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Provinces of Spain by employment rate

Madrid province had the highest employment rate of 52 provinces in Q1 2025, at 57.9%. Cádiz province had the lowest, at 40.96%. The median was 50.54% and the figure for Spain was 51.92%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest57.9Madrid province
Lowest40.96Cádiz province
Median50.5452 provinces
Spain51.92History

All provinces, Q1 2025

CSVChart (SVG)

Madrid provinceMadrid province: 57.9 %57.9Lleida provinceLleida province: 57 %57Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 56.77 %56.77Teruel provinceTeruel province: 56.24 %56.24Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 56.23 %56.23Girona provinceGirona province: 55.15 %55.15Huesca provinceHuesca province: 54.4 %54.4Segovia provinceSegovia province: 54.11 %54.11Navarre provinceNavarre province: 53.9 %53.9Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 53.57 %53.57Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 53.48 %53.48La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 53.11 %53.11Biscay provinceBiscay province: 52.97 %52.97Castellón provinceCastellón province: 52.93 %52.93Soria provinceSoria province: 52.76 %52.76Burgos provinceBurgos province: 52.51 %52.51Valencia provinceValencia province: 52.49 %52.49Álava provinceÁlava province: 52.4 %52.4Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 52.36 %52.36Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 52.35 %52.35Almería provinceAlmería province: 52.27 %52.27Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 51.5 %51.5Murcia provinceMurcia province: 51.44 %51.44Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 50.95 %50.95Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 50.94 %50.94Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 50.71 %50.71Toledo provinceToledo province: 50.37 %50.37Málaga provinceMálaga province: 50.01 %50.01Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 49.57 %49.57A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 49.22 %49.22Seville provinceSeville province: 49.05 %49.05Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 48.78 %48.78Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 48.66 %48.66Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 48.36 %48.36Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 48.32 %48.32Huelva provinceHuelva province: 48.31 %48.31Alicante provinceAlicante province: 47.98 %47.98Asturias provinceAsturias province: 47.58 %47.58Lugo provinceLugo province: 47.51 %47.51Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 47.06 %47.06Palencia provincePalencia province: 46.74 %46.74Zamora provinceZamora province: 46.04 %46.04Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 45.03 %45.03Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 45.03 %45.03Ávila provinceÁvila province: 44.73 %44.73Granada provinceGranada province: 44.58 %44.58León provinceLeón province: 43.9 %43.9Jaén provinceJaén province: 43.89 %43.89Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 43.53 %43.53Melilla provinceMelilla province: 43.37 %43.37Ourense provinceOurense province: 41.88 %41.88Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 40.96 %40.96
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ1 2025 (%)Change on Q1 2024
1Madrid province57.9+0.44 pts
2Lleida province57-0.5 pts
3Barcelona province56.77-0.1 pts
4Teruel province56.24+3.32 pts
5Guadalajara province56.23+0.54 pts
6Girona province55.15+1.73 pts
7Huesca province54.4+1.99 pts
8Segovia province54.11-0.55 pts
9Navarre province53.9+0.33 pts
10Zaragoza province53.57-0.64 pts
11Valladolid province53.48+2.6 pts
12La Rioja province53.11+1.36 pts
13Biscay province52.97+0.2 pts
14Castellón province52.93+4.87 pts
15Soria province52.76+1.1 pts
16Burgos province52.51-0.03 pts
17Valencia province52.49-1.01 pts
18Álava province52.4+0.3 pts
19Las Palmas province52.36+0.51 pts
20Balearic Islands province52.35+0.4 pts
21Almería province52.27-0.36 pts
22Santa Cruz de Tenerife province51.5+0.92 pts
23Murcia province51.44-0.3 pts
24Albacete province50.95+2.56 pts
25Cantabria province50.94-0.66 pts
26Tarragona province50.71+0.08 pts
27Toledo province50.37+0.54 pts
28Málaga province50.01+1.7 pts
29Pontevedra province49.57+2.32 pts
30A Coruña province49.22+0.48 pts
31Seville province49.05+1.07 pts
32Salamanca province48.78+3.29 pts
33Gipuzkoa province48.66-0.79 pts
34Córdoba province48.36-0.24 pts
35Cuenca province48.32-1.76 pts
36Huelva province48.31+2.02 pts
37Alicante province47.98-0.11 pts
38Asturias province47.58+2.56 pts
39Lugo province47.51-0.78 pts
40Ciudad Real province47.06+2.37 pts
41Palencia province46.74-2.84 pts
42Zamora province46.04+2.13 pts
43Badajoz province45.03-1.3 pts
43Cáceres province45.03+2.51 pts
45Ávila province44.73+0.9 pts
46Granada province44.58+0.37 pts
47León province43.9+0.71 pts
48Jaén province43.89+2.4 pts
49Ceuta province43.53+1.25 pts
50Melilla province43.37+3.13 pts
51Ourense province41.88-2.06 pts
52Cádiz province40.96-0.08 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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Questions

Which province has the highest employment rate?

Madrid province, with 57.9% in Q1 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest employment rate?

Cádiz province, with 40.96% 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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