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

Autonomous community/city	Population (2024)[1]	Area (km2)	Density (people/km2)	Coastline length (km)
Andalusia	8,631,862	87,599	98.6	945
Aragon	1,351,591	47,720	28.2	0
Asturias	1,009,599	10,604	95.2	401
Balearic Islands	1,231,768	4,992	248.2	1,428
Basque Country	2,227,684	7,234	308.7	246
Canary Islands	2,238,754	7,447	301.8	1,583
Cantabria	590,851	5,321	111.1	284
Castile and León	2,391,682	94,224	25.3	0
Castile-La Mancha	2,104,433	79,461	26.5	0
Catalonia	8,012,231	32,113	251.2	699
Ceuta	83,179	20	4,167.0	26
Extremadura	1,054,681	41,634	25.2	0
Galicia	2,705,833	29,575	91.5	1,498
La Rioja	324,184	5,045	64.4	0
Community of Madrid	7,009,268	8,028	878.9	0
Melilla	85,985	12	7,194.3	12
Region of Murcia	1,568,492	11,314	139.3	274
Navarre	678,333	10,391	65.4	0
Valencian Community	5,319,285	23,255	230.5	518
Spain	48,619,695	505,970	96.4	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

The following table shows the difference in average income for each of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain. The data was provided by the INE.

Rank	Autonomous community	Average income (€) 2023[2]
1	Community of Madrid	42,198
2	Basque Country	39,547
3	Navarre	37,088
4	Catalonia	35,325
5	Aragon	34,658
6	Balearic Islands	34,381
7	La Rioja	32,828
8	Castile and León	29,698
9	Galicia	28,644
10	Cantabria	28,461
11	Asturias	28,130
12	Valencian Community	26,453
13	Region of Murcia	25,887
14	Castilla-La Mancha	25,758
15	Canary Islands	24,345
16	Extremadura	23,604
17	Andalusia	23,218
Spain		32,630

GDP

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 1.5 trillion euros.^[3]

2023

Rank 2023	Autonomous community	GDP in billions €[4]	Percentage of GDP	Year
1	Madrid	293.0	19.6%	2023
2	Catalonia	281.8	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

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	32.630	35.357	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	Extremadura	23.604	24.435	2023
17	Andalusia	23.218	24.035	2023
18	Ceuta	22.751	23.552	2023
19	Melilla	20.479	21.200	2023

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 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

• Ranked lists of Spanish provinces
• Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities
• List of countries by Human Development Index