Marbella reduces unemployment by 13% in August compared to last year, reaching its best figure since 2007
Marbella recorded 5,863 unemployed people in August, 877 less than the same month last year, which represents a 13.01% year-on-year reduction in unemployment and places the city at its best unemployment rate since 2007. Compared to July, the number of unemployed people decreased by 61. In terms of hiring, 4,347 contracts were formalized in August, a figure similar to that recorded in the same month of 2025, when 4,475 contracts were reached. The General Director of the area, Alejandro Freijo, has highlighted that this is a “historic figure” and has considered that the results reflect “the strength of our labor market and the positive evolution that the municipality has been experiencing.”