Provinces of Spain by life expectancy

Name: Provinces of Spain by life expectancy, 2019
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Madrid province had the highest life expectancy of 52 provinces in 2019, at 84.93 years. Ceuta province had the lowest, at 80.42 years. The median was 83.45 years and the figure for Spain was 83.53 years. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest84.93Madrid province

Lowest80.42Ceuta province

Median83.4552 provinces

Spain83.53History

All provinces, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

years. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2019 years	Change on 2018
1	Madrid province	84.93	+0.2
2	Álava province	84.76	+0.44
3	Guadalajara province	84.73	+0.52
4	Segovia province	84.7	+0.76
5	Salamanca province	84.69	+0.01
6	Valladolid province	84.62	+0.34
7	Navarre province	84.55	+0.41
8	Burgos province	84.52	+0.44
9	Soria province	84.48	-0.04
10	Teruel province	84.2	+0.63
11	Gipuzkoa province	84.17	+0.52
12	Huesca province	84.14	+0.79
13	Barcelona province	84.01	+0.47
14	Ávila province	83.95	+0.51
15	La Rioja province	83.83	+0.2
16	Toledo province	83.79	+0.14
17	Zaragoza province	83.78	+0.35
18	Lugo province	83.71	+0.8
19	Biscay province	83.65	+0.16
20	Cuenca province	83.62	+0.34
20	León province	83.62	+0.06
22	Pontevedra province	83.59	+0.15
23	Cantabria province	83.58	+0.25
24	Ourense province	83.57	+0.27
25	Lleida province	83.53	+0.39
26	Cáceres province	83.47	+0.59
27	Zamora province	83.42	+0.27
28	Balearic Islands province	83.4	+0.43
29	A Coruña province	83.35	+0.59
30	Albacete province	83.31	-0.05
31	Palencia province	83.3	+0.45
31	Tarragona province	83.3	+0.54
33	Girona province	83.15	+0.02
34	Alicante province	83.09	+0.4
35	Ciudad Real province	82.98	+0.11
36	Valencia province	82.88	+0.43
37	Asturias province	82.84	+0.2
38	Castellón province	82.83	+0.43
39	Córdoba province	82.75	+0.24
40	Murcia province	82.62	-0.02
41	Santa Cruz de Tenerife province	82.56	+0.66
42	Málaga province	82.54	+0.58
43	Badajoz province	82.43	+0.17
43	Granada province	82.43	+0.6
45	Jaén province	82.28	+0.36
46	Las Palmas province	82.27	+0.58
47	Seville province	81.99	+0.16
48	Almería province	81.93	+0.79
49	Huelva province	81.84	+0.34
50	Cádiz province	81.71	+0.7
51	Melilla province	80.67	+0.49
52	Ceuta province	80.42	+0.03

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About this ranking

Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.

United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.

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). Indicadores demográficos básicos: esperanza de vida al nacimiento (tablas 1414, 1448, 1485 y 30687). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=1485. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which province has the highest life expectancy?

Madrid province, with 84.93 years in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest life expectancy?

Ceuta province, with 80.42 years in 2019.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Indicadores demográficos básicos: esperanza de vida al nacimiento (tablas 1414, 1448, 1485 y 30687). Retrieved 2026-10-07.