Ranked lists of Spanish autonomous communities

This article includes several ranked indicators for Spain's 17 autonomous communities, as well as for the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

Population and geography

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Autonomous
community/city
Population
(2023)[1]
Area (km2) Density
(people/km2)
Coastline
length (km)
  Andalusia 8,574,691 87,268 96 945
  Aragon 1,349,306 47,719 27 0
  Asturias 1,006,188 10,604 97 401
  Balearic Islands 1,207,319 4,992 226 1,428
  Basque Country 2,219,001 7,234 304 246
  Canary Islands 2,212,018 7,447 286 1,583
  Cantabria 588,253 5,321 109 284
  Castile and León 2,381,572 94,223 26 0
  Castile-La Mancha 2,080,361 79,463 26 0
  Catalonia 7,896,306 32,114 237 699
  Ceuta 82,844 18.5 4,602 26
  Extremadura 1,054,457 41,634 26 0
  Galicia 2,699,060 29,574 91 1,498
  La Rioja 322,294 5,045 63 0
  Community of Madrid 6,848,354 8,028 819 0
  Melilla 85,664 12.3 7,023 12
  Region of Murcia 1,552,240 11,313 131 274
  Navarre 671,855 10,391 62 0
  Valencian Community 5,216,018 23,255 213 518
  Spain 48,047,631 505,992 92 7,914
 
Annual median per-capita income by Spanish province, 2021
  •   €20.000-€21.000
  •   €19.000-€20.000
  •   €18.000-€19.000
  •   €17.000-€18.000
  •   €16.000-€17.000
  •   €15.000-€16.000
  •   €14.000-€15.000
  •   €13.000-€14.000
  •   €12.000-€13.000
  •   €11.000-€12.000

Average income

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The following table shows the difference in average income for each of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain. The data was provided by Adecco and the INE. The wealthiest Spaniards are from the Basque Country, with an average income of €27,174. The poorest Spaniards reside in Extremadura, where average income is €18,662. The data was for 2016.

Rank Autonomous community Average
income[2] (€)
1   Basque Country 27,174
2   Community of Madrid 27,062
3   Navarre 24,290
4   Catalonia 24,094
5   Asturias 22,722
6   Cantabria 22,148
7   Aragon 21,406
8   Balearic Islands 21,322
9   La Rioja 21,126
10   Valencian Community 20,804
11   Andalusia 20,650
12   Castilla-La Mancha 20,636
13   Region of Murcia 20,566
14   Castile and León 20,538
15   Galicia 20,258
16   Canary Islands 19,628
17   Extremadura 18,662
  Spain 22,904

The list below shows all of the autonomous communities and two autonomous cities of Spain. The list shown is from 2023 and is in euros. The nominal GDP in Spain in 2023 was 1.498.324 million euros.[3]

2023
Rank 2023 Autonomous community GDP in billions €[4] Percentage of GDP Year
1   Madrid 293.0 19.6% 2023
2   Catalonia 281.4 18.8% 2023
3   Andalusia 199.9 13.3% 2023
4   Valencian Community 139.4 9.3% 2023
5   Basque Country 87.8 5.9% 2023
6   Galicia 77.3 5.2% 2023
7   Castile and León 70.8 4.7% 2023
8   Canary Islands 54.1 3.6% 2023
9   Castilla–La Mancha 53.9 3.6% 2023
10   Aragon 46.6 3.1% 2023
11   Balearic Islands 42.0 2.8% 2023
12   Murcia 40.3 2.7% 2023
13   Asturias 28.3 1.9% 2023
14   Navarre 25.0 1.7% 2023
15   Extremadura 24.8 1.7% 2023
16   Cantabria 16.7 1.1% 2023
17   La Rioja 10.6 0.7% 2023
18   Ceuta 1.9 0.1% 2023
19   Melilla 1.8 0.1% 2023

GDP per capita

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Rank Autonomous community GDP per capita in €[5] GDP per capita in $ Year
1   Madrid 42.198 43.684 2023
2   Basque Country 39.547 40.939 2023
-   European Union 37.610 38.934 2023
3   Navarre 37.088 38.393 2023
4   Catalonia 35.325 36.568 2023
5   Aragon 34.658 35.878 2023
6   Balearic Islands 34.381 35.591 2023
7   La Rioja 32.828 33.984 2023
-   Spain 30.968 32.058 2023
8   Castile and León 29.698 30.743 2023
9   Galicia 28.644 29.652 2023
10   Cantabria 28.461 29.463 2023
11   Asturias 28.130 29.120 2023
12   Valencian Community 26.453 27.384 2023
13   Murcia 25.887 26.798 2023
14   Castilla–La Mancha 25.758 26.664 2023
15   Canary Islands 24.345 25.202 2023
16   Andalusia 23.218 24.035 2023
17   Extremadura 23.604 24.435 2023
18   Ceuta 22.751 23.552 2023
19   Melilla 20.479 21.200 2023

Human Development Index

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Map of the Spanish autonomous communities by Human Development Index in 2017.
Legend:
  > 0.910
  0.890 – 0.910
  0.870 – 0.890
  0.860 – 0.870
  < 0.860

This is a list of Spain's 17 autonomous communities and the 2 autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla by their Human Development Index as of 2024 with data for the year 2022.[6]

Rank Autonomous community HDI (2022)
Very high human development
1   Madrid 0.942
2   Basque Country 0.939
3   Navarre 0.928
4   Catalonia 0.922
5   La Rioja 0.916
6   Aragon 0.915
7   Castile and León 0.912
  Spain (average) 0.911
8   Cantabria 0.910
9   Galicia
10   Asturias 0.906
11   Valencian Community 0.897
12   Region of Murcia 0.885
13   Andalusia 0.881
14   Balearic Islands 0.879
15   Canary Islands 0.876
16   Castilla–La Mancha
17   Extremadura
18   Melilla 0.867
19   Ceuta 0.860

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Real Decreto 1458/2018, de 14 de diciembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2018". BOE (in Spanish). 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Salario medio en España y los empleos con mejor sueldo (Gráficos)".
  3. ^ "Spanish Regional Accounts 2000-2023 Series". ine.es.
  4. ^ "Spanish Regional Accounts 2000-2023 Series". ine.es.
  5. ^ "Spanish Regional Accounts. 2000-2023 Series". ine.es. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  6. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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