# Provinces of Spain by registered unemployment, August 2026

All 52 values come from Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `registered_unemployment`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Job seekers registered as unemployed at public employment offices on the last working day of the month.
- Source: Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal, Paro registrado por municipios (https://sede.sepe.gob.es/es/portaltrabaja/resources/sede/datos_abiertos/datos/Paro_por_municipios_2026_csv.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: 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_2026_csv.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-unemployment/spain-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/registered-unemployment/spain-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Madrid province | 280,486 |
| 2 | Barcelona province | 247,374 |
| 3 | Valencia province | 145,219 |
| 4 | Seville province | 132,842 |
| 5 | Alicante province | 116,862 |
| 6 | Málaga province | 97,095 |
| 7 | Cádiz province | 95,903 |
| 8 | Murcia province | 75,993 |
| 9 | Las Palmas province | 74,777 |
| 10 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife province | 69,682 |
| 11 | Granada province | 61,217 |
| 12 | Biscay province | 60,461 |
| 13 | Asturias province | 48,580 |
| 14 | Córdoba province | 45,822 |
| 15 | A Coruña province | 43,914 |
| 16 | Toledo province | 43,517 |
| 17 | Pontevedra province | 41,298 |
| 18 | Almería province | 39,766 |
| 19 | Badajoz province | 39,712 |
| 20 | Zaragoza province | 39,022 |
| 21 | Tarragona province | 37,781 |
| 22 | Castellón province | 32,364 |
| 23 | Ciudad Real province | 30,722 |
| 24 | Jaén province | 30,673 |
| 25 | Navarre province | 29,365 |
| 26 | Gipuzkoa province | 28,466 |
| 27 | Girona province | 27,646 |
| 28 | Cantabria province | 26,992 |
| 29 | Huelva province | 26,931 |
| 30 | Balearic Islands province | 25,703 |
| 31 | Valladolid province | 21,634 |
| 32 | Cáceres province | 20,949 |
| 33 | Albacete province | 20,698 |
| 34 | León province | 19,395 |
| 35 | Álava province | 17,882 |
| 36 | Lleida province | 16,367 |
| 37 | Salamanca province | 15,081 |
| 38 | Ourense province | 13,358 |
| 39 | Burgos province | 12,660 |
| 40 | La Rioja province | 12,324 |
| 41 | Guadalajara province | 12,101 |
| 42 | Lugo province | 11,121 |
| 43 | Cuenca province | 8,606 |
| 44 | Ceuta province | 8,241 |
| 45 | Zamora province | 7,611 |
| 46 | Ávila province | 7,476 |
| 47 | Melilla province | 7,392 |
| 48 | Huesca province | 6,704 |
| 49 | Palencia province | 5,834 |
| 50 | Segovia province | 4,250 |
| 51 | Teruel province | 3,871 |
| 52 | Soria province | 2,481 |