Registered unemployment rose in October compared with the previous month by 1,215 people (0.87 per cent) in the Canary Islands, where the number of unemployed stood at 141,518, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy.
Year-on-year, registered unemployment has fallen by 6,161 people, or 4.17 per cent, across the islands.
By province, Las Palmas ended October with 72,936 registered unemployed, 383 more, an increase of 0.53 per cent, than in September, and 3,432 fewer, a decrease of 4.49 per cent, than in the same month of 2025.
Canary Islands: Unemployment is rising, particularly in the service sector
Santa Cruz de Tenerife recorded 68,582 unemployed people in October, 832 more, an increase of 1.23 per cent, than in the previous month, but 2,729 fewer, a decrease of 3.83 per cent, compared with the tenth month of the previous year.
Of the total number of registered unemployed in the Canary Islands at the end of October, 2,147 were in agriculture, 5,127 in industry, 11,343 in construction, 111,358 in services and 11,543 had not previously been in employment.
The primary sector saw an increase of 54 in the number of unemployed, whilst the services sector added 510; and amongst those who have never worked, the majority of whom are over 44, the figure rose by 651 last month.
Employment contracts are down on both a monthly and annual basis
In the tenth month of the year, 67,040 contracts were signed in the Canary Islands, 2,604 fewer, a fall of 3.74 per cent, than in September, and 3,405 fewer, a fall of 4.83 per cent, than in the same month of 2025.
Of these, 28,948 were permanent contracts, a figure which fell by 2,393 (a decrease of 7.64 per cent) month-on-month, and by 1,243 (a decrease of 4.12 per cent) year-on-year.
The number of fixed-term contracts signed stood at 38,092, 211 fewer, a fall of 0.55 per cent, than in September, and 2,162 fewer, a fall of 5.37 per cent, than in October last year.
Unemployment benefit reaches 90,776 recipients in the Canary Islands
By the end of the ninth month of this year, 29,231 claims for unemployment benefit had been submitted on the islands, of which 27,468 were registered within an average of 0.60 days.
As a result, the number of beneficiaries rose to 90,776, representing an expenditure of 106.3 million, at a rate of 1,022 euros per benefit payment.
The Canary Islands have a total of 208,980 jobseekers
The Canary Islands ended October with 208,980 jobseekers, of whom 36,418 were in employment and 150,971 were not in employment; the latter group comprised 141,518 unemployed people and 9,453 subsidised seasonal agricultural workers, that is to say, farm labourers who receive the agricultural subsidy or agricultural income, but who, as they are receiving this support and are subject to special social protection conditions, are excluded from the conventional unemployment figures.
The total number of unemployed jobseekers in the archipelago rose by 869 in October, an increase of 0.58 per cent month-on-month, although it fell by 5,812, a decrease of 3.71 per cent, year-on-year.
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