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Provinces of Spain by employment rate

Balearic Islands province had the highest employment rate of 52 provinces in Q2 2024, at 60.15%. Melilla province had the lowest, at 40.72%. The median was 50.63% and the figure for Spain was 52.26%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest60.15Balearic Islands province
Lowest40.72Melilla province
Median50.6352 provinces
Spain52.26History

All provinces, Q2 2024

CSVChart (SVG)

Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 60.15 %60.15Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 57.42 %57.42Madrid provinceMadrid province: 57.39 %57.39Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 56.65 %56.65Lleida provinceLleida province: 56.26 %56.26Girona provinceGirona province: 55.87 %55.87Segovia provinceSegovia province: 55.31 %55.31Navarre provinceNavarre province: 55.13 %55.13Soria provinceSoria province: 54.84 %54.84Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 54.29 %54.29Valencia provinceValencia province: 54.27 %54.27Teruel provinceTeruel province: 54.2 %54.2Biscay provinceBiscay province: 53.14 %53.14Huesca provinceHuesca province: 53.1 %53.1La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 52.91 %52.91Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 52.83 %52.83Murcia provinceMurcia province: 52.52 %52.52Burgos provinceBurgos province: 52.27 %52.27Álava provinceÁlava province: 52.25 %52.25Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 52.16 %52.16Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 51.44 %51.44Málaga provinceMálaga province: 51.41 %51.41Castellón provinceCastellón province: 51.39 %51.39Almería provinceAlmería province: 51.29 %51.29Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 50.83 %50.83Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 50.63 %50.63Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 50.63 %50.63Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 50.53 %50.53Toledo provinceToledo province: 50.52 %50.52Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 50.34 %50.34Alicante provinceAlicante province: 49.82 %49.82Palencia provincePalencia province: 49.41 %49.41Seville provinceSeville province: 49.36 %49.36Huelva provinceHuelva province: 48.8 %48.8A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 48.77 %48.77Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 48.44 %48.44Lugo provinceLugo province: 48.4 %48.4Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 47.72 %47.72Zamora provinceZamora province: 46.66 %46.66Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 46.61 %46.61Ávila provinceÁvila province: 46.53 %46.53Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 45.81 %45.81Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 45.64 %45.64Asturias provinceAsturias province: 44.72 %44.72Granada provinceGranada province: 44.58 %44.58Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 44.35 %44.35Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 43.78 %43.78Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 43.68 %43.68León provinceLeón province: 43.44 %43.44Ourense provinceOurense province: 42.92 %42.92Jaén provinceJaén province: 41.17 %41.17Melilla provinceMelilla province: 40.72 %40.72
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ2 2024 (%)Change on Q2 2023
1Balearic Islands province60.15+0.13 pts
2Guadalajara province57.42-0.71 pts
3Madrid province57.39-0.26 pts
4Barcelona province56.65+0.06 pts
5Lleida province56.26+2.22 pts
6Girona province55.87+0.75 pts
7Segovia province55.31-1.45 pts
8Navarre province55.13+1.81 pts
9Soria province54.84+3.82 pts
10Zaragoza province54.29+0.27 pts
11Valencia province54.27+1.56 pts
12Teruel province54.2+2.08 pts
13Biscay province53.14-0.35 pts
14Huesca province53.1+0.71 pts
15La Rioja province52.91-1.42 pts
16Gipuzkoa province52.83+1.57 pts
17Murcia province52.52+0.53 pts
18Burgos province52.27+0.7 pts
19Álava province52.25-1.75 pts
20Las Palmas province52.16+1.01 pts
21Tarragona province51.44-2.65 pts
22Málaga province51.41+2.47 pts
23Castellón province51.39+3.23 pts
24Almería province51.29-0.71 pts
25Cantabria province50.83+0.16 pts
26Cuenca province50.63+1.96 pts
26Valladolid province50.63+0.78 pts
28Santa Cruz de Tenerife province50.53+1.6 pts
29Toledo province50.52-2.01 pts
30Albacete province50.34-1.47 pts
31Alicante province49.82-0.33 pts
32Palencia province49.41-0.52 pts
33Seville province49.36+1.79 pts
34Huelva province48.8-0.92 pts
35A Coruña province48.77+0.25 pts
36Pontevedra province48.44+0.17 pts
37Lugo province48.4-0.14 pts
38Badajoz province47.72+0.67 pts
39Zamora province46.66+3.01 pts
40Córdoba province46.61+2.74 pts
41Ávila province46.53-0.17 pts
42Salamanca province45.81-2.2 pts
43Ciudad Real province45.64-0.84 pts
44Asturias province44.72+0.01 pts
45Granada province44.58-2.89 pts
46Cáceres province44.35-0.33 pts
47Cádiz province43.78+0.42 pts
48Ceuta province43.68+0.2 pts
49León province43.44-2.65 pts
50Ourense province42.92-1.97 pts
51Jaén province41.17-1.65 pts
52Melilla province40.72-1.79 pts

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About this ranking

Employed people as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 20 to 64 (EU headline indicator).

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 employment rate?

Balearic Islands province, with 60.15% in Q2 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest employment rate?

Melilla province, with 40.72% 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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