Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities of Spain by registered unemployment, November 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 November 2021, at 186,380. Zuñeda had the lowest, at 0. The median was 25 and the figure for Spain was 3.18 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest186,380Madrid

Lowest0Zuñeda

Median258134 municipalities

Spain3,182,687History

Top 40 municipalities, November 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	November 2021 persons	Change on November 2020
1	Madrid	186,380	-11.2%
2	Sevilla	67,212	-18%
3	Barcelona	63,984	-30.8%
4	Málaga	58,968	-19.6%
5	València	57,469	-11%
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	39,199	-15.6%
7	Zaragoza	35,826	-21%
8	Córdoba	33,230	-18.3%
9	Alacant/Alicante	32,122	-9.7%
10	Murcia	28,760	-22.3%
11	Jerez de la Frontera	27,704	-13.9%
12	Elx/Elche	23,973	-11.6%
13	Palma	22,903	-33.7%
14	Granada	22,887	-22.4%
15	Bilbao	22,808	-12.1%
16	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	21,557	-17%
17	Vigo	20,154	-14.9%
18	Gijón	19,304	-18.5%
19	Almería	18,915	-15.7%
20	Valladolid	17,693	-18.8%
21	Huelva	16,443	-16%
22	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	16,256	-17.9%
23	Cartagena	15,670	-21.2%
24	Vitoria-Gasteiz	15,188	-10.8%
25	A Coruña	15,161	-20.5%
26	Algeciras	15,056	-14.3%
27	Dos Hermanas	13,809	-16.1%
28	Fuenlabrada	13,783	-9.6%
29	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	13,643	-12.2%
30	Móstoles	13,406	-9.8%
31	Alcalá de Henares	13,305	-7.2%
32	Oviedo	13,165	-21.3%
33	Badajoz	13,139	-16.6%
34	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	13,052	-29.2%
35	Terrassa	13,020	-20.6%
36	Badalona	12,988	-20%
37	Cádiz	12,353	-17.8%
38	Albacete	12,174	-19.3%
39	Sabadell	11,903	-18.7%
40	Leganés	11,900	-8.4%
41	Santander	11,380	-14.2%
42	Getafe	11,290	-8.3%
43	Chiclana de la Frontera	11,237	-13.7%
44	San Fernando	11,211	-15.1%
45	Telde	11,207	-17.6%
46	Marbella	11,151	-32.6%
47	Pamplona/Iruña	10,710	-19.7%
48	Ceuta	10,552	-19.8%
49	El Puerto de Santa María	10,189	-16.2%
50	Parla	9,987	-11%
51	Salamanca	9,913	-23.8%
52	Alcorcón	9,903	-9.3%
53	Torrejón de Ardoz	9,536	-6%
54	Talavera de la Reina	9,488	-12.1%
55	La Línea de la Concepción	9,303	-16%
56	Jaén	9,169	-12.4%
57	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	8,864	-15.6%
58	Torrevieja	8,849	-11.8%
59	Roquetas de Mar	8,651	-13%
60	Melilla	8,609	-12.6%
61	Burgos	8,497	-23.8%
62	Lleida	8,294	-20.7%
63	Alcalá de Guadaíra	8,215	-14.5%
64	Mataró	7,943	-21.4%
65	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	7,888	-29.1%
66	Mijas	7,664	-21.5%
67	Logroño	7,643	-20.3%
68	Torrent	7,627	-5.9%
69	Cáceres	7,618	-16.7%
70	Donostia/San Sebastián	7,588	-14.7%
71	Arona	7,512	-38.3%
72	Tarragona	7,501	-24.7%
