Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, October 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 October 2021, at 190,511. 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.

Highest190,511Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median268134 municipalities

Spain3,257,068History

Top 40 municipalities, October 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	October 2021 persons	Change on October 2020
1	Madrid	190,511	-9.1%
2	Sevilla	68,634	-15.6%
3	Barcelona	66,174	-28.4%
4	València	62,607	-3%
5	Málaga	59,145	-18.2%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	38,931	-15.5%
7	Zaragoza	36,852	-17.1%
8	Alacant/Alicante	34,441	-1.6%
9	Córdoba	33,767	-16.7%
10	Murcia	29,323	-18.5%
11	Jerez de la Frontera	27,800	-11.8%
12	Elx/Elche	25,557	-5.4%
13	Bilbao	23,048	-13.1%
14	Granada	22,974	-21.2%
15	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	21,939	-13.3%
16	Palma	21,629	-34.7%
17	Vigo	20,583	-10.4%
18	Almería	19,432	-16%
19	Gijón	19,198	-17.2%
20	Valladolid	18,468	-13.5%
21	Huelva	16,281	-13.9%
22	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	16,241	-16.3%
23	Cartagena	15,777	-18.6%
24	A Coruña	15,550	-17.3%
25	Vitoria-Gasteiz	15,480	-18.3%
26	Algeciras	15,023	-12.7%
27	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	14,792	-5.5%
28	Fuenlabrada	14,409	-6.5%
29	Dos Hermanas	14,235	-13.3%
30	Alcalá de Henares	13,896	-4.6%
31	Móstoles	13,844	-6.6%
32	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	13,475	-26.7%
33	Terrassa	13,382	-18.6%
34	Badalona	13,333	-18.4%
35	Badajoz	13,328	-14.9%
36	Oviedo	13,154	-19.6%
37	Albacete	12,816	-15.1%
38	Cádiz	12,337	-15.8%
39	Leganés	12,211	-6.3%
40	Sabadell	12,091	-17.9%
41	Santander	11,899	-8.3%
42	Getafe	11,740	-5.2%
43	Telde	11,246	-17.3%
44	San Fernando	11,142	-13.9%
45	Pamplona/Iruña	10,978	-16.7%
46	Chiclana de la Frontera	10,904	-14.2%
47	Marbella	10,829	-32.1%
48	Ceuta	10,814	-17.7%
49	Salamanca	10,478	-16.8%
50	Parla	10,258	-8.9%
51	Alcorcón	10,206	-7.3%
52	El Puerto de Santa María	10,188	-14.2%
53	Torrejón de Ardoz	10,008	-1.4%
54	Talavera de la Reina	9,759	-9%
55	Jaén	9,562	-12.7%
56	Torrevieja	9,385	-2.6%
57	La Línea de la Concepción	9,302	-14.3%
58	Burgos	9,116	-17.6%
59	Roquetas de Mar	9,045	-15.6%
60	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	8,894	-13.5%
61	Lleida	8,524	-19.7%
62	Alcalá de Guadaíra	8,424	-12%
63	Torrent	8,343	+1.8%
64	Mataró	8,134	-19%
65	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	8,075	-26%
66	Melilla	8,038	-16.6%
67	Logroño	7,863	-15.4%
68	Arona	7,695	-34.5%
69	Cáceres	7,674	-15.4%
70	Gandia	7,608	-1.4%
71	Donostia/San Sebastián	7,547	-17.3%
72	Tarragona	7,526	-23.4%
73	Mijas	7,470	-21.5%
74	León	7,428	-17%
75	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	7,287	-23.2%
76	Vélez-Málaga	7,177	-16.7%
77	Ourense	7,071	-16.1%
78	Reus	6,897	-21.4%
79	Fuengirola	6,638	-24.1%
80	Barakaldo	6,626	-11.4%
81	Linares	6,619	-12.1%
82	Benidorm	6,592	-19.7%
83	Torremolinos	6,564	-24.5%
84	Utrera	6,423	-14%
85	Elda	6,240	-1.6%
86	Arrecife	6,193	-32.3%
87	Paterna	6,134	-0.3%
88	Orihuela	5,954	+1.6%
89	Mérida	5,889	-15.8%
90	Benalmádena	5,825	-29.2%
91	Motril	5,683	-14.3%
92	Ciudad Real	5,589	-17.2%
93	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,580	-1.8%
94	Alcobendas	5,567	-7.9%
95	Avilés	5,533	-16.7%
96	El Ejido	5,397	-22.9%
97	Estepona	5,322	-28.4%
98	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,309	-6.8%
99	Lugo	5,233	-19.7%
100	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	5,162	-1.2%
101	Coslada	5,144	-2.7%
102	Puerto Real	5,130	-13.5%
103	Pontevedra	5,118	-15.4%
104	Valdemoro	5,074	-5.8%
105	Ponferrada	5,004	-12.3%
106	Granadilla de Abona	4,988	-29%
107	Manresa	4,900	-17.4%
108	Santiago de Compostela	4,887	-22.9%
109	Palencia	4,882	-10.3%
110	Girona	4,845	-23.5%
111	Ferrol	4,822	-13.9%
112	Puertollano	4,754	-14.1%
113	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,752	-29.5%
114	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	4,750	-3.4%
115	Arganda del Rey	4,733	-5.3%
116	Molina de Segura	4,721	-16.3%
117	Rubí	4,707	-13.2%
118	Guadalajara	4,612	-21.6%
119	Arcos de la Frontera	4,536	-14.4%
120	Collado Villalba	4,501	-3.6%
