List of Spanish provinces by life expectancy

According to estimation of Eurostat for 2021, Spanish regions have some of the highest life expectancies in the world.

Some Spanish regions are European leaders in this indicator. The Spanish capital region, Community of Madrid, has the highest life expectancy for women in Europe (88.2 years); this is followed by five other Spanish regions: Navarre (87.6 years), Castile and León (87.5 years), Cantabria (87.1 years), Galicia (87.0 years) and the Basque Country (87.0 years). Furthermore, Community of Madrid is second and Navarre is tied for fourth among the regions of Europe with the highest life expenctancy for men. ^[1]

National Statistics Institute (2022)

Statistics by province

Change of life expectancy in provinces of Spain
from 2019 to 2022 ^[2]

province	2022				historical data
	overall	male	female	sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2019 →2022
Spain on average	83.08	80.36	85.74	5.38	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.75	83.03	0.05	83.08	−0.45
Madrid	84.76	82.08	87.11	5.03	84.93	−2.66	82.27	2.29	84.56	0.20	84.76	−0.17
Segovia	84.41	81.77	87.21	5.44	84.70	−3.21	81.49	2.57	84.06	0.35	84.41	−0.29
Álava (Araba)	84.13	81.70	86.47	4.77	84.76	−1.17	83.59	0.72	84.31	−0.18	84.13	−0.63
Salamanca	84.12	81.55	86.67	5.12	84.69	−2.16	82.53	2.20	84.73	−0.61	84.12	−0.57
Valladolid	84.09	81.48	86.63	5.15	84.62	−1.70	82.92	1.04	83.96	0.13	84.09	−0.53
Burgos	83.87	81.05	86.89	5.84	84.52	−1.34	83.18	1.37	84.55	−0.68	83.87	−0.65
Navarre	83.85	81.05	86.67	5.62	84.55	−1.22	83.33	0.93	84.26	−0.41	83.85	−0.70
Toledo	83.77	81.34	86.26	4.92	83.79	−2.23	81.56	1.40	82.96	0.81	83.77	−0.02
Guadalajara	83.72	81.91	85.58	3.67	84.73	−2.44	82.29	1.57	83.86	−0.14	83.72	−1.01
Barcelona	83.69	80.95	86.24	5.29	84.01	−1.79	82.22	1.26	83.48	0.21	83.69	−0.32
Zamora	83.62	80.93	86.53	5.60	83.42	−0.52	82.90	1.25	84.15	−0.53	83.62	0.20
Ourense	83.58	80.58	86.64	6.06	83.57	−0.51	83.06	0.46	83.52	0.06	83.58	0.01
Ávila	83.41	81.43	85.53	4.10	83.95	−1.71	82.24	1.33	83.57	−0.16	83.41	−0.54
Biscay	83.39	80.66	85.92	5.26	83.65	−0.66	82.99	0.71	83.70	−0.31	83.39	−0.26
Gipuzkoa	83.39	80.37	86.35	5.98	84.17	−0.84	83.33	0.14	83.47	−0.08	83.39	−0.78
Soria	83.29	80.82	86.12	5.30	84.48	−2.22	82.26	1.37	83.63	−0.34	83.29	−1.19
León	83.29	80.45	86.18	5.73	83.62	−1.14	82.48	1.01	83.49	−0.20	83.29	−0.33
Pontevedra	83.26	80.49	85.87	5.38	83.59	−0.19	83.40	0.25	83.65	−0.39	83.26	−0.33
Lugo	83.23	80.74	85.80	5.06	83.71	−0.61	83.10	0.28	83.38	−0.15	83.23	−0.48
La Rioja	83.20	80.46	86.00	5.54	83.83	−1.33	82.50	0.77	83.27	−0.07	83.20	−0.63
Teruel	83.14	80.28	86.47	6.19	84.20	−1.55	82.65	1.04	83.69	−0.55	83.14	−1.06
A Coruña	83.11	80.13	85.99	5.86	83.35	0.08	83.43	−0.29	83.14	−0.03	83.11	−0.24
Cuenca	83.09	80.96	85.35	4.39	83.62	−2.84	80.78	2.58	83.36	−0.27	83.09	−0.53
Zaragoza	83.07	80.22	85.86	5.64	83.78	−1.56	82.22	0.86	83.08	−0.01	83.07	−0.71
Cantabria	83.06	80.43	85.57	5.14	83.58	−0.58	83.00	0.63	83.63	−0.57	83.06	−0.52
Girona	83.02	80.42	85.68	5.26	83.15	−0.52	82.63	0.39	83.02	0.00	83.02	−0.13
Lleida	83.01	80.27	85.92	5.65	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.48	82.76	0.25	83.01	−0.52
Albacete	82.99	80.30	85.79	5.49	83.31	−1.95	81.36	1.85	83.21	−0.22	82.99	−0.32
Ciudad Real	82.95	80.25	85.67	5.42	82.98	−2.62	80.36	2.08	82.44	0.51	82.95	−0.03
Huesca	82.94	80.13	86.02	5.89	84.14	−1.22	82.92	0.77	83.69	−0.75	82.94	−1.20
Balearic Islands	82.90	80.19	85.64	5.45	83.40	−0.29	83.11	−0.11	83.00	−0.10	82.90	−0.50
Tarragona	82.86	80.22	85.56	5.34	83.30	−1.10	82.20	0.74	82.94	−0.08	82.86	−0.44
Granada	82.67	80.10	85.23	5.13	82.43	−1.03	81.40	0.40	81.80	0.87	82.67	0.24
Alicante (Alacant)	82.62	79.96	85.36	5.40	83.09	−0.67	82.42	−0.21	82.21	0.41	82.62	−0.47
Castellón (Castelló)	82.57	79.82	85.41	5.59	82.83	−0.13	82.70	−0.55	82.15	0.42	82.57	−0.26
Cáceres	82.53	80.11	85.05	4.94	83.47	−1.75	81.72	0.90	82.62	−0.09	82.53	−0.94
Asturias	82.46	79.65	85.14	5.49	82.84	−0.74	82.10	0.65	82.75	−0.29	82.46	−0.38
Valencia (València)	82.34	79.76	84.81	5.05	82.88	−0.72	82.16	0.06	82.22	0.12	82.34	−0.54
Badajoz	82.29	79.55	85.12	5.57	82.43	−0.53	81.90	−0.01	81.89	0.40	82.29	−0.14
Palencia	82.27	78.98	85.87	6.89	83.30	−2.13	81.17	1.31	82.48	−0.21	82.27	−1.03
Málaga	82.15	79.66	84.62	4.96	82.54	−0.57	81.97	−0.15	81.82	0.33	82.15	−0.39
Murcia	82.05	79.32	84.85	5.53	82.62	−0.36	82.26	−0.05	82.21	−0.16	82.05	−0.57
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	82.01	79.38	84.62	5.24	82.56	0.07	82.63	−0.33	82.30	−0.29	82.01	−0.55
Córdoba	81.94	79.02	84.85	5.83	82.75	−0.50	82.25	−0.13	82.12	−0.18	81.94	−0.81
Seville	81.74	78.97	84.42	5.45	81.99	−0.60	81.39	0.05	81.44	0.30	81.74	−0.25
Jaén	81.72	79.03	84.44	5.41	82.28	−0.93	81.35	0.45	81.80	−0.08	81.72	−0.56
Huelva	81.59	78.70	84.57	5.87	81.84	−0.41	81.43	−0.27	81.16	0.43	81.59	−0.25
Las Palmas	81.56	79.19	83.98	4.79	82.27	−0.37	81.90	0.02	81.92	−0.36	81.56	−0.71
Melilla (auton. city)	81.55	79.22	83.84	4.62	80.67	−1.85	78.82	0.90	79.72	1.83	81.55	0.88
Cádiz	81.44	78.75	84.16	5.41	81.71	−0.63	81.08	−0.33	80.75	0.69	81.44	−0.27
Almería	81.31	78.68	84.10	5.42	81.93	−0.73	81.20	−0.59	80.61	0.70	81.31	−0.62
Ceuta (auton. city)	79.71	77.95	81.45	3.50	80.42	−1.28	79.14	−0.84	78.30	1.41	79.71	−0.71
province	overall	male	female	sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2019 →2022

