List of Spanish provinces by life expectancy

Spain is administratively divided into 17 autonomous communities. Autonomous communities, in turn, are divided into provinces — there are 50 of them, plus two autonomous cities in Africa (Ceuta and Melilla).

According to estimation of the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE), life expectancy at birth in the country in 2023 was 83.77 years (81.11 years for male and 86.34 years for female).^[1]^[2]^[3]

According to alternative estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Spain was 83.67 years total (80.96 for male, 86.31 for female).^[4]

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 83.88 years total (81.20 for male, 86.70 for female).^[5]

Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 84.0 years total (81.3 for male, 86.7 for female).^[6]^[7]

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Spain was 83.14 years (80.54 years for male and 85.66 years for female).
And healthy life expectancy was 71.69 years (70.90 years for male and 72.42 years for female).^[8]

According to estimation of Eurostat for 2023, some regions of Spain are among the leaders in Europe in life expectancy. This list of regions is topped by the Community of Madrid, with an overall life expectancy estimated at 86.1 years.^[9]

In 2023, the difference in life expectancy between the most prosperous and disadvantaged provinces of Spain (excluding autonomous cities) was 3.59 years.
In 2022, this difference was 3.45 years.
In pre-COVID 2019, this difference was 3.22 years.^[10]

Statistics by province

province	2024				historical data
province	overall	male	female	sex gap	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023	2023 →2024	2024	2014 →2024
Spain on average	84.01	81.38	86.53	5.15	82.91	0.62	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.75	83.03	0.05	83.08	0.69	83.77	0.24	84.01	1.10
Salamanca	85.77	83.46	87.99	4.53	84.58	0.11	84.69	−2.16	82.53	2.20	84.73	−0.61	84.12	1.28	85.40	0.37	85.77	1.19
Madrid	85.58	83.07	87.74	4.67	84.20	0.73	84.93	−2.66	82.27	2.29	84.56	0.20	84.76	0.63	85.39	0.19	85.58	1.38
Segovia	85.30	82.78	87.84	5.06	84.09	0.61	84.70	−3.21	81.49	2.57	84.06	0.35	84.41	−0.49	83.92	1.38	85.30	1.21
Valladolid	85.02	82.48	87.45	4.97	83.86	0.76	84.62	−1.70	82.92	1.04	83.96	0.13	84.09	0.63	84.72	0.30	85.02	1.16
Álava (Araba)	85.02	82.43	87.54	5.11	84.38	0.38	84.76	−1.17	83.59	0.72	84.31	−0.18	84.13	0.94	85.07	−0.05	85.02	0.64
Navarre	84.66	81.96	87.33	5.37	83.45	1.10	84.55	−1.22	83.33	0.93	84.26	−0.41	83.85	0.94	84.79	−0.13	84.66	1.21
