# Provinces of Spain by unemployment rate, Q2 2026

All 52 values come from Instituto Nacional de Estadística for 2026-Q2, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Encuesta de Población Activa: tasas de actividad, paro y empleo por provincia (tabla 65349) (https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=65349)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- Citation: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Encuesta de Población Activa: tasas de actividad, paro y empleo por provincia (tabla 65349). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=65349. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/spain-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/spain-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ceuta province | 22.41 |
| 2 | Melilla province | 20.74 |
| 3 | Granada province | 17.53 |
| 4 | Cádiz province | 17.34 |
| 5 | Almería province | 16.05 |
| 6 | Jaén province | 15.23 |
| 7 | Córdoba province | 14.52 |
| 8 | Toledo province | 14.43 |
| 9 | Badajoz province | 14.31 |
| 10 | Málaga province | 13.57 |
| 11 | Seville province | 13.01 |
| 12 | Las Palmas province | 12.4 |
| 13 | Ciudad Real province | 11.75 |
| 14 | Alicante province | 11.38 |
| 15 | Cáceres province | 11.18 |
| 16 | Murcia province | 10.83 |
| 17 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife province | 10.74 |
| 18 | Valencia province | 10.71 |
| 19 | Albacete province | 10.61 |
| 20 | Segovia province | 10.21 |
| 21 | Ourense province | 10.2 |
| 22 | Tarragona province | 10.16 |
| 23 | Castellón province | 10.01 |
| 24 | Ávila province | 9.9 |
| 24 | Zamora province | 9.9 |
| 26 | Huelva province | 9.58 |
| 27 | Pontevedra province | 9.29 |
| 28 | Cuenca province | 9.18 |
| 29 | Asturias province | 9.12 |
| 30 | León province | 8.84 |
| 31 | Salamanca province | 8.82 |
| 31 | Zaragoza province | 8.82 |
| 33 | La Rioja province | 8.77 |
| 34 | Guadalajara province | 8.59 |
| 35 | Biscay province | 8.39 |
| 36 | Navarre province | 8.07 |
| 37 | Valladolid province | 7.91 |
| 38 | Girona province | 7.71 |
| 39 | Barcelona province | 7.68 |
| 39 | Burgos province | 7.68 |
| 41 | Madrid province | 7.58 |
| 42 | Cantabria province | 7.34 |
| 43 | Lugo province | 6.94 |
| 44 | Lleida province | 6.92 |
| 45 | A Coruña province | 6.49 |
| 46 | Huesca province | 6.42 |
| 47 | Álava province | 6.41 |
| 48 | Soria province | 6.35 |
| 49 | Teruel province | 6.23 |
| 50 | Balearic Islands province | 6.11 |
| 51 | Palencia province | 5.55 |
| 52 | Gipuzkoa province | 5.4 |