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Provinces of Spain by enterprise death rate

Melilla province had the highest enterprise death rate of 49 provinces in 2021, at 11.69%. Huesca province had the lowest, at 5.47%. The median was 6.65% and the figure for Spain was 7.32%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest11.69Melilla province
Lowest5.47Huesca province
Median6.6549 provinces
Spain7.32History

Map of provinces, 2021

Álava province: 6.65 %Albacete province: 6.45 %Alicante province: 8.24 %Almería province: 7.52 %Ávila province: 6.54 %Badajoz province: 6.54 %Barcelona province: 7.58 %Burgos province: 6.33 %Cáceres province: 6.78 %Cádiz province: 7.84 %Castellón province: 7.01 %Ciudad Real province: 6.1 %Córdoba province: 6.71 %A Coruña province: 6.49 %Cuenca province: 6.12 %Girona province: 6.8 %Granada province: 7.91 %Guadalajara province: 7.73 %Gipuzkoa province: 6.46 %Huelva province: 7.46 %Huesca province: 5.47 %Jaén province: 7 %León province: 6.55 %Lleida province: 6.19 %La Rioja province: 6.01 %Lugo province: 5.94 %Madrid province: 7.61 %Málaga province: 8.26 %Murcia province: 7.6 %Navarre province: 6.39 %Ourense province: 6.55 %Asturias province: 6.78 %Palencia province: 6.12 %Pontevedra province: 6.62 %Salamanca province: 6.59 %Cantabria province: 6.23 %Segovia province: 6.62 %Seville province: 7.42 %Soria province: 5.7 %Tarragona province: 7.47 %Teruel province: 5.69 %Toledo province: 7.12 %Valencia province: 7.77 %Valladolid province: 6.41 %Biscay province: 6.96 %Zamora province: 6.02 %Zaragoza province: 6.81 %Ceuta province: 9.14 %Melilla province: 11.69 %
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%, 2021. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All provinces, 2021

