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Provinces of Spain by employment rate

Balearic Islands province had the highest employment rate of 52 provinces in Q2 2025, at 60.81%. Melilla province had the lowest, at 39.43%. The median was 51.6% and the figure for Spain was 52.96%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest60.81Balearic Islands province
Lowest39.43Melilla province
Median51.652 provinces
Spain52.96History

All provinces, Q2 2025

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Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 60.81 %60.81Madrid provinceMadrid province: 58.66 %58.66Lleida provinceLleida province: 58.14 %58.14Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 57.71 %57.71Girona provinceGirona province: 57.39 %57.39Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 56.87 %56.87Teruel provinceTeruel province: 56.45 %56.45Soria provinceSoria province: 55.06 %55.06Navarre provinceNavarre province: 54.88 %54.88Huesca provinceHuesca province: 54.53 %54.53La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 54.48 %54.48Segovia provinceSegovia province: 54.16 %54.16Castellón provinceCastellón province: 54 %54Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 53.94 %53.94Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 53.86 %53.86Biscay provinceBiscay province: 53.3 %53.3Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 53.22 %53.22Valencia provinceValencia province: 52.81 %52.81Murcia provinceMurcia province: 52.79 %52.79Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 52.78 %52.78Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 52.23 %52.23Álava provinceÁlava province: 52.02 %52.02Málaga provinceMálaga province: 52.01 %52.01Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 51.93 %51.93Burgos provinceBurgos province: 51.68 %51.68Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 51.65 %51.65Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 51.55 %51.55Almería provinceAlmería province: 51.5 %51.5Huelva provinceHuelva province: 51.38 %51.38Toledo provinceToledo province: 50.25 %50.25Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 50.04 %50.04Alicante provinceAlicante province: 49.91 %49.91Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 49.75 %49.75Lugo provinceLugo province: 49.73 %49.73A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 49.5 %49.5Seville provinceSeville province: 49.48 %49.48Asturias provinceAsturias province: 48.74 %48.74Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 48.26 %48.26Palencia provincePalencia province: 47.98 %47.98Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 47.87 %47.87Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 47.48 %47.48Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 46.95 %46.95Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 46.67 %46.67Zamora provinceZamora province: 46.64 %46.64Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 46.06 %46.06Ávila provinceÁvila province: 45.48 %45.48Granada provinceGranada province: 45.01 %45.01León provinceLeón province: 44.94 %44.94Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 44.38 %44.38Ourense provinceOurense province: 42.92 %42.92Jaén provinceJaén province: 42.52 %42.52Melilla provinceMelilla province: 39.43 %39.43
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ2 2025 (%)Change on Q2 2024
1Balearic Islands province60.81+0.66 pts
2Madrid province58.66+1.27 pts
3Lleida province58.14+1.88 pts
4Barcelona province57.71+1.06 pts
5Girona province57.39+1.52 pts
6Guadalajara province56.87-0.55 pts
7Teruel province56.45+2.25 pts
8Soria province55.06+0.22 pts
9Navarre province54.88-0.25 pts
10Huesca province54.53+1.43 pts
11La Rioja province54.48+1.57 pts
12Segovia province54.16-1.15 pts
13Castellón province54+2.61 pts
14Valladolid province53.94+3.31 pts
15Albacete province53.86+3.52 pts
16Biscay province53.3+0.16 pts
17Zaragoza province53.22-1.07 pts
18Valencia province52.81-1.46 pts
19Murcia province52.79+0.27 pts
20Tarragona province52.78+1.34 pts
21Santa Cruz de Tenerife province52.23+1.7 pts
22Álava province52.02-0.23 pts
23Málaga province52.01+0.6 pts
24Cuenca province51.93+1.3 pts
25Burgos province51.68-0.59 pts
26Cantabria province51.65+0.82 pts
27Las Palmas province51.55-0.61 pts
28Almería province51.5+0.21 pts
29Huelva province51.38+2.58 pts
30Toledo province50.25-0.27 pts
31Salamanca province50.04+4.23 pts
32Alicante province49.91+0.09 pts
33Pontevedra province49.75+1.31 pts
34Lugo province49.73+1.33 pts
35A Coruña province49.5+0.73 pts
36Seville province49.48+0.12 pts
37Asturias province48.74+4.02 pts
38Gipuzkoa province48.26-4.57 pts
39Palencia province47.98-1.43 pts
40Badajoz province47.87+0.15 pts
41Ceuta province47.48+3.8 pts
42Córdoba province46.95+0.34 pts
43Cáceres province46.67+2.32 pts
44Zamora province46.64-0.02 pts
45Ciudad Real province46.06+0.42 pts
46Ávila province45.48-1.05 pts
47Granada province45.01+0.43 pts
48León province44.94+1.5 pts
49Cádiz province44.38+0.6 pts
50Ourense province42.920 pts
51Jaén province42.52+1.35 pts
52Melilla province39.43-1.29 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?

Balearic Islands province, with 60.81% in Q2 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest employment rate?

Melilla province, with 39.43% 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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