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Provinces of Spain by activity rate

Guadalajara province had the highest activity rate of 52 provinces in Q2 2024, at 65.46%. Ourense province had the lowest, at 48.32%. The median was 57.28% and the figure for Spain was 58.9%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest65.46Guadalajara province
Lowest48.32Ourense province
Median57.2852 provinces
Spain58.9History

All provinces, Q2 2024

CSVChart (SVG)

Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 65.46 %65.46Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 65.35 %65.35Madrid provinceMadrid province: 62.71 %62.71Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 62.22 %62.22Girona provinceGirona province: 62.11 %62.11Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 61.99 %61.99Valencia provinceValencia province: 60.68 %60.68Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 60.39 %60.39Lleida provinceLleida province: 60.31 %60.31Murcia provinceMurcia province: 60.12 %60.12Segovia provinceSegovia province: 59.79 %59.79Almería provinceAlmería province: 59.77 %59.77Navarre provinceNavarre province: 59.55 %59.55Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 59.42 %59.42Huesca provinceHuesca province: 59.18 %59.18Teruel provinceTeruel province: 59.05 %59.05Toledo provinceToledo province: 59.05 %59.05Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 58.87 %58.87Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 58.83 %58.83Málaga provinceMálaga province: 58.82 %58.82Castellón provinceCastellón province: 58.64 %58.64Biscay provinceBiscay province: 58.32 %58.32La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 58.24 %58.24Seville provinceSeville province: 57.82 %57.82Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 57.64 %57.64Alicante provinceAlicante province: 57.33 %57.33Soria provinceSoria province: 57.22 %57.22Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 57.1 %57.1Álava provinceÁlava province: 56.96 %56.96Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 56.77 %56.77Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 56.65 %56.65Granada provinceGranada province: 56.58 %56.58Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 56.53 %56.53Melilla provinceMelilla province: 56.49 %56.49Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 56.4 %56.4Burgos provinceBurgos province: 55.99 %55.99Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 55.55 %55.55Huelva provinceHuelva province: 55.55 %55.55Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 55.53 %55.53Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 55.14 %55.14Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 54.91 %54.91Palencia provincePalencia province: 53.21 %53.21A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 52.86 %52.86Lugo provinceLugo province: 52.41 %52.41Jaén provinceJaén province: 52.32 %52.32Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 52.13 %52.13Zamora provinceZamora province: 52.05 %52.05Ávila provinceÁvila province: 51.88 %51.88Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 51.81 %51.81Asturias provinceAsturias province: 50.7 %50.7León provinceLeón province: 48.58 %48.58Ourense provinceOurense province: 48.32 %48.32
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ2 2024 (%)Change on Q2 2023
1Guadalajara province65.46+1.42 pts
2Balearic Islands province65.35+0.74 pts
3Madrid province62.71-0.71 pts
4Barcelona province62.22+0.07 pts
5Girona province62.11+1.05 pts
6Ceuta province61.99+0.38 pts
7Valencia province60.68+1.13 pts
8Las Palmas province60.39+0.31 pts
9Lleida province60.31+1.66 pts
10Murcia province60.12+0.73 pts
11Segovia province59.79-0.87 pts
12Almería province59.77-2.57 pts
13Navarre province59.55+1.03 pts
14Tarragona province59.42+0.59 pts
15Huesca province59.18+2.15 pts
16Teruel province59.05+1.92 pts
16Toledo province59.05-1.77 pts
18Zaragoza province58.87-0.46 pts
19Santa Cruz de Tenerife province58.83+0.21 pts
20Málaga province58.82+0.53 pts
21Castellón province58.64+2.09 pts
22Biscay province58.32+0.33 pts
23La Rioja province58.24-0.65 pts
24Seville province57.82-0.2 pts
25Valladolid province57.64+2.69 pts
26Alicante province57.33-0.13 pts
27Soria province57.22+1.97 pts
28Cuenca province57.1+1.67 pts
29Álava province56.96-1.22 pts
30Badajoz province56.77-0.86 pts
31Gipuzkoa province56.65+1.75 pts
32Granada province56.58-1.64 pts
33Córdoba province56.53+0.23 pts
34Melilla province56.49+1.6 pts
35Albacete province56.4-2.98 pts
36Burgos province55.99+0.02 pts
37Ciudad Real province55.55+0.55 pts
37Huelva province55.55-3.03 pts
39Cantabria province55.53+0.44 pts
40Cádiz province55.14-0.4 pts
41Pontevedra province54.91+0.95 pts
42Palencia province53.21-1.68 pts
43A Coruña province52.86-0.42 pts
44Lugo province52.41-0.28 pts
45Jaén province52.32+0.62 pts
46Salamanca province52.13-1.32 pts
47Zamora province52.05+2.6 pts
48Ávila province51.88-1.14 pts
49Cáceres province51.81-0.79 pts
50Asturias province50.7+0.82 pts
51León province48.58-2.09 pts
52Ourense province48.32-1 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?

Guadalajara province, with 65.46% in Q2 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest activity rate?

Ourense province, with 48.32% in Q2 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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