Biscay	84.64	81.95	87.11	5.16	83.10	0.55	83.65	−0.66	82.99	0.71	83.70	−0.31	83.39	1.03	84.42	0.22	84.64	1.54
Guadalajara	84.56	82.53	86.67	4.14	84.36	0.37	84.73	−2.44	82.29	1.57	83.86	−0.14	83.72	0.99	84.71	−0.15	84.56	0.20
Burgos	84.56	81.94	87.30	5.36	83.60	0.92	84.52	−1.34	83.18	1.37	84.55	−0.68	83.87	0.36	84.23	0.33	84.56	0.96
Zamora	84.50	81.94	87.19	5.25	83.41	0.01	83.42	−0.52	82.90	1.25	84.15	−0.53	83.62	1.53	85.15	−0.65	84.50	1.09
Soria	84.49	82.50	86.60	4.10	84.02	0.46	84.48	−2.22	82.26	1.37	83.63	−0.34	83.29	1.44	84.73	−0.24	84.49	0.47
Gipuzkoa	84.49	81.64	87.24	5.60	83.30	0.87	84.17	−0.84	83.33	0.14	83.47	−0.08	83.39	0.76	84.15	0.34	84.49	1.19
Ávila	84.45	81.99	87.12	5.13	83.15	0.80	83.95	−1.71	82.24	1.33	83.57	−0.16	83.41	1.00	84.41	0.04	84.45	1.30
Barcelona	84.45	81.84	86.84	5.00	83.27	0.74	84.01	−1.79	82.22	1.26	83.48	0.21	83.69	0.46	84.15	0.30	84.45	1.18
Toledo	84.34	81.89	86.85	4.96	83.80	−0.01	83.79	−2.23	81.56	1.40	82.96	0.81	83.77	0.52	84.29	0.05	84.34	0.54
Zaragoza	84.33	81.69	86.84	5.15	82.71	1.07	83.78	−1.56	82.22	0.86	83.08	−0.01	83.07	0.90	83.97	0.36	84.33	1.62
Pontevedra	84.13	81.27	86.84	5.57	83.07	0.52	83.59	−0.19	83.40	0.25	83.65	−0.39	83.26	0.36	83.62	0.51	84.13	1.06
A Coruña	84.10	81.17	86.88	5.71	82.62	0.73	83.35	0.08	83.43	−0.29	83.14	−0.03	83.11	0.61	83.72	0.38	84.10	1.48
Huesca	84.07	81.81	86.44	4.63	83.25	0.89	84.14	−1.22	82.92	0.77	83.69	−0.75	82.94	1.47	84.41	−0.34	84.07	0.82
Lugo	83.98	81.15	86.90	5.75	82.66	1.05	83.71	−0.61	83.10	0.28	83.38	−0.15	83.23	0.15	83.38	0.60	83.98	1.32
Lleida	83.94	81.32	86.67	5.35	82.92	0.61	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.48	82.76	0.25	83.01	0.64	83.65	0.29	83.94	1.02
Teruel	83.90	81.60	86.44	4.84	83.13	1.07	84.20	−1.55	82.65	1.04	83.69	−0.55	83.14	1.03	84.17	−0.27	83.90	0.77
La Rioja	83.90	81.30	86.51	5.21	83.78	0.05	83.83	−1.33	82.50	0.77	83.27	−0.07	83.20	0.97	84.17	−0.27	83.90	0.12
León	83.90	81.01	86.81	5.80	83.12	0.50	83.62	−1.14	82.48	1.01	83.49	−0.20	83.29	0.91	84.20	−0.30	83.90	0.78
Cantabria	83.89	81.01	86.62	5.61	82.78	0.80	83.58	−0.58	83.00	0.63	83.63	−0.57	83.06	1.14	84.20	−0.31	83.89	1.11
Ourense	83.88	81.18	86.55	5.37	83.66	−0.09	83.57	−0.51	83.06	0.46	83.52	0.06	83.58	−0.07	83.51	0.37	83.88	0.22
Girona	83.83	81.20	86.47	5.27	82.86	0.29	83.15	−0.52	82.63	0.39	83.02	0.00	83.02	0.48	83.50	0.33	83.83	0.97
Palencia	83.74	80.91	86.74	5.83	82.18	1.12	83.30	−2.13	81.17	1.31	82.48	−0.21	82.27	1.77	84.04	−0.30	83.74	1.56
Cuenca	83.70	81.16	86.41	5.25	83.37	0.25	83.62	−2.84	80.78	2.58	83.36	−0.27	83.09	0.21	83.30	0.40	83.70	0.33
Albacete	83.66	81.10	86.28	5.18	82.66	0.65	83.31	−1.95	81.36	1.85	83.21	−0.22	82.99	0.62	83.61	0.05	83.66	1.00
