Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, September 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 September 2021, at 195,793. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 26 and the figure for Spain was 3.26 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest195,793Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median268134 municipalities

Spain3,257,802History

Top 40 municipalities, September 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	September 2021 persons	Change on September 2020
1	Madrid	195,793	-5.2%
2	Sevilla	68,346	-15.1%
3	Barcelona	67,208	-26.4%
4	València	62,907	-3.2%
5	Málaga	58,551	-16.5%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	39,381	-12.8%
7	Zaragoza	36,649	-17.4%
8	Córdoba	34,175	-15.6%
9	Alacant/Alicante	34,172	-0.7%
10	Murcia	28,517	-21.2%
11	Jerez de la Frontera	27,296	-12.2%
12	Elx/Elche	25,760	-5.3%
13	Bilbao	23,169	-15.6%
14	Granada	22,549	-21.6%
15	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	21,992	-11.6%
16	Palma	21,854	-31.9%
17	Vigo	20,338	-11%
18	Almería	19,721	-17.2%
19	Valladolid	19,204	-8%
20	Gijón	18,916	-17.4%
21	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	16,514	-11.4%
22	Huelva	16,028	-13.4%
23	Vitoria-Gasteiz	15,764	-20.7%
24	A Coruña	15,468	-16.9%
25	Cartagena	14,983	-22.6%
26	Algeciras	14,675	-13.1%
27	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	14,640	-6.8%
28	Alcalá de Henares	14,441	+0.1%
29	Fuenlabrada	14,317	-5.7%
30	Móstoles	14,182	-2.8%
31	Dos Hermanas	14,060	-14.3%
32	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	13,545	-25%
33	Terrassa	13,527	-18.4%
34	Badalona	13,513	-16.9%
35	Oviedo	12,938	-19.9%
36	Badajoz	12,717	-16.8%
37	Albacete	12,449	-15.4%
38	Leganés	12,447	-3.1%
39	Getafe	12,243	-0.7%
40	Santander	12,167	-3.1%
41	Sabadell	12,161	-18.6%
42	Cádiz	11,937	-16.8%
43	Telde	11,576	-13.8%
44	Pamplona/Iruña	11,271	-13.8%
45	Ceuta	11,129	-13.6%
46	Salamanca	10,866	-12.5%
47	San Fernando	10,787	-15.2%
48	Parla	10,535	-5.1%
49	Alcorcón	10,433	-3.5%
50	Marbella	10,376	-30.1%
51	Chiclana de la Frontera	10,308	-15.4%
52	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,142	+1.9%
53	Talavera de la Reina	9,885	-7.4%
54	El Puerto de Santa María	9,819	-14.8%
55	Roquetas de Mar	9,745	-16.1%
56	Jaén	9,510	-13.4%
57	Burgos	9,508	-11.9%
58	Torrevieja	9,270	-0.7%
59	La Línea de la Concepción	9,032	-14.6%
60	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	8,606	-14.8%
61	Alcalá de Guadaíra	8,448	-11.9%
62	Torrent	8,427	+1.6%
63	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	8,395	-18.6%
64	Arona	8,376	-25.3%
65	Lleida	8,203	-18.3%
66	Mataró	8,168	-19.2%
67	Logroño	8,052	-9.3%
68	León	7,814	-11.5%
69	Gandia	7,699	-2.9%
70	Donostia/San Sebastián	7,687	-19.3%
71	Cáceres	7,683	-13.7%
72	Melilla	7,624	-20.3%
73	Tarragona	7,453	-23.8%
74	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	7,282	-21.2%
75	Mijas	7,232	-21.1%
76	Ourense	7,133	-12.8%
77	Vélez-Málaga	6,949	-16.7%
78	Reus	6,937	-20.5%
79	Arrecife	6,653	-23.5%
80	El Ejido	6,591	-18.5%
81	Barakaldo	6,568	-13.9%
82	Fuengirola	6,479	-22%
83	Linares	6,475	-13.1%
84	Utrera	6,367	-13.9%
85	Benidorm	6,352	-17%
86	Elda	6,290	-2.3%
87	Torremolinos	6,286	-22.6%
88	Paterna	6,147	-1.3%
89	Orihuela	5,973	+2.2%
90	Mérida	5,745	-15.9%
91	Motril	5,709	-14.5%
92	Alcobendas	5,625	-4%
93	Benalmádena	5,574	-27.5%
94	Ciudad Real	5,552	-16.5%
95	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,502	-2.7%
96	Lugo	5,404	-14.9%
97	Coslada	5,386	+2.2%
98	Avilés	5,336	-17.7%
99	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,330	-6.5%
100	Valdemoro	5,304	-0.2%
101	Granadilla de Abona	5,279	-20.2%
102	Estepona	5,145	-25.9%
103	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,069	-1.8%
104	Ponferrada	5,026	-8.8%
105	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,003	-20.9%
106	Manresa	4,960	-18.2%
107	Puerto Real	4,948	-13.4%
108	Pontevedra	4,925	-16.3%
109	Palencia	4,907	-6.7%
110	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	4,889	+1%
111	Ferrol	4,880	-11.1%
112	Santiago de Compostela	4,873	-23%
113	Girona	4,844	-22.7%
114	Arganda del Rey	4,839	-1.4%
115	Puertollano	4,771	-13.3%
116	Rubí	4,707	-15.2%
117	Guadalajara	4,640	-20.8%
118	Molina de Segura	4,604	-20.2%