Data source: National Statistics Institute (Spain) (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Statistics by autonomous community

Change of life expectancy in autonomous communities of Spain from 2019 to 2022 ^[6]

autonomous community	2022				historical data
	overall	male	female	sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2019 →2022
Spain on average	83.08	80.36	85.74	5.38	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.75	83.03	0.05	83.08	−0.45
Madrid	84.76	82.08	87.11	5.03	84.93	−2.66	82.27	2.29	84.56	0.20	84.76	−0.17
Navarre	83.85	81.05	86.67	5.62	84.55	−1.22	83.33	0.93	84.26	−0.41	83.85	−0.70
Castile and León	83.68	80.99	86.46	5.47	84.20	−1.67	82.53	1.41	83.94	−0.26	83.68	−0.52
Catalonia	83.49	80.78	86.09	5.31	83.82	−1.57	82.25	1.09	83.34	0.15	83.49	−0.33
Basque Country	83.49	80.72	86.12	5.40	83.98	−0.80	83.18	0.53	83.71	−0.22	83.49	−0.49
Castilla–La Mancha	83.33	80.89	85.83	4.94	83.57	−2.35	81.22	1.80	83.02	0.31	83.33	−0.24
Galicia	83.23	80.38	86.01	5.63	83.51	−0.18	83.33	0.08	83.41	−0.18	83.23	−0.28
La Rioja	83.20	80.46	86.00	5.54	83.83	−1.33	82.50	0.77	83.27	−0.07	83.20	−0.63
Cantabria	83.06	80.43	85.57	5.14	83.58	−0.58	83.00	0.63	83.63	−0.57	83.06	−0.52
Aragon	83.06	80.22	85.94	5.72	83.88	−1.50	82.38	0.87	83.25	−0.19	83.06	−0.82
Balearic Islands	82.90	80.19	85.64	5.45	83.40	−0.29	83.11	−0.11	83.00	−0.10	82.90	−0.50
Valencia	82.47	79.84	85.08	5.24	82.95	−0.63	82.32	−0.11	82.21	0.26	82.47	−0.48
Asturias	82.46	79.65	85.14	5.49	82.84	−0.74	82.10	0.65	82.75	−0.29	82.46	−0.38
Extremadura	82.40	79.77	85.14	5.37	82.84	−1.01	81.83	0.36	82.19	0.21	82.40	−0.44
Murcia	82.05	79.32	84.85	5.53	82.62	−0.36	82.26	−0.05	82.21	−0.16	82.05	−0.57
Andalusia	81.86	79.17	84.54	5.37	82.20	−0.69	81.51	−0.05	81.46	0.40	81.86	−0.34
Canary Islands	81.78	79.28	84.30	5.02	82.42	−0.16	82.26	−0.14	82.12	−0.34	81.78	−0.64
Melilla (auton. city)	81.55	79.22	83.84	4.62	80.67	−1.85	78.82	0.90	79.72	1.83	81.55	0.88
Ceuta (auton. city)	79.71	77.95	81.45	3.50	80.42	−1.28	79.14	−0.84	78.30	1.41	79.71	−0.71

