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Provinces of Spain by activity rate

Balearic Islands province had the highest activity rate of 52 provinces in Q3 2025, at 66.73%. Ourense province had the lowest, at 47.62%. The median was 57.95% and the figure for Spain was 59.3%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest66.73Balearic Islands province
Lowest47.62Ourense province
Median57.9552 provinces
Spain59.3History

All provinces, Q3 2025

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Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 66.73 %66.73Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 64.56 %64.56Madrid provinceMadrid province: 62.85 %62.85Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 62.45 %62.45Castellón provinceCastellón province: 61.99 %61.99Lleida provinceLleida province: 61.99 %61.99Girona provinceGirona province: 61.9 %61.9Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 61.04 %61.04Málaga provinceMálaga province: 60.94 %60.94Toledo provinceToledo province: 60.91 %60.91Murcia provinceMurcia province: 60.77 %60.77Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 60.76 %60.76Huesca provinceHuesca province: 60.17 %60.17Almería provinceAlmería province: 59.78 %59.78Soria provinceSoria province: 59.78 %59.78La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 59.68 %59.68Valencia provinceValencia province: 59.19 %59.19Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 59.03 %59.03Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 58.81 %58.81Alicante provinceAlicante province: 58.71 %58.71Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 58.67 %58.67Seville provinceSeville province: 58.47 %58.47Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 58.4 %58.4Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 58.32 %58.32Navarre provinceNavarre province: 58.3 %58.3Segovia provinceSegovia province: 58.2 %58.2Granada provinceGranada province: 57.7 %57.7Teruel provinceTeruel province: 57.64 %57.64Huelva provinceHuelva province: 57.41 %57.41Álava provinceÁlava province: 57.03 %57.03Burgos provinceBurgos province: 56.83 %56.83Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 56.71 %56.71Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 56.55 %56.55Biscay provinceBiscay province: 56.24 %56.24Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 56.07 %56.07Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 56.01 %56.01Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 55.53 %55.53Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 55.32 %55.32Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 55.2 %55.2Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 54.96 %54.96Melilla provinceMelilla province: 54.29 %54.29Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 54.03 %54.03A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 54.02 %54.02Zamora provinceZamora province: 54.02 %54.02Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 53.87 %53.87Jaén provinceJaén province: 53 %53Asturias provinceAsturias province: 52.47 %52.47Palencia provincePalencia province: 52.34 %52.34Ávila provinceÁvila province: 51.79 %51.79Lugo provinceLugo province: 50.26 %50.26León provinceLeón province: 49.75 %49.75Ourense provinceOurense province: 47.62 %47.62
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ3 2025 (%)Change on Q3 2024
1Balearic Islands province66.73-0.43 pts
2Guadalajara province64.56-0.05 pts
3Madrid province62.85-0.28 pts
4Barcelona province62.45-0.03 pts
5Castellón province61.99+1.47 pts
5Lleida province61.99+2.17 pts
7Girona province61.9+0.47 pts
8Las Palmas province61.04+1.03 pts
9Málaga province60.94+2.54 pts
10Toledo province60.91+1.71 pts
11Murcia province60.77+0.44 pts
12Tarragona province60.76+0.71 pts
13Huesca province60.17-0.24 pts
14Almería province59.78+1.1 pts
14Soria province59.78+1.49 pts
16La Rioja province59.68+1.61 pts
17Valencia province59.19-0.67 pts
18Zaragoza province59.03+0.71 pts
19Ceuta province58.81-2.78 pts
20Alicante province58.71+1.91 pts
21Albacete province58.67+1.32 pts
22Seville province58.47+0.49 pts
23Valladolid province58.4+0.88 pts
24Santa Cruz de Tenerife province58.32-0.5 pts
25Navarre province58.3-1.05 pts
26Segovia province58.2+0.63 pts
27Granada province57.7+1.61 pts
28Teruel province57.64-2.87 pts
29Huelva province57.41+2.7 pts
30Álava province57.03+0.75 pts
31Burgos province56.83-0.86 pts
32Pontevedra province56.71+0.99 pts
33Badajoz province56.55-0.65 pts
34Biscay province56.24-0.59 pts
35Cantabria province56.07-0.83 pts
36Córdoba province56.01-1.36 pts
37Ciudad Real province55.53-0.98 pts
38Cuenca province55.32-2.53 pts
39Cádiz province55.2-0.97 pts
40Salamanca province54.96+1.18 pts
41Melilla province54.29-7.14 pts
42Gipuzkoa province54.03+2.84 pts
43A Coruña province54.02+0.76 pts
43Zamora province54.02-1.33 pts
45Cáceres province53.87+1.9 pts
46Jaén province53-0.33 pts
47Asturias province52.47+0.53 pts
48Palencia province52.34-2.9 pts
49Ávila province51.79-3.85 pts
50Lugo province50.26-2.01 pts
51León province49.75-0.52 pts
52Ourense province47.62-1.98 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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Questions

Which province has the highest activity rate?

Balearic Islands province, with 66.73% in Q3 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest activity rate?

Ourense province, with 47.62% in Q3 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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