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Provinces of Spain by employment rate

Balearic Islands province had the highest employment rate of 52 provinces in Q3 2024, at 63.02%. Jaén province had the lowest, at 41.65%. The median was 51.11% and the figure for Spain was 52.42%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest63.02Balearic Islands province
Lowest41.65Jaén province
Median51.1152 provinces
Spain52.42History

All provinces, Q3 2024

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Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 63.02 %63.02Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 58.65 %58.65Madrid provinceMadrid province: 57.04 %57.04Teruel provinceTeruel province: 57.04 %57.04Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 56.99 %56.99Girona provinceGirona province: 56.74 %56.74Huesca provinceHuesca province: 56.18 %56.18Lleida provinceLleida province: 55.65 %55.65Soria provinceSoria province: 54.92 %54.92Navarre provinceNavarre province: 54.76 %54.76Segovia provinceSegovia province: 54.37 %54.37Burgos provinceBurgos province: 53.96 %53.96Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 53.28 %53.28Murcia provinceMurcia province: 53.12 %53.12Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 52.82 %52.82Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 52.79 %52.79Castellón provinceCastellón province: 52.61 %52.61Valencia provinceValencia province: 52.36 %52.36Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 52.28 %52.28Biscay provinceBiscay province: 52.24 %52.24Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 52.22 %52.22La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 52.13 %52.13Palencia provincePalencia province: 51.97 %51.97Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 51.66 %51.66Málaga provinceMálaga province: 51.35 %51.35Toledo provinceToledo province: 51.18 %51.18Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 51.03 %51.03Álava provinceÁlava province: 50.99 %50.99Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 50.72 %50.72Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 49.99 %49.99Seville provinceSeville province: 49.95 %49.95Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 49.48 %49.48Ávila provinceÁvila province: 49.42 %49.42Almería provinceAlmería province: 49.16 %49.16A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 49.12 %49.12Alicante provinceAlicante province: 48.98 %48.98Lugo provinceLugo province: 48.79 %48.79Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 48.19 %48.19Zamora provinceZamora province: 47.62 %47.62Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 47.57 %47.57Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 47.39 %47.39Asturias provinceAsturias province: 47.13 %47.13Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 47.13 %47.13Huelva provinceHuelva province: 46.81 %46.81Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 45.99 %45.99Melilla provinceMelilla province: 44.78 %44.78León provinceLeón province: 44.7 %44.7Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 44.54 %44.54Ourense provinceOurense province: 44.37 %44.37Granada provinceGranada province: 43.67 %43.67Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 43.55 %43.55Jaén provinceJaén province: 41.65 %41.65
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ3 2024 (%)Change on Q3 2023
1Balearic Islands province63.02-0.18 pts
2Guadalajara province58.65+2.54 pts
3Madrid province57.04+0.39 pts
3Teruel province57.04+4.52 pts
5Barcelona province56.99-0.11 pts
6Girona province56.74-0.01 pts
7Huesca province56.18+2.6 pts
8Lleida province55.65-0.09 pts
9Soria province54.92+2.18 pts
10Navarre province54.76+1.04 pts
11Segovia province54.37+1.17 pts
12Burgos province53.96+0.96 pts
13Tarragona province53.28-0.96 pts
14Murcia province53.12+0.88 pts
15Cantabria province52.82+1.38 pts
16Zaragoza province52.79-0.76 pts
17Castellón province52.61+4.33 pts
18Valencia province52.36-1.82 pts
19Cuenca province52.28+1.24 pts
20Biscay province52.24-0.89 pts
21Valladolid province52.22+1.79 pts
22La Rioja province52.13-1.73 pts
23Palencia province51.97+0.75 pts
24Albacete province51.66-1.27 pts
25Málaga province51.35+1.93 pts
26Toledo province51.18-1.85 pts
27Las Palmas province51.03-0.85 pts
28Álava province50.99-1.26 pts
29Santa Cruz de Tenerife province50.72+2.07 pts
30Pontevedra province49.99+1.24 pts
31Seville province49.95+1.72 pts
32Badajoz province49.48+1.94 pts
33Ávila province49.42+2.67 pts
34Almería province49.16-0.8 pts
35A Coruña province49.12-0.12 pts
36Alicante province48.98-3.18 pts
37Lugo province48.79+0.77 pts
38Gipuzkoa province48.19-2.93 pts
39Zamora province47.62+1.85 pts
40Córdoba province47.57+2.39 pts
41Salamanca province47.39-0.52 pts
42Asturias province47.13+2.78 pts
42Ciudad Real province47.13+0.61 pts
44Huelva province46.81+1.17 pts
45Cádiz province45.99+1.84 pts
46Melilla province44.78+1.59 pts
47León province44.7-0.63 pts
48Cáceres province44.54-1.12 pts
49Ourense province44.37-0.59 pts
50Granada province43.67-3.09 pts
51Ceuta province43.55-1.36 pts
52Jaén province41.65+1.33 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 63.02% in Q3 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest employment rate?

Jaén province, with 41.65% in Q3 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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