The Canary Islands closed October 2026 with an average affiliation to Social Security of 989,058 people, which means 14,812 more affiliates than in September (+1.5%) and 30,860 more than in October 2025 (+3.2%). The archipelago accounts for 4.4% of total affiliates nationwide.
QUERY LENGTH LIMIT EXCEEDED. MAX ALLOWED QUERY : 500 CHARS
Unemployment registered stood at 141,518 people, 1,215 more than in the previous month (+0.9%) and 6,161 less than a year ago (-4.2%). The service sector groups 111,358 unemployed, 78.7% of the total. It is followed by the group without previous employment, with 11,543 people (8.2%); construction, with 11,343 (8.0%); industry, with 5,127 (3.6%), and agriculture and fishing, with 2,147 (1.5%).
As for contracting, 67,040 contracts were registered in October, 2,604 less than in September (-3.7%) and 3,405 less than in October 2025 (-4.8%). Of these, 28,948 were indefinite (43.2% of the total), with a decrease of 7.6% per month and 4.1% year-on-year, and 38,092 were temporary (56.8%), down 0.6% compared to the previous month and 5.4% compared to the previous year.
Source: Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration; SEPE. Elaboration: Corporation 5.
