Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, August 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 August 2021, at 200,565. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 26 and the figure for Spain was 3.33 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest200,565Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median268134 municipalities

Spain3,333,915History

Top 40 municipalities, August 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	August 2021 persons	Change on August 2020
1	Madrid	200,565	-4.3%
2	Barcelona	71,466	-23.1%
3	Sevilla	68,687	-15.9%
4	València	64,619	-1.8%
5	Málaga	57,854	-17%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	43,040	-6.9%
7	Zaragoza	39,008	-13.5%
8	Alacant/Alicante	34,339	+0.2%
9	Córdoba	34,110	-16.9%
10	Murcia	31,363	-15.2%
11	Jerez de la Frontera	26,719	-13.1%
12	Elx/Elche	26,524	-4.1%
13	Bilbao	23,780	-14.6%
14	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	23,702	-6%
15	Granada	22,400	-22.5%
16	Palma	22,140	-29.6%
17	Valladolid	21,234	-1.6%
18	Vigo	20,820	-9.6%
19	Almería	19,723	-17.3%
20	Gijón	18,322	-19.9%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	17,948	-5.5%
22	Vitoria-Gasteiz	16,142	-17.3%
23	Cartagena	16,140	-15.2%
24	Huelva	15,674	-15.1%
25	A Coruña	15,499	-17.5%
26	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	14,827	-7.1%
27	Fuenlabrada	14,791	-3.3%
28	Alcalá de Henares	14,554	+0.2%
29	Móstoles	14,402	-1.4%
30	Algeciras	14,178	-14.9%
31	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	14,156	-22.5%
32	Dos Hermanas	14,146	-15%
33	Terrassa	14,123	-16.9%
34	Badalona	13,903	-15.6%
35	Albacete	13,245	-13.6%
36	Badajoz	13,213	-13.9%
37	Oviedo	12,693	-22%
38	Sabadell	12,691	-16.5%
39	Leganés	12,470	-3%
40	Telde	12,363	-10.2%
41	Getafe	12,304	-1%
42	Santander	12,215	-2%
43	Ceuta	12,150	-5.8%
44	Salamanca	11,809	-6.4%
45	Pamplona/Iruña	11,768	-11.6%
46	Cádiz	11,505	-17.6%
47	Parla	10,804	-3.4%
48	Alcorcón	10,670	-2.4%
49	San Fernando	10,401	-16.4%
50	Burgos	10,206	-7.6%
51	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,198	+2%
52	Talavera de la Reina	10,106	-5.4%
53	Roquetas de Mar	9,987	-14.8%
54	Marbella	9,771	-29.5%
55	Arona	9,640	-13.4%
56	Chiclana de la Frontera	9,503	-17.6%
57	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	9,358	-8.7%
58	El Puerto de Santa María	9,268	-15.7%
59	Jaén	9,239	-16.5%
60	Torrevieja	8,875	+0.6%
61	Logroño	8,784	-8.8%
62	La Línea de la Concepción	8,767	-15.6%
63	Torrent	8,597	+1.3%
64	Alcalá de Guadaíra	8,457	-12.4%
65	León	8,387	-5.1%
66	Mataró	8,354	-17.7%
67	Lleida	8,127	-14.2%
68	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	8,080	-15.9%
69	Donostia/San Sebastián	7,819	-18.8%
70	Cáceres	7,795	-14.3%
71	El Ejido	7,622	-17.5%
72	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	7,611	-19.8%
73	Tarragona	7,603	-22.1%
74	Gandia	7,571	-3.9%
75	Melilla	7,498	-22.3%
76	Arrecife	7,407	-14.1%
77	Ourense	7,114	-12.8%
78	Reus	7,013	-18.7%
79	Mijas	6,888	-22.3%
80	Vélez-Málaga	6,877	-19.1%
81	Barakaldo	6,763	-11.9%
82	Elda	6,427	-1.6%
83	Utrera	6,413	-15.4%
84	Linares	6,399	-14.3%
85	Paterna	6,331	+1.3%
86	Benidorm	6,153	-12.5%
87	Fuengirola	6,128	-22.2%
88	Torremolinos	6,081	-21.5%
89	Orihuela	6,065	+2.3%
90	Ciudad Real	6,025	-12.8%
91	Granadilla de Abona	5,937	-9.8%
92	Mérida	5,929	-12.1%
93	Alcobendas	5,774	-4.3%
94	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,573	-12.2%
95	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,546	-4.9%
96	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,504	-1.9%
97	Motril	5,411	-15.9%
98	Coslada	5,399	+1.1%
99	Valdemoro	5,391	+0.5%
100	Lugo	5,366	-17.2%
101	Benalmádena	5,315	-27%
102	Palencia	5,243	-6.2%
103	Manresa	5,153	-16.7%
104	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,137	-2%
105	Ponferrada	5,127	-4.6%
106	Guadalajara	5,103	-15.8%
107	Girona	5,091	-19.9%
108	Avilés	5,082	-21.5%
109	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	5,012	+2%
110	Toledo	4,960	-12.4%
111	Puertollano	4,947	-10.9%
112	Molina de Segura	4,946	-15.7%
113	Pontevedra	4,942	-16.8%
114	Santiago de Compostela	4,901	-23.5%
115	Rubí	4,900	-14.2%
116	Arganda del Rey	4,897	-1.9%
117	Estepona	4,894	-24.9%
118	Lorca	4,807	-17.4%
119	Ferrol	4,786	-13%