73	Vélez-Málaga	7,357	-17.1%
74	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	7,233	-23.6%
75	Gandia	7,066	-8.8%
76	León	6,979	-23.8%
77	Ourense	6,926	-18.6%
78	Reus	6,885	-21.3%
79	Torremolinos	6,785	-24.5%
80	Fuengirola	6,770	-25.4%
81	Barakaldo	6,554	-9.6%
82	Benidorm	6,481	-24.7%
83	Linares	6,449	-10.9%
84	Utrera	6,360	-15.8%
85	Benalmádena	6,053	-27.9%
86	Elda	5,854	-8.2%
87	Arrecife	5,837	-37.6%
88	Mérida	5,794	-18.7%
89	Estepona	5,641	-25.8%
90	Paterna	5,609	-8.5%
91	Motril	5,588	-11.9%
92	Avilés	5,579	-16.9%
93	Orihuela	5,551	-6.8%
94	Ciudad Real	5,454	-18.6%
95	Alcobendas	5,409	-10%
96	Puerto Real	5,215	-14.3%
97	El Ejido	5,137	-22%
98	Lugo	5,091	-23.6%
99	Alcoi/Alcoy	5,058	-10.2%
100	Pontevedra	5,049	-18%
101	Sagunt/Sagunto	5,027	-10%
102	Granadilla de Abona	4,939	-32.3%
103	Santiago de Compostela	4,933	-24.2%
104	Coslada	4,918	-7.6%
105	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	4,885	-7.9%
106	Valdemoro	4,882	-8.4%
107	Ponferrada	4,793	-19.4%
108	Manresa	4,774	-19.6%
109	Ferrol	4,762	-18.9%
110	Girona	4,759	-25.6%
111	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	4,705	-4.2%
112	Palencia	4,686	-14.8%
113	Molina de Segura	4,663	-18.3%
114	Arganda del Rey	4,654	-5.1%
115	Puertollano	4,633	-15.5%
116	Rubí	4,613	-14.2%
117	Arcos de la Frontera	4,576	-14.8%
118	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,562	-34.2%
119	Collado Villalba	4,386	-7.6%
120	Guadalajara	4,384	-22.8%
121	Lorca	4,335	-22%
122	San Sebastián de los Reyes	4,299	-10.1%
123	Cornellà de Llobregat	4,267	-27.1%
124	La Orotava	4,261	-21%
125	Aranjuez	4,205	-6.7%
126	La Rinconada	4,184	-16.8%
127	Toledo	4,180	-22.4%
128	Zamora	4,178	-20.7%
129	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,123	-24%
130	Los Realejos	4,119	-17.7%
131	Torrelavega	4,048	-13.9%
132	Barbate	4,019	-15%
133	Almonte	3,983	-11.9%
134	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,894	-18.4%
135	Lucena	3,856	-23.1%
136	Rincón de la Victoria	3,836	-18.4%
137	Vilanova i la Geltrú	3,829	-24.7%
138	Los Palacios y Villafranca	3,807	-17.4%
139	Arucas	3,791	-13.9%
140	Andújar	3,701	-15.9%
141	Dénia	3,693	-11.6%
142	Petrer	3,685	-10.8%
143	Plasencia	3,644	-16.1%
144	San Roque	3,643	-15.9%
145	Burjassot	3,627	-9.6%
146	Mislata	3,592	-9.4%
147	Puerto del Rosario	3,591	-32.6%
148	Camas	3,587	-15.5%
149	Écija	3,580	-17.5%
150	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,579	-20.4%
151	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	3,515	-14.8%
152	Alzira	3,484	-5.9%
153	Tomelloso	3,458	-13.2%
154	Irun	3,443	-12.6%
155	Ávila	3,412	-20.9%
156	Antequera	3,409	-18.7%
157	Langreo	3,402	-14.4%
158	Coria del Río	3,374	-14.6%
159	Las Rozas de Madrid	3,373	-7.2%
160	Alcantarilla	3,372	-21.1%
161	Ingenio	3,327	-23.1%
162	Pinto	3,325	-10.6%
