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Provinces of Spain by activity rate

Madrid province had the highest activity rate of 52 provinces in Q1 2025, at 63.7%. Ourense province had the lowest, at 47.21%. The median was 57.72% and the figure for Spain was 58.57%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest63.7Madrid province
Lowest47.21Ourense province
Median57.7252 provinces
Spain58.57History

All provinces, Q1 2025

CSVChart (SVG)

Madrid provinceMadrid province: 63.7 %63.7Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 62.96 %62.96Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 62.15 %62.15Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 61.42 %61.42Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 61.08 %61.08Teruel provinceTeruel province: 61.05 %61.05Girona provinceGirona province: 60.99 %60.99Castellón provinceCastellón province: 59.69 %59.69Almería provinceAlmería province: 59.68 %59.68Huesca provinceHuesca province: 59.27 %59.27Lleida provinceLleida province: 59.14 %59.14Melilla provinceMelilla province: 59.08 %59.08Murcia provinceMurcia province: 59.01 %59.01Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 58.98 %58.98Valencia provinceValencia province: 58.93 %58.93Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 58.84 %58.84Málaga provinceMálaga province: 58.68 %58.68Toledo provinceToledo province: 58.67 %58.67Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 58.61 %58.61Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 58.48 %58.48Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 58.47 %58.47La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 58.26 %58.26Navarre provinceNavarre province: 58.26 %58.26Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 58.19 %58.19Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 58.01 %58.01Biscay provinceBiscay province: 58 %58Huelva provinceHuelva province: 57.43 %57.43Soria provinceSoria province: 57.15 %57.15Seville provinceSeville province: 57.01 %57.01Burgos provinceBurgos province: 56.93 %56.93Segovia provinceSegovia province: 56.82 %56.82Alicante provinceAlicante province: 56.79 %56.79Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 56.2 %56.2Álava provinceÁlava province: 56.09 %56.09Granada provinceGranada province: 55.48 %55.48Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 55.29 %55.29Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 55.15 %55.15Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 54.04 %54.04Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 53.92 %53.92A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 53.12 %53.12Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 52.82 %52.82Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 52.59 %52.59Asturias provinceAsturias province: 52.47 %52.47Zamora provinceZamora province: 52.45 %52.45Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 52.17 %52.17Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 52.08 %52.08Jaén provinceJaén province: 51.81 %51.81Lugo provinceLugo province: 51.53 %51.53Palencia provincePalencia province: 51.4 %51.4León provinceLeón province: 49.33 %49.33Ávila provinceÁvila province: 48.8 %48.8Ourense provinceOurense province: 47.21 %47.21
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ1 2025 (%)Change on Q1 2024
1Madrid province63.7+0.43 pts
2Guadalajara province62.96+0.1 pts
3Barcelona province62.15-0.12 pts
4Balearic Islands province61.42-0.05 pts
5Las Palmas province61.08-0.24 pts
6Teruel province61.05+4.54 pts
7Girona province60.99-0.04 pts
8Castellón province59.69+2.23 pts
9Almería province59.68-2.9 pts
10Huesca province59.27+0.81 pts
11Lleida province59.14-3.17 pts
12Melilla province59.08-0.49 pts
13Murcia province59.01-0.43 pts
14Santa Cruz de Tenerife province58.98-0.02 pts
15Valencia province58.93-2 pts
16Ceuta province58.84-0.7 pts
17Málaga province58.68+0.6 pts
18Toledo province58.67-0.5 pts
19Valladolid province58.61+1.72 pts
20Córdoba province58.48+1.52 pts
21Zaragoza province58.47-0.27 pts
22La Rioja province58.26+0.08 pts
22Navarre province58.26-0.49 pts
24Tarragona province58.19-0.27 pts
25Albacete province58.01+2.24 pts
26Biscay province58+0.22 pts
27Huelva province57.43+1.42 pts
28Soria province57.15-0.29 pts
29Seville province57.01+0.66 pts
30Burgos province56.93-0.32 pts
31Segovia province56.82-1.91 pts
32Alicante province56.79+0.63 pts
33Ciudad Real province56.2+1.95 pts
34Álava province56.09-1.04 pts
35Granada province55.48-1.5 pts
36Cantabria province55.29-0.51 pts
37Pontevedra province55.15+0.78 pts
38Badajoz province54.04-2.19 pts
39Cáceres province53.92+2.31 pts
40A Coruña province53.12-0.53 pts
41Cuenca province52.82-5.91 pts
42Salamanca province52.59+0.64 pts
43Asturias province52.47+1.66 pts
44Zamora province52.45+0.58 pts
45Cádiz province52.17-1.97 pts
46Gipuzkoa province52.08-1.76 pts
47Jaén province51.81+1.97 pts
48Lugo province51.53-0.44 pts
49Palencia province51.4-2.56 pts
50León province49.33+1.89 pts
51Ávila province48.8-1.93 pts
52Ourense province47.21-1.87 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 63.7% in Q1 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest activity rate?

Ourense province, with 47.21% in Q1 2025.

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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