23 Jan New Neighborhood, Mayorazgo, Jinámar and El Lasso are the neighborhoods in the Canary Islands with the highest unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2024
By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias On the opposite side, The neighborhoods with the lowest unemployment rates are El Cable (3,3%) and La Concha
(4,8), in Reef, The Minilla (5,8%) and Zurbarán (6,7%), in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Oasis del Sur
(6,2%) and Playa de las Américas (6,7%) in Arona and Tristan (4,2%) and Mimosas (6%) in Santa Cruz de
Tenerife.
At municipal level, Yaiza and Pájara are the municipalities with the lowest unemployment rate in the fourth quarter
de 2024. These municipalities belong to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, respectivamente, what are the islands
with the lowest unemployment rate, both with less than 10%. On these islands are concentrated the five
municipalities with the lowest unemployment rate in the Canary Islands. In addition to Yaiza and Pájara, are Saint Bartholomew
(7,7%), Teguise (7,8%) and aunts (7,9%).
In the opposite case, Garafia (23,4%) It is the municipality that has the highest unemployment rate in this
period, followed by Tazacorte (20,5%), Agaete (20,1%), Moya (19,7%), and The Victory of Acentejo
(18,8%). The islands with the highest rate of registered claimants are Gran Canaria (16%) y La Palma
(15,8%).
If we consider the rates of registered claimants for men and women, in general the rates of
women are older than men, although in La Gomera similar figures are reached in both
sexes. The greatest inequalities in this unemployment rate occur in La Palma with 5,1 puntos
percentage difference, followed by Gran Canaria with almost 4,7 puntos.
Por otra parte, the number of registered claimants fell in one year in almost all the islands to
Fuerteventura exception, where it remained in similar figures to the same quarter of 2023, and in the
Palma and El Hierro, where registered unemployment rose.
Use of integrated administrative records
The Registered Active Population Statistics provides submunicipal data, municipal, islands and
georeferenced autonomous systems from 2011. At this time, employment data by neighborhood is only available
available for the municipalities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, reef and
Aaron.
In contrast to other employment-related operations, the sources of data collection
for EPA-Reg son integrated administrative records, that allow you to study the labor market
Canary Islands jointly, while territorially disaggregated data can be obtained at the
even submunicipal.
Carrying out personalized searches of the employment situation in any area of the islands of
georeferenced form facilitates the identification of regional disparities and the comparison of
data by geographical area.
Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias






