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Provinces of Spain by employment rate

Balearic Islands province had the highest employment rate of 52 provinces in Q3 2025, at 62.88%. Melilla province had the lowest, at 41.39%. The median was 51.44% and the figure for Spain was 53.1%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest62.88Balearic Islands province
Lowest41.39Melilla province
Median51.4452 provinces
Spain53.1History

All provinces, Q3 2025

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Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 62.88 %62.88Girona provinceGirona province: 58.13 %58.13Lleida provinceLleida province: 58.09 %58.09Madrid provinceMadrid province: 57.84 %57.84Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 57.28 %57.28Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 57.05 %57.05Huesca provinceHuesca province: 56.28 %56.28La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 55.08 %55.08Segovia provinceSegovia province: 55.02 %55.02Castellón provinceCastellón province: 54.81 %54.81Soria provinceSoria province: 54.68 %54.68Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 54.3 %54.3Navarre provinceNavarre province: 54.05 %54.05Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 53.7 %53.7Málaga provinceMálaga province: 53.46 %53.46Toledo provinceToledo province: 53.3 %53.3Murcia provinceMurcia province: 52.92 %52.92Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 52.71 %52.71Burgos provinceBurgos province: 52.67 %52.67Teruel provinceTeruel province: 52.67 %52.67Álava provinceÁlava province: 52.61 %52.61Valencia provinceValencia province: 52.37 %52.37Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 52.25 %52.25Biscay provinceBiscay province: 52.21 %52.21Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 51.8 %51.8Alicante provinceAlicante province: 51.64 %51.64Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 51.24 %51.24Huelva provinceHuelva province: 50.96 %50.96Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 50.94 %50.94Almería provinceAlmería province: 50.93 %50.93Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 50.75 %50.75Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 50.67 %50.67Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 50.62 %50.62A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 50.35 %50.35Seville provinceSeville province: 50.05 %50.05Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 49.84 %49.84Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 49.45 %49.45Palencia provincePalencia province: 48.55 %48.55Zamora provinceZamora province: 48.44 %48.44Ávila provinceÁvila province: 48.13 %48.13Lugo provinceLugo province: 47.89 %47.89Asturias provinceAsturias province: 47.73 %47.73Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 46.81 %46.81Granada provinceGranada province: 46.73 %46.73Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 45.79 %45.79Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 45.61 %45.61Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 45.3 %45.3León provinceLeón province: 44.3 %44.3Jaén provinceJaén province: 44.07 %44.07Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 43.83 %43.83Ourense provinceOurense province: 43.45 %43.45Melilla provinceMelilla province: 41.39 %41.39
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ3 2025 (%)Change on Q3 2024
1Balearic Islands province62.88-0.14 pts
2Girona province58.13+1.39 pts
3Lleida province58.09+2.44 pts
4Madrid province57.84+0.8 pts
5Barcelona province57.28+0.29 pts
6Guadalajara province57.05-1.6 pts
7Huesca province56.28+0.1 pts
8La Rioja province55.08+2.95 pts
9Segovia province55.02+0.65 pts
10Castellón province54.81+2.2 pts
11Soria province54.68-0.24 pts
12Tarragona province54.3+1.02 pts
13Navarre province54.05-0.71 pts
14Zaragoza province53.7+0.91 pts
15Málaga province53.46+2.11 pts
16Toledo province53.3+2.12 pts
17Murcia province52.92-0.2 pts
18Valladolid province52.71+0.49 pts
19Burgos province52.67-1.29 pts
19Teruel province52.67-4.37 pts
21Álava province52.61+1.62 pts
22Valencia province52.37+0.01 pts
23Albacete province52.25+0.59 pts
24Biscay province52.21-0.03 pts
25Cantabria province51.8-1.02 pts
26Alicante province51.64+2.66 pts
27Las Palmas province51.24+0.21 pts
28Huelva province50.96+4.15 pts
29Pontevedra province50.94+0.95 pts
30Almería province50.93+1.77 pts
31Santa Cruz de Tenerife province50.75+0.03 pts
32Salamanca province50.67+3.28 pts
33Gipuzkoa province50.62+2.43 pts
34A Coruña province50.35+1.23 pts
35Seville province50.05+0.1 pts
36Cuenca province49.84-2.44 pts
37Badajoz province49.45-0.03 pts
38Palencia province48.55-3.42 pts
39Zamora province48.44+0.82 pts
40Ávila province48.13-1.29 pts
41Lugo province47.89-0.9 pts
42Asturias province47.73+0.6 pts
43Ciudad Real province46.81-0.32 pts
44Granada province46.73+3.06 pts
45Córdoba province45.79-1.78 pts
46Cáceres province45.61+1.07 pts
47Cádiz province45.3-0.69 pts
48León province44.3-0.4 pts
49Jaén province44.07+2.42 pts
50Ceuta province43.83+0.28 pts
51Ourense province43.45-0.92 pts
52Melilla province41.39-3.39 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 62.88% in Q3 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest employment rate?

Melilla province, with 41.39% 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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