119	Toledo	4,582	-16.8%
120	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,564	-2.7%
121	Collado Villalba	4,563	0%
122	Cornellà de Llobregat	4,545	-20.3%
123	Arcos de la Frontera	4,438	-14.2%
124	Lorca	4,424	-23.7%
125	Zamora	4,402	-10%
126	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,393	-19.8%
127	Aranjuez	4,390	-2.9%
128	La Orotava	4,347	-16.4%
129	Torrelavega	4,281	-3.5%
130	Los Realejos	4,237	-11.9%
131	La Rinconada	4,233	-16.5%
132	Alzira	4,227	+3%
133	Lucena	4,121	-20.7%
134	Andújar	4,120	-14.1%
135	Petrer	3,982	-4.9%
136	Burjassot	3,949	-1.4%
137	Vilanova i la Geltrú	3,932	-21.3%
138	Mislata	3,898	-3.2%
139	Vila-real	3,876	-6.2%
140	Écija	3,868	-15.3%
141	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,862	-16.9%
142	Arucas	3,845	-10.7%
143	Rincón de la Victoria	3,779	-15.6%
144	Adeje	3,775	-25.4%
145	Puerto del Rosario	3,738	-27.4%
146	Dénia	3,689	-2%
147	Camas	3,674	-10.6%
148	Ávila	3,663	-9.9%
149	Pinto	3,636	-1.7%
150	Los Palacios y Villafranca	3,626	-17.6%
151	Plasencia	3,606	-15%
152	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,566	-3%
153	Ingenio	3,564	-13.2%
154	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,538	-17.4%
155	Crevillent	3,531	-4.4%
156	Antequera	3,490	-16.2%
157	Villena	3,465	-1.8%
158	Granollers	3,455	-20.4%
159	Irun	3,430	-20.6%
160	San Roque	3,397	-18.1%
161	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	3,392	-9.7%
162	Tomelloso	3,383	-8.3%
163	Agüimes	3,380	-13.6%
164	Santurtzi	3,362	-13.9%
165	Coria del Río	3,328	-14.7%
166	Viladecans	3,314	-18.4%
167	Almendralejo	3,310	-10.2%
168	Langreo	3,294	-16.4%
169	El Prat de Llobregat	3,289	-21.2%
170	Barbate	3,286	-20.7%
171	Ronda	3,275	-18.5%
172	Alcantarilla	3,251	-21.7%
173	Cuenca	3,243	-14.5%
174	Getxo	3,224	-19%
175	Úbeda	3,156	-14.3%
176	Siero	3,133	-15.2%
177	Puerto de la Cruz	3,105	-20.1%
178	Manises	3,065	-2.9%
179	Ontinyent	3,050	-2.9%
180	Figueres	3,042	-20.2%
181	Mieres	3,036	-14.6%
182	Portugalete	3,018	-10.7%
182	Santa Pola	3,018	-2.7%
184	Mollet del Vallès	3,016	-18%
185	Almonte	3,010	-6.2%
186	Aldaia	2,956	-1.6%
187	Don Benito	2,899	-17.8%
188	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,877	-13.7%
189	Puente Genil	2,860	-14.3%
190	El Vendrell	2,856	-18.8%
191	Carmona	2,844	-9.4%
192	Rota	2,843	-15.4%
193	Alaquàs	2,830	-2%
194	Basauri	2,814	-12.6%
195	Hellín	2,795	-13.4%
196	Colmenar Viejo	2,780	-3.6%
197	San Juan de Aznalfarache	2,778	-16.1%
198	San Fernando de Henares	2,761	+1.8%
198	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,761	-15.7%
200	Borriana/Burriana	2,739	-4.3%
201	Pozuelo de Alarcón	2,722	-0.7%
202	Xirivella	2,717	-1.2%
203	Icod de los Vinos	2,696	-13.2%
204	Blanes	2,685	-21.1%
205	Majadahonda	2,684	-3.5%
206	Castelldefels	2,640	-22.3%
207	Vícar	2,637	-13.1%
208	Lebrija	2,635	-16.2%
209	Xàtiva	2,627	-0.6%
210	Morón de la Frontera	2,609	-11.3%
211	Sant Cugat del Vallès	2,606	-25%
212	Segovia	2,603	-17.2%
213	Alhaurín el Grande	2,602	-15.2%
214	Los Barrios	2,576	-14.5%
215	Tacoronte	2,548	-13%
216	Cártama	2,533	-11.1%
217	Armilla	2,500	-20.4%
217	Catarroja	2,500	-2.3%
219	Cerdanyola del Vallès	2,487	-22.4%
220	Novelda	2,486	-5%
221	Castro-Urdiales	2,485	+4.3%
222	Adra	2,471	-17.1%
223	Narón	2,466	-10.1%
224	Níjar	2,462	-23.2%
225	Gáldar	2,448	-11.1%
226	Ripollet	2,411	-20.4%
227	Chipiona	2,392	-20.5%
228	la Vall d'Uixó	2,379	-9.3%
229	Huesca	2,375	-23.3%
230	Vic	2,370	-21.1%
231	Almuñécar	2,367	-20.8%
232	Yecla	2,354	-17.8%
233	Águilas	2,349	-19.5%
234	Almoradí	2,339	0%
235	Candelaria	2,330	-11.8%
236	Igualada	2,323	-17.4%
237	Azuqueca de Henares	2,319	-14.9%
237	Lepe	2,319	-18.6%
239	Las Gabias	2,318	-18.9%
240	Alfafar	2,317	-0.2%
241	Llíria	2,313	+1.1%
242	Algemesí	2,312	-1.6%
243	Sestao	2,298	-11%
244	Cieza	2,285	-15.5%
245	Carballo	2,282	-11.9%
246	Isla Cristina	2,261	-22.6%
247	Oliva	2,260	-0.2%
248	Salt	2,258	-20%
248	Valdepeñas	2,258	-16.1%
250	Mairena del Alcor	2,257	-16.5%

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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 September 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 195,793 in September 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

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