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Provinces of Spain by activity rate

Balearic Islands province had the highest activity rate of 52 provinces in Q2 2025, at 65.68%. Ourense province had the lowest, at 47.61%. The median was 57.41% and the figure for Spain was 59.03%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest65.68Balearic Islands province
Lowest47.61Ourense province
Median57.4152 provinces
Spain59.03History

All provinces, Q2 2025

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Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 65.68 %65.68Madrid provinceMadrid province: 63.59 %63.59Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 62.68 %62.68Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 62.53 %62.53Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 62.27 %62.27Girona provinceGirona province: 62.18 %62.18Lleida provinceLleida province: 61.31 %61.31Castellón provinceCastellón province: 61.26 %61.26Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 61.17 %61.17Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 60.83 %60.83Teruel provinceTeruel province: 60.45 %60.45Málaga provinceMálaga province: 59.88 %59.88Murcia provinceMurcia province: 59.73 %59.73Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 59.59 %59.59Navarre provinceNavarre province: 59.58 %59.58Almería provinceAlmería province: 59.5 %59.5Valencia provinceValencia province: 59.31 %59.31La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 59.17 %59.17Huesca provinceHuesca province: 58.87 %58.87Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 58.82 %58.82Soria provinceSoria province: 58.72 %58.72Toledo provinceToledo province: 58.69 %58.69Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 58.69 %58.69Segovia provinceSegovia province: 57.87 %57.87Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 57.76 %57.76Seville provinceSeville province: 57.46 %57.46Biscay provinceBiscay province: 57.36 %57.36Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 57.23 %57.23Huelva provinceHuelva province: 57.05 %57.05Alicante provinceAlicante province: 56.83 %56.83Burgos provinceBurgos province: 56.51 %56.51Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 56.29 %56.29Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 56.23 %56.23Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 55.9 %55.9Álava provinceÁlava province: 55.87 %55.87Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 55.59 %55.59Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 55.43 %55.43Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 55.41 %55.41Granada provinceGranada province: 54.92 %54.92Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 54.87 %54.87Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 54.09 %54.09A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 53.32 %53.32Asturias provinceAsturias province: 53.31 %53.31Melilla provinceMelilla province: 53.21 %53.21Lugo provinceLugo province: 52.64 %52.64Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 52.08 %52.08Ávila provinceÁvila province: 51.61 %51.61Zamora provinceZamora province: 51.43 %51.43Palencia provincePalencia province: 51.21 %51.21Jaén provinceJaén province: 50.89 %50.89León provinceLeón province: 49.48 %49.48Ourense provinceOurense province: 47.61 %47.61
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ2 2025 (%)Change on Q2 2024
1Balearic Islands province65.68+0.33 pts
2Madrid province63.59+0.88 pts
3Barcelona province62.68+0.46 pts
4Guadalajara province62.53-2.93 pts
5Ceuta province62.27+0.28 pts
6Girona province62.18+0.07 pts
7Lleida province61.31+1 pts
8Castellón province61.26+2.62 pts
9Albacete province61.17+4.77 pts
10Las Palmas province60.83+0.44 pts
11Teruel province60.45+1.4 pts
12Málaga province59.88+1.06 pts
13Murcia province59.73-0.39 pts
14Tarragona province59.59+0.17 pts
15Navarre province59.58+0.03 pts
16Almería province59.5-0.27 pts
17Valencia province59.31-1.37 pts
18La Rioja province59.17+0.93 pts
19Huesca province58.87-0.31 pts
20Santa Cruz de Tenerife province58.82-0.01 pts
21Soria province58.72+1.5 pts
22Toledo province58.69-0.36 pts
22Valladolid province58.69+1.05 pts
24Segovia province57.87-1.92 pts
25Zaragoza province57.76-1.11 pts
26Seville province57.46-0.36 pts
27Biscay province57.36-0.96 pts
28Cuenca province57.23+0.13 pts
29Huelva province57.05+1.5 pts
30Alicante province56.83-0.5 pts
31Burgos province56.51+0.52 pts
32Córdoba province56.29-0.24 pts
33Badajoz province56.23-0.54 pts
34Cáceres province55.9+4.09 pts
35Álava province55.87-1.09 pts
36Cantabria province55.59+0.06 pts
37Ciudad Real province55.43-0.12 pts
38Pontevedra province55.41+0.5 pts
39Granada province54.92-1.66 pts
40Salamanca province54.87+2.74 pts
41Cádiz province54.09-1.05 pts
42A Coruña province53.32+0.46 pts
43Asturias province53.31+2.61 pts
44Melilla province53.21-3.28 pts
45Lugo province52.64+0.23 pts
46Gipuzkoa province52.08-4.57 pts
47Ávila province51.61-0.27 pts
48Zamora province51.43-0.62 pts
49Palencia province51.21-2 pts
50Jaén province50.89-1.43 pts
51León province49.48+0.9 pts
52Ourense province47.61-0.71 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?

Balearic Islands province, with 65.68% in Q2 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest activity rate?

Ourense province, with 47.61% in Q2 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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