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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

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

Median Income

The following table shows the difference in median 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 a median income of €27,174. The poorest Spaniards reside in Extremadura, where median 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

GRDP

The list below shows all of the autonomous communities and two autonomous cities of Spain. The list shown is from 2018 and is in Euros. [3] Catalonia and Madrid are the largest communities in Spain in terms of GDP. Ceuta and Melilla are the smallest communities in Spain and are autonomous cities. In 2018, according to DatosMacro, the economies every community in the country grew with Madrid and Cantabria with 3,7% and 3,4% respectively, whilst Murcia, the worst performing, grew by just 1.5%.

A review of the economy of the autonomous communities was published in December 2019, slightly changing the position of all regions, the data of the GDP are fully updated, however, those of the PPP are not.

Rank Autonomous community GDP in billions € Percentage of GDP Year
1   Madrid 234.6 19.5% 2021
2   Catalonia 229.4 19.0% 2021
3   Andalusia 160.7 13.3% 2021
4   Valencian Community 112.6 9.3% 2021
5   Basque Country 71.7 5.9% 2021
6   Galicia 63.2 5.2% 2021
7   Castile and León 58.1 4.8% 2021
8   Canary Islands 42.7 3.5% 2021
9   Castilla–La Mancha 42.3 3.5% 2021
10   Aragon 38.0 3.2% 2021
11   Murcia 32.2 2.7% 2021
12   Balearic Islands 30.3 2.5% 2021
13   Asturias 23.4 1.9% 2021
14   Navarre 20.4 1.7% 2021
15   Extremadura 20.1 1.7% 2021
16   Cantabria 13.8 1.1% 2021
17   La Rioja 8.6 0.7% 2021
18   Ceuta 1.7 0.1% 2021
19   Melilla 1.6 0.1% 2021

Looking at GDP per capita:

Rank Autonomous community GDP per capita in € GDP per capita in $ Year
1   Madrid 35.041 41.045 2018
2   Basque Country 33.223 39.133 2018
3   Navarre 31.389 36.854 2018
-   European Union 30.958 36.428 2018
4   Catalonia 30.426 35.700 2018
5   Aragon 28.151 33.118 2018
6   Balearic Islands 27.682 32.356 2018
7   La Rioja 27.225 32.062 2018
-   Spain 25.730 30.298 2018
8   Castile and León 24.031 28.409 2018
9   Cantabria 23.757 28.021 2018
10   Galicia 23.183 27.365 2018
11   Asturias 22.789 26.964 2018
12   Valencian Community 22.426 26.348 2018
13   Murcia 21.269 24.973 2018
14   Canary Islands 20.892 24.463 2018
15   Castilla–La Mancha 20.363 23.989 2018
16   Ceuta 20.120 23.790 2018
17   Andalusia 19.107 22.512 2018
18   Extremadura 18.769 22.202 2018
19   Melilla 18.533 21.866 2018

Notes

  • Annual average exchange rates: GDP (in US$), according to List of countries by GDP (UN). It is estimated that the average exchange rate is US$0.9213 per EUR€ in 2000 and US$1.2436 per EUR€ in 2005. US$1 is about equal to EUR€0.7543 in 2010.

Human Development Index

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 2023 with data for the year 2021. [4]

Rank Autonomous community HDI (2021)
Very high human development
1   Madrid 0.940
2   Basque Country 0.932
3   Navarre 0.926
4   Catalonia 0.916
5   Aragon 0.912
6   La Rioja 0.910
7   Castile and León 0.906
8   Cantabria 0.905
  Spain (average) 0.905
9   Asturias 0.900
  Galicia
11   Valencian Community 0.895
12   Region of Murcia 0.882
13   Balearic Islands 0.876
14   Andalusia 0.874
15   Canary Islands 0.871
16   Castilla–La Mancha 0.870
17   Extremadura 0.867
18   Ceuta 0.857
19   Melilla 0.853


See also

References

  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. ^ "PIB de las Comunidades Autónomas 2020". www.datosmacro.com.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

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