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.

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

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 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.

2018

Rank 2018	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

2022

Rank 2022	Autonomous community	GDP in billions €	Percentage of GDP	Year
1	Madrid	261.7		2022
2	Catalonia	255.2		2022
3	Andalusia	180.2		2022
4	Valencian Community	126.4		2022
5	Basque Country	79.4		2022
6	Galicia	69.8		2022
7	Castile and León	64.2		2022
8	Canary Islands	49.0		2022
9	Castilla–La Mancha	46.7		2022
10	Aragon	41.8		2022
11	Murcia	35.8		2022
12	Balearic Islands	35.4		2022
13	Asturias	25.8		2022
14	Navarre	22.6		2022
15	Extremadura	22.5		2022
16	Cantabria	15.4		2022
17	La Rioja	9.5		2022
18	Ceuta	1.9		2022
19	Melilla	1.8		2022

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

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.^[4]

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

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

• 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.

• National Institute of Statistics (Spain)