,909	-9.7%
199	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,892	-15%
200	Castelldefels	2,887	-12.1%
201	Gáldar	2,877	0%
202	Segovia	2,866	-10.4%
203	Santa Pola	2,856	-2.1%
204	Alaquàs	2,843	-2.1%
205	Colmenar Viejo	2,805	-3.8%
206	Morón de la Frontera	2,770	-13.2%
207	Huesca	2,768	-9.2%
208	Borriana/Burriana	2,763	-3.5%
209	San Fernando de Henares	2,759	+3.5%
210	Pozuelo de Alarcón	2,754	-0.9%
211	Xirivella	2,748	+0.8%
212	Majadahonda	2,742	-0.3%
213	Basauri	2,726	-13.1%
214	Blanes	2,721	-14.3%
215	Cerdanyola del Vallès	2,706	-13.1%
216	Candelaria	2,687	+1.1%
217	Lebrija	2,686	-14.4%
218	Alhaurín el Grande	2,666	-10.8%
219	Xàtiva	2,658	-0.6%
220	Valdepeñas	2,656	-11.6%
221	Los Barrios	2,625	-11.4%
222	Armilla	2,622	-16.3%
223	Guía de Isora	2,613	+4.6%
224	Novelda	2,594	-2.6%
225	Catarroja	2,582	-0.2%
226	La Oliva	2,576	-7.8%
227	Vic	2,569	-13.6%
228	Ripollet	2,567	-14.3%
229	Cártama	2,563	-9.4%
230	Rota	2,537	-14.2%
231	Yecla	2,532	-14.3%
232	Güímar	2,528	-1.9%
233	Águilas	2,460	-14.3%
234	Castro-Urdiales	2,453	+5.2%
235	Lepe	2,442	-25%
236	Narón	2,432	-8.7%
237	Salt	2,428	-11.6%
238	Igualada	2,404	-11.1%
239	Alcázar de San Juan	2,402	-11.5%
240	Azuqueca de Henares	2,400	-15.7%
241	Las Gabias	2,399	-15.7%
242	Cieza	2,390	-5.6%
243	Los Llanos de Aridane	2,374	-1.6%
244	la Vall d'Uixó	2,370	-11.6%
245	Gavà	2,363	-8.8%
246	Llíria	2,354	-0.5%
247	Miranda de Ebro	2,350	+0.4%
248	Algemesí	2,338	-0.7%
249	Alfafar	2,330	+1.1%
250	Montcada i Reixac	2,328	-15%

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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 July 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 199,825 in July 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

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