Cáceres	83.62	80.87	86.49	5.62	83.21	0.26	83.47	−1.75	81.72	0.90	82.62	−0.09	82.53	0.75	83.28	0.34	83.62	0.41
Alicante (Alacant)	83.61	81.18	86.02	4.84	82.66	0.43	83.09	−0.67	82.42	−0.21	82.21	0.41	82.62	0.59	83.21	0.40	83.61	0.95
Balearic Islands	83.46	81.06	85.81	4.75	82.60	0.80	83.40	−0.29	83.11	−0.11	83.00	−0.10	82.90	0.81	83.71	−0.25	83.46	0.86
Granada	83.42	80.83	85.95	5.12	81.94	0.49	82.43	−1.03	81.40	0.40	81.80	0.87	82.67	0.27	82.94	0.48	83.42	1.48
Murcia	83.39	80.88	85.87	4.99	82.47	0.15	82.62	−0.36	82.26	−0.05	82.21	−0.16	82.05	0.77	82.82	0.57	83.39	0.92
Tarragona	83.38	80.88	85.90	5.02	82.85	0.45	83.30	−1.10	82.20	0.74	82.94	−0.08	82.86	0.38	83.24	0.14	83.38	0.53
Asturias	83.32	80.35	86.14	5.79	82.11	0.73	82.84	−0.74	82.10	0.65	82.75	−0.29	82.46	0.65	83.11	0.21	83.32	1.21
Valencia (València)	83.28	80.73	85.68	4.95	82.19	0.69	82.88	−0.72	82.16	0.06	82.22	0.12	82.34	0.63	82.97	0.31	83.28	1.09
Castellón (Castelló)	83.27	80.62	85.95	5.33	82.41	0.42	82.83	−0.13	82.70	−0.55	82.15	0.42	82.57	0.72	83.29	−0.02	83.27	0.86
Córdoba	83.18	80.39	85.88	5.49	82.39	0.36	82.75	−0.50	82.25	−0.13	82.12	−0.18	81.94	0.69	82.63	0.55	83.18	0.79
Málaga	83.07	80.68	85.38	4.70	81.64	0.90	82.54	−0.57	81.97	−0.15	81.82	0.33	82.15	0.75	82.90	0.17	83.07	1.43
Ciudad Real	83.04	80.54	85.51	4.97	82.63	0.35	82.98	−2.62	80.36	2.08	82.44	0.51	82.95	0.10	83.05	−0.01	83.04	0.41
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	82.88	80.71	84.94	4.23	81.95	0.61	82.56	0.07	82.63	−0.33	82.30	−0.29	82.01	0.84	82.85	0.03	82.88	0.93
Badajoz	82.83	80.06	85.66	5.60	81.80	0.63	82.43	−0.53	81.90	−0.01	81.89	0.40	82.29	0.61	82.90	−0.07	82.83	1.03
Jaén	82.80	80.19	85.40	5.21	81.94	0.34	82.28	−0.93	81.35	0.45	81.80	−0.08	81.72	0.96	82.68	0.12	82.80	0.86
Seville	82.73	80.00	85.35	5.35	81.59	0.40	81.99	−0.60	81.39	0.05	81.44	0.30	81.74	0.84	82.58	0.15	82.73	1.14
Las Palmas	82.68	80.37	85.01	4.64	81.74	0.53	82.27	−0.37	81.90	0.02	81.92	−0.36	81.56	0.52	82.08	0.60	82.68	0.94
Melilla (auton. city)	82.66	80.07	85.20	5.13	80.03	0.64	80.67	−1.85	78.82	0.90	79.72	1.83	81.55	0.06	81.61	1.05	82.66	2.63
Cádiz	82.55	79.89	85.18	5.29	81.17	0.54	81.71	−0.63	81.08	−0.33	80.75	0.69	81.44	0.57	82.01	0.54	82.55	1.38
Huelva	82.42	79.57	85.34	5.77	81.24	0.60	81.84	−0.41	81.43	−0.27	81.16	0.43	81.59	0.24	81.83	0.59	82.42	1.18
Almería	82.10	79.43	84.90	5.47	81.82	0.11	81.93	−0.73	81.20	−0.59	80.61	0.70	81.31	0.50	81.81	0.29	82.10	0.28
Ceuta (auton. city)	81.60	79.63	83.51	3.88	79.82	0.60	80.42	−1.28	79.14	−0.84	78.30	1.41	79.71	1.40	81.11	0.49	81.60	1.78

