Unemployment figures in the town have not been this low for 17 years, despite the exponential increase in Manilva’s population. The municipality has now recorded six consecutive months of decline, with 10 fewer people out of work. As for gender, there is a peculiarity that was not common in previous months: women were the ones who contributed to the fall in these figures this July, as 28 of those who left unemployment are women. In the opposite direction, unemployment rose among men, with 18 men joining the list of unemployed people in Manilva.
With this overall reduction, the total number of people out of work stands at 842, of whom 512 are women and 330 are men. These figures reflect a favourable trend in employment in the town which, although it is usually the general pattern in high season, are still very low figures compared with any on record.
At provincial level, Málaga cut its list of unemployed by 1,144, making it the third province in Spain with the biggest fall in unemployment, behind only Cádiz and Asturias. The month closed with a total of 108,865 unemployed and 758,948 in work.
At regional level, Andalucía lost more than 8,000 jobseekers in July and consolidated a decline that takes it further from the 600,000 unemployed mark, with the figure standing at 590,855, meaning the region leads the fall in unemployment nationwide. This is a drop of 1.33% compared with the previous month and 7.49% lower than a year ago. With July’s fall, there have now been six consecutive months of declines in unemployment in the region.
In Spain, registered unemployment fell again in July, consolidating its downward trend and reaching its lowest level for this month in 18 years. The number of unemployed people fell by 1,357 to 2,404,606, the sixth consecutive monthly decline, according to figures published on Monday.
Figures for the last year in Manilva:
- July 2025: 842 -10 unemployed
- June 2025: 852 -43 unemployed
- May 2025: 895 -27 unemployed
- April 2025: 922 -27 unemployed
- March 2025: 949 -22 unemployed
- February 2025: 971 -29 unemployed
- January 2025: 1000 Unchanged
- December 2024: 1000 +14 unemployed
- November 2024: 986 -10 unemployed
- October 2024: 996 +34 unemployed
- September 2024: 962 +35 unemployed
- August 2024: 927 +21 unemployed
- July 2024: 906 -62 unemployed
- June 2024: 968 -61 unemployed
- May 2024: 1029 -6 unemployed
- April 2024: 1035 -58 unemployed
- March 2024: 1093 -51 unemployed
- February 2024: 1144 -49 unemployed
- January 2024: 1193 +24 unemployed
- December 2023: 1169 -2 unemployed
- November 2023: 1171 +57 unemployed
- October 2023: 1114 +37 unemployed
- September 2023: 1077 +88 unemployed
You can see the historical unemployment figures recorded in Manilva since 2005 by clicking here
