No salary at home: The Balearic Islands are approaching 20,000 households with all members unemployed
The archipelago ends 2025 with a sharp increase in unoccupied homes, in contrast to the downward trend in overall unemployment in the State.
PalmThe Balearic Islands ended 2025 with 19,500 households in which all members are unemployed, a figure that represents an increase of over 90% compared to the previous quarter, when 10,100 were recorded. This is reflected in the data from the Active Population Survey (EPA) published this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Between October and December, the number of Balearic households with all members employed stood at 330,100, while households with at least one employed member reached 378,700. Meanwhile, in 94,100 households in the archipelago, there is no employed person, according to the same official statistics. The evolution of the data in the Balearic Islands contrasts with the trend recorded in Spain as a whole. In Spain, 2025 ended with 772,300 households where all members were unemployed, a figure that represents a reduction of 61,200 households compared to the previous year (-7.3%) and marks the lowest level since the third quarter of 2008. In the last quarter of the year alone, these households saw a decrease of 0 (-2.3%). In contrast, households with all members employed reached a new all-time high nationwide, with 12,166,300 homes, after increasing by 262,000 throughout 2025 (+2.2%). In the final quarter of the year, the increase was 128,600 households, 1% more than the previous quarter.
The number of households with at least one employed member has also increased, rising by 217,900 during 2025 (+1.5%), reaching 14.37 million. In the last quarter, the increase was more moderate, with 49,800 more households (+0.3%).
As for households with no employed members, these increased by 40,200 throughout the year (+0.7%), with a surge of 35,700 households between October and December alone.
The EPA data reveals an uneven dynamic across regions and confirms the impact of the year's end on the Balearic labor market, with a significant increase in households experiencing total unemployment in the final months of 2025.