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Provinces of Spain by employment rate

Madrid province had the highest employment rate of 52 provinces in Q4 2025, at 58.52%. Melilla province had the lowest, at 40.81%. The median was 51.75% and the figure for Spain was 53.09%. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest58.52Madrid province
Lowest40.81Melilla province
Median51.7552 provinces
Spain53.09History

All provinces, Q4 2025

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Madrid provinceMadrid province: 58.52 %58.52Lleida provinceLleida province: 58.02 %58.02Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 57.47 %57.47Huesca provinceHuesca province: 56.92 %56.92Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 56.89 %56.89Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 56.36 %56.36La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 55.1 %55.1Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 55.06 %55.06Navarre provinceNavarre province: 54.82 %54.82Girona provinceGirona province: 54.35 %54.35Murcia provinceMurcia province: 53.61 %53.61Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 53.43 %53.43Álava provinceÁlava province: 53.4 %53.4Segovia provinceSegovia province: 53.27 %53.27Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 53.26 %53.26Castellón provinceCastellón province: 53.17 %53.17Málaga provinceMálaga province: 53.09 %53.09Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 52.89 %52.89Valencia provinceValencia province: 52.86 %52.86Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 52.77 %52.77Biscay provinceBiscay province: 52.65 %52.65Soria provinceSoria province: 52.65 %52.65Teruel provinceTeruel province: 52.35 %52.35Toledo provinceToledo province: 52.07 %52.07Alicante provinceAlicante province: 51.98 %51.98Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 51.91 %51.91Burgos provinceBurgos province: 51.58 %51.58Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 51.26 %51.26Seville provinceSeville province: 50.92 %50.92Almería provinceAlmería province: 50.87 %50.87Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 50.8 %50.8Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 50.48 %50.48A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 50.43 %50.43Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 50.2 %50.2Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 49.74 %49.74Palencia provincePalencia province: 49.74 %49.74Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 49.6 %49.6Lugo provinceLugo province: 49.09 %49.09Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 48.82 %48.82Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 48.77 %48.77Huelva provinceHuelva province: 48.75 %48.75Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 48.57 %48.57Asturias provinceAsturias province: 48.06 %48.06Ávila provinceÁvila province: 46.79 %46.79León provinceLeón province: 46.5 %46.5Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 46.05 %46.05Granada provinceGranada province: 45.88 %45.88Jaén provinceJaén province: 45.46 %45.46Zamora provinceZamora province: 45.34 %45.34Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 43.87 %43.87Ourense provinceOurense province: 43.82 %43.82Melilla provinceMelilla province: 40.81 %40.81
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesQ4 2025 (%)Change on Q4 2024
1Madrid province58.52+0.49 pts
2Lleida province58.02+1.93 pts
3Balearic Islands province57.47+0.74 pts
4Huesca province56.92+3.28 pts
5Barcelona province56.89+0.06 pts
6Guadalajara province56.36-1.54 pts
7La Rioja province55.1+0.85 pts
8Albacete province55.06+4.77 pts
9Navarre province54.82-0.66 pts
10Girona province54.35-1.17 pts
11Murcia province53.61+2.46 pts
12Las Palmas province53.43+0.32 pts
13Álava province53.4+1.72 pts
14Segovia province53.27-1.65 pts
15Tarragona province53.26+1.81 pts
16Castellón province53.17+1.61 pts
17Málaga province53.09+3.99 pts
18Zaragoza province52.89-1.28 pts
19Valencia province52.86+0.15 pts
20Valladolid province52.77-0.73 pts
21Biscay province52.65+1.73 pts
21Soria province52.65-1.61 pts
23Teruel province52.35-3.17 pts
24Toledo province52.07+0.94 pts
25Alicante province51.98+2 pts
26Santa Cruz de Tenerife province51.91+1.08 pts
27Burgos province51.58-0.5 pts
28Cantabria province51.26+0.53 pts
29Seville province50.92-0.02 pts
30Almería province50.87-0.26 pts
31Pontevedra province50.8+0.91 pts
32Gipuzkoa province50.48+0.18 pts
33A Coruña province50.43+1.55 pts
34Ceuta province50.2+4.27 pts
35Cuenca province49.74-2.13 pts
35Palencia province49.74+0.19 pts
37Salamanca province49.6+2.05 pts
38Lugo province49.09+0.78 pts
39Badajoz province48.82+2.09 pts
40Ciudad Real province48.77+2.37 pts
41Huelva province48.75+2.1 pts
42Córdoba province48.57-0.53 pts
43Asturias province48.06+0.12 pts
44Ávila province46.79-0.78 pts
45León province46.5+2.07 pts
46Cáceres province46.05+1.25 pts
47Granada province45.88+1 pts
48Jaén province45.46+2.32 pts
49Zamora province45.34-2.01 pts
50Cádiz province43.87+1.51 pts
51Ourense province43.82+0.88 pts
52Melilla province40.81-2.21 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 58.52% in Q4 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest employment rate?

Melilla province, with 40.81% in Q4 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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