120	Cornellà de Llobregat	4,782	-17.9%
121	Puerto Real	4,709	-16.2%
122	Zamora	4,705	-4.6%
123	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,678	-1.6%
124	La Orotava	4,651	-11.4%
125	Collado Villalba	4,620	+0.1%
126	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,538	-18.2%
127	Los Realejos	4,498	-6.7%
128	Arcos de la Frontera	4,485	-13.6%
129	Aranjuez	4,464	-3.5%
130	Adeje	4,426	-11.5%
131	La Rinconada	4,245	-18%
132	Alzira	4,242	0%
133	Puerto del Rosario	4,241	-19.1%
134	Torrelavega	4,238	-2%
135	Lucena	4,233	-20.4%
136	Arucas	4,116	-8.5%
137	Andújar	4,112	-16.2%
138	Petrer	4,102	-3.9%
139	Burjassot	4,069	+0.1%
140	Écija	4,042	-16.3%
141	Mislata	4,026	-0.7%
142	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,015	-18.8%
143	Ávila	3,979	-2.3%
144	Vila-real	3,961	-8.2%
145	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,867	-16.9%
146	Ingenio	3,804	-9.4%
147	Tomelloso	3,748	-10%
148	Plasencia	3,718	-13.9%
149	Los Palacios y Villafranca	3,715	-17.4%
150	Camas	3,711	-11.1%
151	Rincón de la Victoria	3,674	-16.2%
152	Crevillent	3,657	-3.8%
153	Pinto	3,652	-1.6%
154	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,634	-2.5%
155	Agüimes	3,617	-9.4%
156	Alcantarilla	3,615	-14.3%
157	Granollers	3,592	-18.7%
158	Antequera	3,559	-16.3%
159	Villena	3,542	-1.1%
160	Almonte	3,529	+11%
161	Almendralejo	3,518	-8.8%
162	Viladecans	3,499	-15.7%
163	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,482	-17.1%
164	Dénia	3,477	-1.5%
165	Irun	3,467	-20.2%
166	Puerto de la Cruz	3,449	-12%
167	Santurtzi	3,418	-13.9%
168	El Prat de Llobregat	3,399	-20.8%
169	Cuenca	3,375	-11.6%
170	Coria del Río	3,342	-16.9%
171	Getxo	3,328	-17%
172	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	3,318	-7.4%
173	San Roque	3,293	-18.4%
174	Ronda	3,281	-17.7%
175	Ontinyent	3,255	-0.9%
176	Úbeda	3,197	-13.6%
177	Langreo	3,178	-19.6%
178	Manises	3,145	-1.1%
179	Mollet del Vallès	3,143	-18.3%
180	Portugalete	3,100	-9.4%
181	Puente Genil	3,096	-15.7%
182	Figueres	3,084	-16.7%
183	Siero	3,053	-17.4%
184	Aldaia	3,028	-1.2%
185	Carmona	3,012	-7.4%
186	Hellín	3,009	-5%
187	Mieres	2,942	-17%
188	Alaquàs	2,922	-1.2%
189	Santa Pola	2,901	-1%
190	Icod de los Vinos	2,885	-8.3%
191	Segovia	2,864	-10.8%
192	El Vendrell	2,841	-15.6%
193	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,832	-14.6%
194	Colmenar Viejo	2,825	-4.4%
195	Tacoronte	2,824	-6.6%
196	Adra	2,823	-14.7%
197	Barbate	2,821	-17.4%
197	Vícar	2,821	-12.4%
199	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,820	-14.8%
200	Pozuelo de Alarcón	2,818	-0.9%
201	Don Benito	2,813	-15.1%
202	San Fernando de Henares	2,812	+2.7%
203	Basauri	2,792	-12.1%
204	Xirivella	2,790	-0.5%
205	Sant Cugat del Vallès	2,787	-22.2%
206	Majadahonda	2,770	-0.7%
207	San Juan de Aznalfarache	2,763	-16.4%
208	Borriana/Burriana	2,756	-4%
209	Castelldefels	2,734	-19.6%
210	Gáldar	2,721	-5.8%
211	Xàtiva	2,718	-1.7%
212	Morón de la Frontera	2,646	-16%
213	Cerdanyola del Vallès	2,641	-17.9%
214	Novelda	2,633	-3.4%
215	Catarroja	2,600	-1.3%
216	Alhaurín el Grande	2,586	-15.2%
217	Huesca	2,581	-16.5%
217	Níjar	2,581	-21.5%
219	Blanes	2,574	-19.3%
220	Yecla	2,558	-15.1%
221	Ripollet	2,543	-17.6%
222	Lebrija	2,536	-18.1%
223	Los Barrios	2,529	-15%
224	Candelaria	2,528	-6.4%
225	Armilla	2,498	-20.6%
226	Cártama	2,487	-12.7%
227	Cieza	2,467	-11.5%
228	Vic	2,449	-20%
229	Rota	2,447	-18.5%
230	Azuqueca de Henares	2,445	-12.9%
231	Valdepeñas	2,444	-16.4%
232	Algemesí	2,442	+0.7%
233	Miranda de Ebro	2,432	+2.8%
234	la Vall d'Uixó	2,425	-10.9%
235	Narón	2,418	-11.1%
236	Castro-Urdiales	2,415	+1.3%
237	Águilas	2,385	-17%
238	Llíria	2,382	+1.8%
239	Güímar	2,373	-7.6%
240	Igualada	2,371	-15.6%
241	Alfafar	2,359	+0.7%
242	Almoradí	2,357	+0.4%
243	Guía de Isora	2,354	-5.9%
243	Las Gabias	2,354	-18.3%
245	Sestao	2,345	-11.1%
246	Quart de Poblet	2,306	-3.4%
247	Salt	2,290	-17.7%
248	Lepe	2,285	-15.3%
249	Montcada i Reixac	2,280	-18.4%
250	Vinaròs	2,265	-5.9%

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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 August 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 200,565 in August 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

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