Maps of life expectancy in provinces of Spain in 2014, 2019, 2024^[10]

Maps of life expectancy for male^[10]

Maps of life expectancy for female^[10]

Data source: National Statistics Institute (Spain) (Instituto Nacional de Estadística)^[10]^[1]^[2]^[3]

Statistics by autonomous community

autonomous community	2024				historical data
autonomous community	overall	male	female	sex gap	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023	2023 →2024	2024	2014 →2024
Spain on average	84.01	81.38	86.53	5.15	82.91	0.62	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.75	83.03	0.05	83.08	0.69	83.77	0.24	84.01	1.10
Madrid	85.58	83.07	87.74	4.67	84.20	0.73	84.93	−2.66	82.27	2.29	84.56	0.20	84.76	0.63	85.39	0.19	85.58	0.65
Castile and León	84.67	82.08	87.28	5.20	83.60	0.60	84.20	−1.67	82.53	1.41	83.94	−0.26	83.68	0.86	84.54	0.13	84.67	0.47
Navarre	84.66	81.96	87.33	5.37	83.45	1.10	84.55	−1.22	83.33	0.93	84.26	−0.41	83.85	0.94	84.79	−0.13	84.66	0.11
Basque Country	84.64	81.91	87.20	5.29	83.35	0.63	83.98	−0.80	83.18	0.52	83.70	−0.21	83.49	0.93	84.42	0.22	84.64	0.66
Aragon	84.24	81.71	86.72	5.01	82.85	1.03	83.88	−1.50	82.38	0.87	83.25	−0.19	83.06	1.01	84.07	0.17	84.24	0.36
Catalonia	84.24	81.64	86.69	5.05	83.17	0.65	83.82	−1.57	82.25	1.09	83.34	0.15	83.49	0.47	83.96	0.28	84.24	0.42
Galicia	84.09	81.23	86.86	5.63	82.91	0.60	83.51	−0.18	83.33	0.08	83.41	−0.18	83.23	0.39	83.62	0.47	84.09	0.58
La Rioja	83.90	81.30	86.51	5.21	83.78	0.05	83.83	−1.33	82.50	0.77	83.27	−0.07	83.20	0.97	84.17	−0.27	83.90	0.07
Cantabria	83.89	81.01	86.62	5.61	82.78	0.80	83.58	−0.58	83.00	0.63	83.63	−0.57	83.06	1.14	84.20	−0.31	83.89	0.31
Castilla–La Mancha	83.85	81.43	86.33	4.90	83.28	0.29	83.57	−2.35	81.22	1.80	83.02	0.31	83.33	0.45	83.78	0.07	83.85	0.28
Balearic Islands	83.46	81.06	85.81	4.75	82.60	0.80	83.40	−0.29	83.11	−0.11	83.00	−0.10	82.90	0.81	83.71	−0.25	83.46	0.06
Valencia	83.40	80.89	85.84	4.95	82.39	0.56	82.95	−0.63	82.32	−0.11	82.21	0.26	82.47	0.63	83.10	0.30	83.40	0.45
Murcia	83.39	80.88	85.87	4.99	82.47	0.15	82.62	−0.36	82.26	−0.05	82.21	−0.16	82.05	0.77	82.82	0.57	83.39	0.77
Asturias	83.32	80.35	86.14	5.79	82.11	0.73	82.84	−0.74	82.10	0.65	82.75	−0.29	82.46	0.65	83.11	0.21	83.32	0.48
Extremadura	83.13	80.36	85.99	5.63	82.35	0.49	82.84	−1.01	81.83	0.36	82.19	0.21	82.40	0.66	83.06	0.07	83.13	0.29
Andalusia	82.82	80.18	85.42	5.24	81.70	0.50	82.20	−0.69	81.51	−0.05	81.46	0.40	81.86	0.63	82.49	0.33	82.82	0.62
Canary Islands	82.79	80.54	84.99	4.45	81.86	0.56	82.42	−0.16	82.26	−0.14	82.12	−0.34	81.78	0.68	82.46	0.33	82.79	0.37
Melilla (auton. city)	82.66	80.07	85.20	5.13	80.03	0.64	80.67	−1.85	78.82	0.90	79.72	1.83	81.55	0.06	81.61	1.05	82.66	1.99
Ceuta (auton. city)	81.60	79.63	83.51	3.88	79.82	0.60	80.42	−1.28	79.14	−0.84	78.30	1.41	79.71	1.40	81.11	0.49	81.60	1.18