163	Granollers	3,318	-23.7%
164	Crevillent	3,292	-9.8%
165	Ronda	3,289	-21.3%
166	Santurtzi	3,285	-12.7%
167	Vila-real	3,283	-10.4%
168	Adeje	3,278	-42%
169	Viladecans	3,255	-20.6%
170	Villena	3,251	-9.5%
171	Almendralejo	3,249	-16.7%
172	Getxo	3,203	-11.7%
173	Siero	3,196	-16.6%
174	Agüimes	3,187	-21.3%
175	Cuenca	3,173	-21%
176	El Prat de Llobregat	3,172	-24.1%
177	Figueres	3,111	-28.7%
178	Rota	3,101	-17.4%
179	Don Benito	3,089	-15.5%
180	Mieres	3,083	-15.7%
181	Puerto de la Cruz	3,080	-24.5%
182	Santa Pola	3,044	-8.4%
183	Úbeda	3,002	-12%
184	Portugalete	2,998	-10%
185	El Vendrell	2,961	-18.3%
186	Mollet del Vallès	2,893	-20.4%
187	Vilagarcía de Arousa	2,862	-19.7%
188	Hellín	2,808	-13.5%
189	Lebrija	2,806	-13.8%
190	San Juan de Aznalfarache	2,801	-16.7%
191	Manises	2,799	-10.4%
192	Ontinyent	2,784	-7.7%
193	Basauri	2,782	-8.2%
194	Chipiona	2,775	-18.6%
195	Puente Genil	2,772	-14.4%
196	Colmenar Viejo	2,751	-6.2%
197	Blanes	2,748	-22.8%
198	Aldaia	2,736	-8.8%
199	Icod de los Vinos	2,729	-16.1%
200	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,710	-18.2%
201	Alaquàs	2,681	-5%
202	Conil de la Frontera	2,677	-16.7%
203	Carmona	2,672	-14.3%
204	Los Barrios	2,638	-14.6%
205	Eivissa	2,634	-41%
206	Alhaurín el Grande	2,629	-16.5%
207	Morón de la Frontera	2,627	-15%
208	Almuñécar	2,609	-22.4%
209	Castelldefels	2,591	-26%
210	San Fernando de Henares	2,588	-5.7%
211	Majadahonda	2,562	-10.5%
211	Pozuelo de Alarcón	2,562	-6.4%
213	Lepe	2,558	-16.9%
214	Tacoronte	2,530	-17.5%
215	Isla Cristina	2,517	-18.8%
216	Cártama	2,516	-14.8%
217	Xirivella	2,497	-8.7%
218	Narón	2,487	-14.4%
219	Armilla	2,480	-23.4%
220	Xàtiva	2,389	-6.5%
221	Cerdanyola del Vallès	2,382	-24.6%
222	Manacor	2,377	-30.8%
223	Yecla	2,375	-16.8%
224	Sant Cugat del Vallès	2,370	-29.4%
225	Castro-Urdiales	2,368	-3.9%
226	Valdepeñas	2,356	-17.6%
227	Novelda	2,353	-6.1%
228	Gáldar	2,340	-17.6%
229	Águilas	2,325	-19%
230	Huesca	2,318	-28.2%
231	Los Llanos de Aridane	2,314	-6%
232	Catarroja	2,312	-7.9%
233	Candelaria	2,308	-19.2%
234	Las Gabias	2,305	-21.9%
235	Vic	2,304	-22.5%
236	Borriana/Burriana	2,294	-7.1%
237	Villanueva de la Serena	2,289	-21.3%
238	Sestao	2,288	-8.8%
239	Mairena del Alcor	2,274	-16.7%
240	Ripollet	2,272	-23.6%
241	Calvià	2,267	-35.4%
241	Igualada	2,267	-17.2%
243	Níjar	2,242	-18%
244	Nerja	2,234	-27%
245	Segovia	2,224	-34.1%
246	Inca	2,213	-30.9%
247	Carballo	2,194	-18.7%
248	Maracena	2,184	-19.7%
249	Salt	2,183	-26.5%
250	Alcázar de San Juan	2,177	-21.4%

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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 November 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 186,380 in November 2021, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

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