The Christmas season halts the rise in unemployment in the town, with no increase in the jobless figures in December. The figures remain good compared with previous years, at 939 unemployed, and are unchanged this December at 366 men (1 more than in November) and 573 women (1 fewer than the previous month).
At provincial level, the Málaga labour market closes 2025 with figures that consolidate its leadership in job creation in Andalucía. The province ended 2025 with 738,958 people registered with Social Security in December, after adding 24,713 contributors compared with the end of 2024, reaching a new all-time high and confirming the sustained growth trend of the Málaga labour market.
At regional level, registered unemployment at public employment service offices fell by 51,782 people in Andalucía in 2025 compared with the previous year (-8.16%), to 583,057 unemployed, after a 2.06% drop in the last month of the year compared with November (12,271 fewer unemployed). This total number of unemployed is the lowest at the end of a year since 2007. Since the start of the comparable historical series in 1996, unemployment has fallen in most years in Andalucía (20 times), while it has risen on nine occasions.
In Spain, at national level, unemployment fell by 152,048 people in 2025 (-5.94%), to a total of 2,408,670 unemployed, the lowest figure at a year end since 2007.
Last year’s history in Manilva:
- December 2025: 939 = unemployed
- November 2025: 939 +42 unemployed
- October 2025: 897 +27 unemployed
- September 2025: 870 +16 unemployed
- August 2025: 854 +10 unemployed
- 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
The Employment Promotion department of Manilva Town Hall continues to maintain the web platform that gives local businesses an ideal tool for publishing job offers or finding potential candidates, who can also register on the application to post their CV completely free of charge. It can be accessed at: https://empleomanilva.com
The historical unemployment data recorded in Manilva since 2005 can be viewed by clicking here