Maps of life expectancy in autonomous communities of Spain in 2014, 2019, 2024^[11]^[12]

Maps of life expectancy for male^[11]

Maps of life expectancy for female^[11]

Data source: National Statistics Institute (Spain) (Instituto Nacional de Estadística)^[11]^[1]^[2]^[3]

Eurostat (2014—2023)

The division of Spain into territorial units 2 level (NUTS 2) coincides with the division of Spain into autonomous communities. By default the table is sorted by 2023.

code	region	2014				2014 →2019	2019				2019 →2023	2023				2014 →2023
code	region	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2014 →2019	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2023	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2014 →2023
	Spain on average	83.3	80.4	86.2	5.8	0.7	84.0	81.1	86.7	5.6	0.0	84.0	81.3	86.7	5.4	0.7
ES30	Madrid	84.9	81.9	87.6	5.7	0.9	85.8	83.0	88.2	5.2	0.3	86.1	83.4	88.3	4.9	1.2
ES22	Navarre	83.9	80.9	86.9	6.0	1.1	85.0	82.4	87.5	5.1	0.0	85.0	82.4	87.6	5.2	1.1
ES41	Castile and León	84.1	81.2	87.2	6.0	0.6	84.7	81.8	87.6	5.8	0.2	84.9	82.1	87.7	5.6	0.8
ES21	Basque Country	83.9	80.7	86.9	6.2	0.6	84.5	81.4	87.5	6.1	0.2	84.7	81.8	87.4	5.6	0.8
ES13	Cantabria	83.1	79.9	86.3	6.4	0.8	83.9	81.1	86.7	5.6	0.5	84.4	81.4	87.3	5.9	1.3
ES23	La Rioja	84.2	81.0	87.5	6.5	0.0	84.2	81.3	87.1	5.8	0.1	84.3	81.4	87.1	5.7	0.1
ES51	Catalonia	83.6	80.6	86.5	5.9	0.7	84.3	81.3	87.1	5.8	−0.1	84.2	81.4	86.9	5.5	0.6
ES24	Aragon	83.2	80.3	86.3	6.0	1.2	84.4	81.5	87.2	5.7	−0.2	84.2	81.3	87.1	5.8	1.0
ES42	Castilla–La Mancha	83.7	81.0	86.5	5.5	0.2	83.9	81.5	86.5	5.0	0.1	84.0	81.5	86.6	5.1	0.3
ES53	Balearic Islands	83.0	80.2	85.7	5.5	1.2	84.2	81.7	86.6	4.9	−0.2	84.0	81.5	86.4	4.9	1.0
ES11	Galicia	83.4	80.1	86.6	6.5	0.6	84.0	81.0	87.0	6.0	0.0	84.0	80.8	87.0	6.2	0.6
ES52	Valencian Community	82.8	80.2	85.5	5.3	0.7	83.5	80.7	86.3	5.6	−0.1	83.4	80.7	86.1	5.4	0.6
ES43	Extremadura	82.7	79.8	85.7	5.9	0.4	83.1	80.2	86.2	6.0	0.2	83.3	80.7	86.0	5.3	0.6
ES12	Asturias	82.5	79.2	85.6	6.4	0.7	83.2	80.1	86.2	6.1	0.1	83.3	80.4	85.9	5.5	0.8
ES62	Murcia	82.8	80.3	85.3	5.0	0.1	82.9	80.3	85.4	5.1	0.1	83.0	80.5	85.6	5.1	0.2
ES70	Canary Islands (in the Atlantic Ocean)	82.5	79.8	85.2	5.4	1.0	83.5	80.9	86.2	5.3	−0.7	82.8	80.2	85.4	5.2	0.3
ES61	Andalusia	82.1	79.2	84.9	5.7	0.5	82.6	79.8	85.3	5.5	0.1	82.7	80.0	85.4	5.4	0.6
ES64	Melilla (autonomous city in Africa)	80.7	77.9	83.5	5.6	0.7	81.4	78.8	84.1	5.3	0.2	81.6	80.1	83.3	3.2	0.9
ES63	Ceuta (autonomous city in Africa)	80.6	77.7	84.0	6.3	0.8	81.4	79.0	83.9	4.9	−0.1	81.3	78.9	83.6	4.7	0.7

