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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 2023, at 22.5%. Jaén province had the lowest, at 3.2%. The median was 10.5% and the figure for Spain was 12.7%. Source: INE.

Highest22.5Almería province
Lowest3.2Jaén province
Median10.552 provinces
Spain12.7History

All provinces, 2023

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Almería provinceAlmería province: 22.5 %22.5Alicante provinceAlicante province: 22.3 %22.3Girona provinceGirona province: 21.2 %21.2Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 20.5 %20.5Lleida provinceLleida province: 19.8 %19.8Málaga provinceMálaga province: 17.9 %17.9Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 17.8 %17.8Castellón provinceCastellón province: 16.7 %16.7Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 16.4 %16.4Murcia provinceMurcia province: 15.3 %15.3Madrid provinceMadrid province: 15.2 %15.2Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 15.1 %15.1Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 15 %15Huesca provinceHuesca province: 14.1 %14.1La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 13.8 %13.8Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 13.5 %13.5Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 13.5 %13.5Melilla provinceMelilla province: 13.2 %13.2Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 13.2 %13.2Valencia provinceValencia province: 13.2 %13.2Segovia provinceSegovia province: 12.9 %12.9Teruel provinceTeruel province: 12.4 %12.4Navarre provinceNavarre province: 12 %12Toledo provinceToledo province: 11.9 %11.9Soria provinceSoria province: 11.6 %11.6Huelva provinceHuelva province: 10.6 %10.6Álava provinceÁlava province: 10.4 %10.4Burgos provinceBurgos province: 9.3 %9.3Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 9.1 %9.1Biscay provinceBiscay province: 8.6 %8.6Granada provinceGranada province: 8.3 %8.3Ávila provinceÁvila province: 8.1 %8.1Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 7.9 %7.9Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 7.1 %7.1Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 7.1 %7.1Ourense provinceOurense province: 6.4 %6.4Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 6.4 %6.4Lugo provinceLugo province: 6.1 %6.1Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 5.9 %5.9Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 5.7 %5.7Palencia provincePalencia province: 5.4 %5.4Asturias provinceAsturias province: 5.3 %5.3León provinceLeón province: 5.2 %5.2A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 4.9 %4.9Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 4.8 %4.8Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 4.7 %4.7Seville provinceSeville province: 4.6 %4.6Zamora provinceZamora province: 4.6 %4.6Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 4 %4Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 3.6 %3.6Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 3.4 %3.4Jaén provinceJaén province: 3.2 %3.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from INE. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Almería province22.5+0.8 pts
2Alicante province22.3+1.7 pts
3Girona province21.2+1.1 pts
4Balearic Islands province20.5+1 pts
5Lleida province19.8+1 pts
6Málaga province17.9+1.4 pts
7Tarragona province17.8+1.1 pts
8Castellón province16.7+1.3 pts
9Barcelona province16.4+1.4 pts
10Murcia province15.3+0.6 pts
11Madrid province15.2+1.2 pts
12Guadalajara province15.1+1.2 pts
13Santa Cruz de Tenerife province15+1 pts
14Huesca province14.1+1 pts
15La Rioja province13.8+0.8 pts
16Zaragoza province13.5+1 pts
17Las Palmas province13.5+0.7 pts
18Melilla province13.2-0 pts
19Cuenca province13.2+1.1 pts
20Valencia province13.2+1.5 pts
21Segovia province12.9+1.1 pts
22Teruel province12.4+0.9 pts
23Navarre province12+1 pts
24Toledo province11.9+1.4 pts
25Soria province11.6+1.7 pts
26Huelva province10.6+0.7 pts
27Álava province10.4+0.7 pts
28Burgos province9.3+1.1 pts
29Gipuzkoa province9.1+0.8 pts
30Biscay province8.6+0.8 pts
31Granada province8.3+0.6 pts
32Ávila province8.1+1.1 pts
33Albacete province7.9+0.8 pts
34Cantabria province7.1+0.8 pts
34Ciudad Real province7.1+0.7 pts
36Ourense province6.4+1 pts
36Valladolid province6.4+0.8 pts
38Lugo province6.1+0.9 pts
39Ceuta province5.9-0 pts
40Salamanca province5.7+0.8 pts
41Palencia province5.4+0.8 pts
42Asturias province5.3+0.8 pts
43León province5.2+0.6 pts
44A Coruña province4.9+0.8 pts
45Cádiz province4.8+0.5 pts
46Pontevedra province4.7+0.6 pts
47Seville province4.6+0.5 pts
48Zamora province4.6+0.6 pts
49Cáceres province4+0.4 pts
50Badajoz province3.6+0.3 pts
51Córdoba province3.4+0.4 pts
52Jaén province3.2+0.4 pts

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About this ranking

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

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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Invokely calculation from Población extranjera entre población total (Censo anual, INE). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#foreign_population_share. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which province has the highest share of foreign nationals?

Almería province, with 22.5% in 2023, according to INE.

Which province has the lowest share of foreign nationals?

Jaén province, with 3.2% in 2023.

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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