Melilla province: 11.69 %Melilla province11.69Ceuta province: 9.14 %Ceuta province9.14Málaga province: 8.26 %Málaga province8.26Alicante province: 8.24 %Alicante province8.24Granada province: 7.91 %Granada province7.91Cádiz province: 7.84 %Cádiz province7.84Valencia province: 7.77 %Valencia province7.77Guadalajara province: 7.73 %Guadalajara province7.73Madrid province: 7.61 %Madrid province7.61Murcia province: 7.6 %Murcia province7.6Barcelona province: 7.58 %Barcelona province7.58Almería province: 7.52 %Almería province7.52Tarragona province: 7.47 %Tarragona province7.47Huelva province: 7.46 %Huelva province7.46Seville province: 7.42 %Seville province7.42Toledo province: 7.12 %Toledo province7.12Castellón province: 7.01 %Castellón province7.01Jaén province: 7 %Jaén province7Biscay province: 6.96 %Biscay province6.96Zaragoza province: 6.81 %Zaragoza province6.81Girona province: 6.8 %Girona province6.8Asturias province: 6.78 %Asturias province6.78Cáceres province: 6.78 %Cáceres province6.78Córdoba province: 6.71 %Córdoba province6.71Álava province: 6.65 %Álava province6.65Pontevedra province: 6.62 %Pontevedra province6.62Segovia province: 6.62 %Segovia province6.62Salamanca province: 6.59 %Salamanca province6.59León province: 6.55 %León province6.55Ourense province: 6.55 %Ourense province6.55Ávila province: 6.54 %Ávila province6.54Badajoz province: 6.54 %Badajoz province6.54A Coruña province: 6.49 %A Coruña province6.49Gipuzkoa province: 6.46 %Gipuzkoa province6.46Albacete province: 6.45 %Albacete province6.45Valladolid province: 6.41 %Valladolid province6.41Navarre province: 6.39 %Navarre province6.39Burgos province: 6.33 %Burgos province6.33Cantabria province: 6.23 %Cantabria province6.23Lleida province: 6.19 %Lleida province6.19Cuenca province: 6.12 %Cuenca province6.12Palencia province: 6.12 %Palencia province6.12Ciudad Real province: 6.1 %Ciudad Real province6.1Zamora province: 6.02 %Zamora province6.02La Rioja province: 6.01 %La Rioja province6.01Lugo province: 5.94 %Lugo province5.94Soria province: 5.7 %Soria province5.7Teruel province: 5.69 %Teruel province5.69Huesca province: 5.47 %Huesca province5.47Melilla province: 11.69 %Melilla province11.69Ceuta province: 9.14 %Ceuta province9.14Málaga province: 8.26 %Málaga province8.26Alicante province: 8.24 %Alicante province8.24Granada province: 7.91 %Granada province7.91Cádiz province: 7.84 %Cádiz province7.84Valencia province: 7.77 %Valencia province7.77Guadalajara province: 7.73 %Guadalajara province7.73Madrid province: 7.61 %Madrid province7.61Murcia province: 7.6 %Murcia province7.6Barcelona province: 7.58 %Barcelona province7.58Almería province: 7.52 %Almería province7.52Tarragona province: 7.47 %Tarragona province7.47Huelva province: 7.46 %Huelva province7.46Seville province: 7.42 %Seville province7.42Toledo province: 7.12 %Toledo province7.12Castellón province: 7.01 %Castellón province7.01Jaén province: 7 %Jaén province7Biscay province: 6.96 %Biscay province6.96Zaragoza province: 6.81 %Zaragoza province6.81Girona province: 6.8 %Girona province6.8Asturias province: 6.78 %Asturias province6.78Cáceres province: 6.78 %Cáceres province6.78Córdoba province: 6.71 %Córdoba province6.71Álava province: 6.65 %Álava province6.65Pontevedra province: 6.62 %Pontevedra province6.62Segovia province: 6.62 %Segovia province6.62Salamanca province: 6.59 %Salamanca province6.59León province: 6.55 %León province6.55Ourense province: 6.55 %Ourense province6.55Ávila province: 6.54 %Ávila province6.54Badajoz province: 6.54 %Badajoz province6.54A Coruña province: 6.49 %A Coruña province6.49Gipuzkoa province: 6.46 %Gipuzkoa province6.46Albacete province: 6.45 %Albacete province6.45Valladolid province: 6.41 %Valladolid province6.41Navarre province: 6.39 %Navarre province6.39Burgos province: 6.33 %Burgos province6.33Cantabria province: 6.23 %Cantabria province6.23Lleida province: 6.19 %Lleida province6.19Cuenca province: 6.12 %Cuenca province6.12Palencia province: 6.12 %Palencia province6.12Ciudad Real province: 6.1 %Ciudad Real province6.1Zamora province: 6.02 %Zamora province6.02La Rioja province: 6.01 %La Rioja province6.01Lugo province: 5.94 %Lugo province5.94Soria province: 5.7 %Soria province5.7Teruel province: 5.69 %Teruel province5.69Huesca province: 5.47 %Huesca province5.47
%. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2021 (%)
1Melilla province Series break11.69
2Ceuta province Series break9.14
3Málaga province Series break8.26
4Alicante province Series break8.24
5Granada province Series break7.91
6Cádiz province Series break7.84
7Valencia province Series break7.77
8Guadalajara province Series break7.73
9Madrid province Series break7.61
10Murcia province Series break7.6
11Barcelona province Series break7.58
12Almería province Series break7.52
13Tarragona province Series break7.47
14Huelva province Series break7.46
15Seville province Series break7.42
16Toledo province Series break7.12
17Castellón province Series break7.01
18Jaén province Series break7
19Biscay province Series break6.96
20Zaragoza province Series break6.81
21Girona province Series break6.8
22Asturias province Series break6.78
22Cáceres province Series break6.78
24Córdoba province Series break6.71
25Álava province Series break6.65
26Pontevedra province Series break6.62
26Segovia province Series break6.62
28Salamanca province Series break6.59
29León province Series break6.55
29Ourense province Series break6.55
31Ávila province Series break6.54
31Badajoz province Series break6.54
33A Coruña province Series break6.49
34Gipuzkoa province Series break6.46
35Albacete province Series break6.45
36Valladolid province Series break6.41
37Navarre province Series break6.39
38Burgos province Series break6.33
39Cantabria province Series break6.23
40Lleida province Series break6.19
41Cuenca province Series break6.12
41Palencia province Series break6.12
43Ciudad Real province Series break6.1
44Zamora province Series break6.02
45La Rioja province Series break6.01
46Lugo province Series break5.94
47Soria province Series break5.7
48Teruel province Series break5.69
49Huesca province Series break5.47

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About this ranking

Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years.

Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. The latest year is provisional until the two-year reactivation window has passed. Not an insolvency rate, and not comparable with establishment_exit_rate, which counts closed US business locations.

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.

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Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r) (Provinces of Spain by enterprise death rate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r), Provinces of Spain by enterprise death rate, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/spain-provinces?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Provinces of Spain by enterprise death rate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/spain-provinces?period=2021.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r), Provinces of Spain by enterprise death rate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/spain-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which province has the highest enterprise death rate?

Melilla province, with 11.69% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest enterprise death rate?

Huesca province, with 5.47% in 2021.

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