Provinces of Spain by registered unemployment
Madrid province had the highest registered unemployment of 52 provinces in November 2025, at 276,414. Soria province had the lowest, at 2,434. The median was 29,638 and the figure for Spain was 2.42 million. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.
All provinces, November 2025
Full ranking
| Rank | Provinces | November 2025 | Change on November 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madrid province Estimated | 276,414 | -3.9% |
| 2 | Barcelona province Estimated | 239,110 | -2.8% |
| 3 | Seville province | 143,845 | -7.1% |
| 4 | Valencia province Estimated | 140,824 | -7.9% |
| 5 | Alicante province Estimated | 119,454 | -6.4% |
| 6 | Cádiz province | 113,223 | -8% |
| 7 | Málaga province | 110,837 | -7.7% |
| 8 | Las Palmas province | 75,735 | -7.7% |
| 9 | Murcia province | 74,520 | -6.9% |
| 10 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife province | 70,914 | -7.7% |
| 11 | Granada province Estimated | 67,469 | -7.1% |
| 12 | Biscay province Estimated | 60,251 | -1.3% |
| 13 | Asturias province | 50,996 | -6.8% |
| 14 | Córdoba province | 50,868 | -9.2% |
| 15 | A Coruña province | 44,313 | -7.4% |
| 16 | Toledo province Estimated | 44,137 | -7.6% |
| 17 | Almería province Estimated | 43,188 | -8.8% |
| 18 | Badajoz province | 42,520 | -10.3% |
| 19 | Pontevedra province | 42,440 | -9.1% |
| 20 | Tarragona province Estimated | 38,027 | -4.2% |
| 21 | Zaragoza province Estimated | 37,828 | -4.7% |
| 22 | Jaén province | 34,700 | -7.8% |
| 23 | Castellón province Estimated | 31,733 | -7.9% |
| 24 | Ciudad Real province Estimated | 31,247 | -9.6% |
| 25 | Huelva province | 31,186 | -10.1% |
| 26 | Balearic Islands province Estimated | 30,217 | -3.4% |
| 27 | Navarre province Estimated | 29,059 | -3.2% |
| 28 | Girona province Estimated | 28,310 | -6.3% |
| 29 | Gipuzkoa province Estimated | 28,160 | -1.2% |
| 30 | Cantabria province Estimated | 27,913 | -5.4% |
| 31 | Cáceres province Estimated | 22,283 | -10.2% |
| 32 | Valladolid province Estimated | 21,281 | -2.4% |
| 33 | Albacete province Estimated | 21,175 | -10.6% |
| 34 | León province Estimated | 20,545 | -5.1% |
| 35 | Álava province Estimated | 18,050 | -1.4% |
| 36 | Salamanca province Estimated | 15,897 | -7.3% |
| 37 | Lleida province Estimated | 15,572 | -4.2% |
| 38 | Ourense province | 13,611 | -8.9% |
| 39 | Burgos province Estimated | 12,939 | -6% |
| 40 | La Rioja province Estimated | 11,958 | -3.9% |
| 41 | Guadalajara province Estimated | 11,795 | -5% |
| 42 | Lugo province | 11,208 | -8.6% |
| 43 | Ceuta province | 9,128 | -9.2% |
| 44 | Cuenca province Estimated | 9,013 | -5.8% |
| 45 | Ávila province Estimated | 8,090 | -4% |
| 46 | Zamora province Estimated | 8,080 | -7.1% |
| 47 | Melilla province | 7,987 | -9.8% |
| 48 | Huesca province Estimated | 6,348 | -7% |
| 49 | Palencia province Estimated | 5,991 | +0.2% |
| 50 | Segovia province Estimated | 4,475 | -7.4% |
| 51 | Teruel province Estimated | 3,940 | -6.7% |
| 52 | Soria province Estimated | 2,434 | -6.9% |
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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 provinces are compared on one definition. 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_2025_csv.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Questions
Which province has the highest registered unemployment?
Madrid province, with 276,414 in November 2025, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.
Which province has the lowest registered unemployment?
Soria province, with 2,434 in November 2025.
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.
Registered unemployment: other rankings
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- Municipalities in Aragon
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- Municipalities in Extremadura
- Municipalities in Burgos province
- Municipalities in Salamanca province
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