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Provinces of Spain by activity rate

Madrid province had the highest activity rate of 52 provinces in Q1 2024, at 63.27%. León province had the lowest, at 47.44%. The median was 57.19% and the figure for Spain was 58.63%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest63.27Madrid province
Lowest47.44León province
Median57.1952 provinces
Spain58.63History

All provinces, Q1 2024

CSVChart (SVG)

Madrid provinceMadrid province: 63.27 %63.27Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 62.86 %62.86Almería provinceAlmería province: 62.58 %62.58Lleida provinceLleida province: 62.31 %62.31Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 62.27 %62.27Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 61.47 %61.47Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 61.32 %61.32Girona provinceGirona province: 61.03 %61.03Valencia provinceValencia province: 60.93 %60.93Melilla provinceMelilla province: 59.57 %59.57Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 59.54 %59.54Murcia provinceMurcia province: 59.44 %59.44Toledo provinceToledo province: 59.17 %59.17Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 59 %59Navarre provinceNavarre province: 58.75 %58.75Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 58.74 %58.74Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 58.73 %58.73Segovia provinceSegovia province: 58.73 %58.73Huesca provinceHuesca province: 58.46 %58.46Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 58.46 %58.46La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 58.18 %58.18Málaga provinceMálaga province: 58.08 %58.08Biscay provinceBiscay province: 57.78 %57.78Castellón provinceCastellón province: 57.46 %57.46Soria provinceSoria province: 57.44 %57.44Burgos provinceBurgos province: 57.25 %57.25Álava provinceÁlava province: 57.13 %57.13Granada provinceGranada province: 56.98 %56.98Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 56.96 %56.96Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 56.89 %56.89Teruel provinceTeruel province: 56.51 %56.51Seville provinceSeville province: 56.35 %56.35Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 56.23 %56.23Alicante provinceAlicante province: 56.16 %56.16Huelva provinceHuelva province: 56.01 %56.01Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 55.8 %55.8Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 55.77 %55.77Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 54.37 %54.37Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 54.25 %54.25Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 54.14 %54.14Palencia provincePalencia province: 53.96 %53.96Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 53.84 %53.84A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 53.65 %53.65Lugo provinceLugo province: 51.97 %51.97Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 51.95 %51.95Zamora provinceZamora province: 51.87 %51.87Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 51.61 %51.61Asturias provinceAsturias province: 50.81 %50.81Ávila provinceÁvila province: 50.73 %50.73Jaén provinceJaén province: 49.84 %49.84Ourense provinceOurense province: 49.08 %49.08León provinceLeón province: 47.44 %47.44
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ1 2024 (%)Change on Q1 2023
1Madrid province63.27+0.01 pts
2Guadalajara province62.86-1.48 pts
3Almería province62.58-0.33 pts
4Lleida province62.31+4.79 pts
5Barcelona province62.27+1.25 pts
6Balearic Islands province61.47-0.34 pts
7Las Palmas province61.32-1.03 pts
8Girona province61.03-0.09 pts
9Valencia province60.93+0.57 pts
10Melilla province59.57+4.89 pts
11Ceuta province59.54-1.97 pts
12Murcia province59.44+0.15 pts
13Toledo province59.17-1.45 pts
14Santa Cruz de Tenerife province59+1.4 pts
15Navarre province58.75+0.27 pts
16Zaragoza province58.74-0.65 pts
17Cuenca province58.73+5.04 pts
17Segovia province58.73+1.48 pts
19Huesca province58.46+1.9 pts
19Tarragona province58.46+0.8 pts
21La Rioja province58.18-0.99 pts
22Málaga province58.08+0.33 pts
23Biscay province57.78+1.75 pts
24Castellón province57.46+1.6 pts
25Soria province57.44+2.12 pts
26Burgos province57.25+0.12 pts
27Álava province57.13-1.47 pts
28Granada province56.98-0.5 pts
29Córdoba province56.96+1.98 pts
30Valladolid province56.89+1.98 pts
31Teruel province56.51+1.17 pts
32Seville province56.35-2.23 pts
33Badajoz province56.23-0.71 pts
34Alicante province56.16-2.01 pts
35Huelva province56.01+1.51 pts
36Cantabria province55.8+1.82 pts
37Albacete province55.77-3.21 pts
38Pontevedra province54.37+0.63 pts
39Ciudad Real province54.25-0.41 pts
40Cádiz province54.14-0.35 pts
41Palencia province53.96+0.04 pts
42Gipuzkoa province53.84-0.47 pts
43A Coruña province53.65+0.55 pts
44Lugo province51.97-0.59 pts
45Salamanca province51.95-1.35 pts
46Zamora province51.87+3.03 pts
47Cáceres province51.61-1.93 pts
48Asturias province50.81+1.6 pts
49Ávila province50.73-2.61 pts
50Jaén province49.84-1.02 pts
51Ourense province49.08+1.62 pts
52León province47.44-2.88 pts

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About this ranking

Labour force (employed plus unemployed) as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 15 to 64 (EU).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the provinces are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Encuesta de Población Activa: tasas de actividad, paro y empleo por provincia (tabla 65349). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=65349. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Which province has the highest activity rate?

Madrid province, with 63.27% in Q1 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest activity rate?

León province, with 47.44% in Q1 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Encuesta de Población Activa: tasas de actividad, paro y empleo por provincia (tabla 65349). Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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