Data source: Eurostat^[13]^[14]

Life expectancy in Spanish regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat^[13]^[14]
(legends on the maps are identical)

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

region	2019				2019 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
region	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2021	overall	2021 →2022	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2022
Spain on average	83.53	80.82	86.17	5.35	−0.52	83.01	0.90	83.91	81.20	86.55	5.35	0.38
Madrid	85.34	82.66	87.65	4.99	−0.31	85.03	0.85	85.88	83.10	88.33	5.23	0.54
Navarre	84.55	82.06	86.96	4.90	−0.12	84.43	0.14	84.57	81.68	87.52	5.84	0.02
Castile and León	84.25	81.47	87.06	5.59	−0.32	83.93	0.54	84.47	81.68	87.32	5.64	0.22
Catalonia	83.85	80.97	86.56	5.59	−0.51	83.34	1.03	84.37	81.58	87.02	5.44	0.52
Basque Country	84.05	81.07	86.96	5.89	−0.42	83.63	0.64	84.27	81.48	87.02	5.54	0.22
Castilla–La Mancha	83.45	81.17	85.96	4.79	−0.51	82.94	1.13	84.07	81.68	86.61	4.93	0.62
Galicia	83.55	80.67	86.46	5.79	−0.02	83.53	0.54	84.07	81.18	86.82	5.64	0.52
Balearic Islands (in the Mediterranean Sea)	83.75	81.37	86.06	4.69	−0.41	83.34	0.53	83.87	81.18	86.51	5.33	0.12
La Rioja	83.75	80.97	86.56	5.59	−0.81	82.94	0.93	83.87	81.08	86.71	5.63	0.12
Cantabria	83.45	80.77	86.16	5.39	0.18	83.63	0.14	83.77	81.08	86.21	5.13	0.32
Aragon	83.95	81.17	86.66	5.49	−0.81	83.14	0.53	83.67	80.88	86.51	5.63	−0.28
Valencia	83.06	80.37	85.76	5.39	−0.92	82.14	1.12	83.26	80.68	85.91	5.23	0.20
Extremadura	82.66	79.87	85.66	5.79	−0.72	81.94	1.22	83.16	80.47	85.81	5.34	0.50
Asturias	82.76	79.77	85.66	5.89	−0.12	82.64	0.52	83.16	80.37	85.81	5.44	0.40
Canary Islands (in the Atlantic Ocean)	83.06	80.57	85.66	5.09	−0.22	82.84	0.12	82.96	80.47	85.51	5.04	−0.10
Murcia	82.46	79.97	84.87	4.90	−0.52	81.94	0.82	82.76	80.07	85.51	5.44	0.30
Andalusia	82.16	79.47	84.77	5.30	−0.82	81.34	1.32	82.66	79.97	85.30	5.33	0.50
Melilla (autonomous city in Africa)	80.97	78.48	83.58	5.10	−1.22	79.75	2.61	82.36	80.37	84.40	4.03	1.39
Ceuta (autonomous city in Africa)	80.97	78.68	83.38	4.70	−2.21	78.76	2.29	81.05	79.26	82.79	3.53	0.08