120	Toledo	4,501	-18.9%
122	Cornellà de Llobregat	4,433	-23.6%
123	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,420	-7.5%
124	Aranjuez	4,367	-5.1%
125	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,362	-20%
126	Zamora	4,333	-16.1%
127	La Orotava	4,325	-18.8%
128	Lorca	4,302	-22.6%
129	Torrelavega	4,273	-7.3%
130	La Rinconada	4,251	-16.1%
131	Los Realejos	4,177	-15.2%
132	Andújar	4,084	-13.2%
133	Lucena	4,079	-20.7%
134	Alzira	4,060	+2.9%
135	Petrer	3,928	-5%
136	Burjassot	3,926	-1.7%
137	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,905	-17.2%
138	Vilanova i la Geltrú	3,892	-23.2%
139	Mislata	3,862	-2.2%
140	Arucas	3,847	-11.5%
141	Barbate	3,825	-15.4%
142	Dénia	3,820	-3.7%
143	Écija	3,807	-13.7%
144	Rincón de la Victoria	3,806	-17.9%
145	Los Palacios y Villafranca	3,800	-15.6%
146	Plasencia	3,683	-14.6%
147	Vila-real	3,676	-2.2%
148	Camas	3,661	-13.4%
149	Puerto del Rosario	3,623	-30.1%
150	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,594	-19.4%
151	Ávila	3,586	-14.3%
152	Tomelloso	3,572	-12.7%
153	San Roque	3,543	-15.8%
154	Adeje	3,527	-34.2%
155	Crevillent	3,507	-3.4%
156	Pinto	3,501	-6.8%
157	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	3,496	-11.9%
158	Villena	3,472	-3.4%
159	Antequera	3,465	-16%
160	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,458	-4.9%
161	Ingenio	3,419	-20.8%
162	Granollers	3,417	-21.8%
163	Irun	3,379	-17.1%
164	Langreo	3,375	-15.1%
165	Coria del Río	3,372	-13.9%
166	Alcantarilla	3,343	-19.3%
167	Cuenca	3,341	-15%
168	Viladecans	3,324	-18.5%
169	Agüimes	3,318	-16.5%
170	Santurtzi	3,311	-13.8%
171	Ronda	3,304	-19.5%
172	El Prat de Llobregat	3,302	-21.5%
173	Almendralejo	3,296	-14%
174	Úbeda	3,261	-12.5%
175	Siero	3,213	-14.7%
176	Getxo	3,178	-16.3%
176	Santa Pola	3,178	-0.5%
178	Figueres	3,147	-24.9%
179	Don Benito	3,116	-16.1%
180	Puerto de la Cruz	3,096	-22.2%
181	Mieres	3,094	-14.7%
182	Almonte	3,087	-13.3%
183	Manises	3,048	-2.7%
184	Hellín	3,009	-8%
185	Rota	2,996	-15.5%
186	Ontinyent	2,984	-2.3%
187	Mollet del Vallès	2,964	-19.2%
188	El Vendrell	2,957	-17.8%
189	Aldaia	2,948	-2.1%
190	Portugalete	2,947	-11.5%
191	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,891	-16%
192	Puente Genil	2,855	-11.7%
193	Alaquàs	2,848	-0.5%
194	San Juan de Aznalfarache	2,823	-13.9%
195	Carmona	2,818	-11.7%
196	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,801	-15.6%
197	Colmenar Viejo	2,797	-5.6%
198	Basauri	2,789	-11.1%
199	Blanes	2,748	-22.7%
200	Lebrija	2,731	-15.9%
201	Castelldefels	2,716	-22.3%
202	San Fernando de Henares	2,705	-1.4%
203	Xirivella	2,689	-1.7%
204	Icod de los Vinos	2,684	-15.8%
205	Chipiona	2,677	-17.7%
206	Morón de la Frontera	2,645	-15.1%
207	Los Barrios	2,617	-14.5%
207	Pozuelo de Alarcón	2,617	-3.8%
209	Alhaurín el Grande	2,602	-16.5%
210	Majadahonda	2,580	-9.5%
211	Xàtiva	2,570	-0.6%
212	Cártama	2,557	-12.5%
213	Armilla	2,537	-20%
214	Catarroja	2,516	-1.3%
215	Tacoronte	2,515	-16.1%
216	Narón	2,514	-11.3%
217	Borriana/Burriana	2,501	-0.4%
218	Isla Cristina	2,498	-17.9%
219	Conil de la Frontera	2,493	-18.8%
220	Almuñécar	2,492	-21%
221	Cerdanyola del Vallès	2,489	-22.3%
222	Sant Cugat del Vallès	2,484	-26.7%
223	Castro-Urdiales	2,476	+2.9%
224	Novelda	2,472	-1.6%
225	Segovia	2,462	-24.7%
226	Lepe	2,419	-15.6%
227	Gáldar	2,416	-11.3%
228	Yecla	2,397	-16.3%
229	Valdepeñas	2,375	-17.5%
230	Huesca	2,361	-24.9%
231	Las Gabias	2,350	-18.7%
232	Ripollet	2,338	-22.2%
233	Águilas	2,336	-17.2%
234	Sestao	2,324	-9.5%
235	Almoradí	2,319	-1.7%
236	Igualada	2,308	-16.7%
237	Vinaròs	2,299	-2.5%
238	Martos	2,298	+18.2%
239	Vic	2,295	-22.4%
240	Mairena del Alcor	2,288	-16%
241	Alfafar	2,284	-2.4%
242	Manacor	2,280	-31.3%
243	la Vall d'Uixó	2,274	-4.7%
244	Los Llanos de Aridane	2,268	-3.7%
245	Llíria	2,259	+4.6%
246	Candelaria	2,249	-17.9%
247	Villanueva de la Serena	2,245	-21.5%
248	Salt	2,242	-23.8%
249	Carballo	2,230	-14.6%
250	el Campello	2,229	-0.6%

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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 October 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 190,511 in October 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

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