Unemployment Keeps Dropping in the Islands
Unemployment registered at the public employment offices in the Canary Islands decreased by 1,030 people in November compared with the previous month (‑0.7%), bringing the total to 146,649 unemployed, according to data released by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.
- This figure is the lowest recorded for the month of November since 2007.
- Since the start of the comparable series in 1996, unemployment has fallen in November 15 times and risen 14 times.
- Over the past year, the total number of unemployed has dropped by 12,236, a 7.7 % reduction compared with November 2024.
Sector Breakdown
- Services: ‑1,036 jobs (‑0.89 %)
- No previous employment: ‑66 jobs (‑0.56 %)
- Industry: ‑3 jobs (‑0.06 %)
- Construction: +49 jobs (+0.39 %)
- Agriculture: +26 jobs (+1.11 %)
At the end of the month, the sectors with the highest number of unemployed were Services (114,832) and Construction (12,492), while the sectors with the fewest were Agriculture (2,359), Industry (5,330) and No previous employment (11,636).
Gender and Age
Women: 84,364 unemployed, down 773 (‑0.9 %)
Men: 62,285 unemployed, down 257 (‑0.4 %)
Young people (under 25): ‑319 unemployed (‑3.7 %)
Adults (25 and over): ‑711 unemployed (‑0.51 %)
Geographic Distribution
All provinces recorded declines, with the sharpest drops in Las Palmas (‑633) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (‑397).
By autonomous community, the largest increases were in the Balearic Islands (+2,534), Castile and León (+1,035) and Navarre (+253). The most significant reductions occurred in Andalusia (‑6,934), Madrid (‑3,903) and Catalonia (‑3,119).
Hiring Activity
In November, the Canary Islands registered 64,148 employment contracts, a 1.8 % decrease compared with the same month last year.
- Permanent contracts: 27,023 (‑3.1 % YoY)
- Temporary contracts: 37,125 (‑0.8 % YoY)
Overall, 57.87 % of the contracts were temporary (up from 57.14 % the previous month) and 42.13 % were permanent (down from 42.86 %).