List of Spanish autonomous communities by unemployment rate
Autonomous community Unemployment rate Year
Andalusia 24.7% March 2018
Aragon 11.6% March 2018
Asturias 15.0% March 2018
Canary Islands 20.6% March 2018
Cantabria 12.5% March 2018
Castilla-La Mancha 20.7% March 2018
Castile and León 13.9% March 2018
Catalonia 12.2% March 2018
Ceuta 31.4% March 2018
Valencia 17.1% March 2018
Extremadura 25.9% March 2018
Galicia 15.1% March 2018
Balearic Islands 17.4% March 2018
La Rioja 11.0% March 2018
Madrid 13.4% March 2018
Melilla 27.2% March 2018
Murcia 18.6% March 2018
Navarre 10.5% March 2018
Basque Country 10.8% March 2018
List of autonomous communities by unemployment rate
The unemployment rate in Spain had skyrocketed to a high of 27% in 2013 since the Great Recession of 2008, but as of 2016 the unemployment rate is currently 21%. It is estimated that it will take until 2020 to return to the pre-recession unemployment rate. The largest community, Andalusia, has the highest unemployment rate of any community at 31%.