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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)	Area (km)	Density (people/km)	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

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 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 (€)
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

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 1.498.324 million euros.

2023

Rank 2023	Autonomous community	GDP in billions €	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

Rank	Autonomous community	GDP per capita in €	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

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.

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

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. "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.

External links

• National Institute of Statistics (Spain)

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