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Provinces of Spain by share of foreign nationals

Almería province had the highest share of foreign nationals of 52 provinces in 2021, at 21.1%. Jaén province had the lowest, at 2.7%. The median was 9.4% and the figure for Spain was 11.4%. Source: INE.

Highest21.1Almería province
Lowest2.7Jaén province
Median9.452 provinces
Spain11.4History

All provinces, 2021

CSVChart (SVG)

Almería provinceAlmería province: 21.1 %21.1Girona provinceGirona province: 20.1 %20.1Alicante provinceAlicante province: 19.9 %19.9Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 19.3 %19.3Lleida provinceLleida province: 18.4 %18.4Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 16.7 %16.7Málaga provinceMálaga province: 16.1 %16.1Castellón provinceCastellón province: 15.1 %15.1Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 15 %15Murcia provinceMurcia province: 14.6 %14.6Melilla provinceMelilla province: 14.5 %14.5Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 13.9 %13.9Madrid provinceMadrid province: 13.7 %13.7Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 13.7 %13.7Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 12.7 %12.7Huesca provinceHuesca province: 12.7 %12.7Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 12.7 %12.7La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 12.6 %12.6Segovia provinceSegovia province: 11.7 %11.7Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 11.7 %11.7Valencia provinceValencia province: 11.2 %11.2Teruel provinceTeruel province: 11.2 %11.2Navarre provinceNavarre province: 10.8 %10.8Toledo provinceToledo province: 10.3 %10.3Soria provinceSoria province: 9.8 %9.8Álava provinceÁlava province: 9.6 %9.6Huelva provinceHuelva province: 9.3 %9.3Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 8.3 %8.3Burgos provinceBurgos province: 8.1 %8.1Biscay provinceBiscay province: 7.6 %7.6Granada provinceGranada province: 7.4 %7.4Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 6.9 %6.9Ávila provinceÁvila province: 6.8 %6.8Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 6.5 %6.5Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 6.3 %6.3Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 6.1 %6.1Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 5.5 %5.5Ourense provinceOurense province: 5.2 %5.2Lugo provinceLugo province: 5 %5Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 4.7 %4.7Palencia provincePalencia province: 4.6 %4.6León provinceLeón province: 4.5 %4.5Asturias provinceAsturias province: 4.5 %4.5Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 4.2 %4.2Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 4 %4Seville provinceSeville province: 4 %4A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 3.9 %3.9Zamora provinceZamora province: 3.8 %3.8Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 3.6 %3.6Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 3.2 %3.2Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 2.9 %2.9Jaén provinceJaén province: 2.7 %2.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from INE. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2021 (%)
1Almería province21.1
2Girona province20.1
3Alicante province19.9
4Balearic Islands province19.3
5Lleida province18.4
6Tarragona province16.7
7Málaga province16.1
8Castellón province15.1
9Barcelona province15
10Murcia province14.6
11Melilla province14.5
12Santa Cruz de Tenerife province13.9
13Madrid province13.7
14Guadalajara province13.7
15Zaragoza province12.7
16Huesca province12.7
17Las Palmas province12.7
18La Rioja province12.6
19Segovia province11.7
20Cuenca province11.7
21Valencia province11.2
22Teruel province11.2
23Navarre province10.8
24Toledo province10.3
25Soria province9.8
26Álava province9.6
27Huelva province9.3
28Gipuzkoa province8.3
29Burgos province8.1
30Biscay province7.6
31Granada province7.4
32Albacete province6.9
33Ávila province6.8
34Ceuta province6.5
35Ciudad Real province6.3
36Cantabria province6.1
37Valladolid province5.5
38Ourense province5.2
39Lugo province5
40Salamanca province4.7
41Palencia province4.6
42León province4.5
43Asturias province4.5
44Cádiz province4.2
45Pontevedra province4
46Seville province4
47A Coruña province3.9
48Zamora province3.8
49Cáceres province3.6
50Badajoz province3.2
51Córdoba province2.9
52Jaén province2.7

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Residents with foreign nationality as a percentage of total population on 1 January.

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Questions

Which province has the highest share of foreign nationals?

Almería province, with 21.1% in 2021, according to INE.

Which province has the lowest share of foreign nationals?

Jaén province, with 2.7% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Invokely, Población extranjera entre población total (Censo anual, INE). Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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