Data source: CountryEconomy.com ^{[6] [7]}

Eurostat (2019—2022)

See also: List of European regions by life expectancy

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 2022.

code	region	2019				2019 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
		overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall		overall	male	female	F Δ M
ES30	Madrid	85.8	83.0	88.2	5.2	−0.4	85.4	−0.2	85.2	82.4	87.7	5.3	−0.6
ES22	Navarre	85.0	82.4	87.5	5.1	−0.2	84.8	−0.9	83.9	81.0	86.9	5.9	−1.1
ES41	Castile and León	84.7	81.8	87.6	5.8	−0.4	84.3	−0.5	83.8	81.0	86.7	5.7	−0.9
ES51	Catalonia	84.3	81.3	87.1	5.8	−0.6	83.7	0.0	83.7	80.9	86.4	5.5	−0.6
ES21	Basque Country	84.5	81.4	87.5	6.1	−0.5	84.0	−0.4	83.6	80.8	86.4	5.6	−0.9
ES42	Castilla–La Mancha	83.9	81.5	86.5	5.0	−0.6	83.3	0.1	83.4	81.0	86.0	5.0	−0.5
ES11	Galicia	84.0	81.0	87.0	6.0	−0.1	83.9	−0.5	83.4	80.5	86.2	5.7	−0.6
ES53	Balearic Islands	84.2	81.7	86.6	4.9	−0.5	83.7	−0.5	83.2	80.5	85.9	5.4	−1.0
ES23	La Rioja	84.2	81.3	87.1	5.8	−0.9	83.3	−0.1	83.2	80.4	86.1	5.7	−1.0
ES13	Cantabria	83.9	81.1	86.7	5.6	0.1	84.0	−0.9	83.1	80.4	85.6	5.2	−0.8
ES24	Aragon	84.4	81.5	87.2	5.7	−0.9	83.5	−0.5	83.0	80.2	85.9	5.7	−1.4
ES52	Valencian Community	83.5	80.7	86.3	5.6	−1.0	82.5	0.1	82.6	80.0	85.3	5.3	−0.9
ES43	Extremadura	83.1	80.2	86.2	6.0	−0.8	82.3	0.2	82.5	79.8	85.2	5.4	−0.6
ES12	Asturias	83.2	80.1	86.2	6.1	−0.2	83.0	−0.5	82.5	79.7	85.2	5.5	−0.7
ES70	Canary Islands (in the Atlantic Ocean)	83.5	80.9	86.2	5.3	−0.3	83.2	−0.9	82.3	79.8	84.9	5.1	−1.2
ES62	Murcia	82.9	80.3	85.4	5.1	−0.6	82.3	−0.2	82.1	79.4	84.9	5.5	−0.8
ES61	Andalusia	82.6	79.8	85.3	5.5	−0.9	81.7	0.3	82.0	79.3	84.7	5.4	−0.6
ES64	Melilla (autonomous city in Africa)	81.4	78.8	84.1	5.3	−1.3	80.1	1.6	81.7	79.7	83.8	4.1	0.3
ES63	Ceuta (autonomous city in Africa)	81.4	79.0	83.9	4.9	−2.3	79.1	1.3	80.4	78.6	82.2	3.6	−1.0

Data source: Eurostat ^{[8] [9]}

Life expectancy in Spanish regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat ^{[8] [9]}
(legends on the maps are identical)

Charts

• 
  Development of life expectancy in Spain according to estimation of the World Bank Group ^[10]
• 
  Life expectancy with calculated sex gap ^[10]
• 
  Life expectancy in comparison to prime ministers of the country ^[10]
• 
  Life expectancy in Spain according to estimation of Our World in Data ^[11]
• 
  Development of life expectancy in Spain in comparison to the largest by population European countries ^[10]

• 
  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Spain on the background of other countries of the world in 2019 ^[12]
• 
  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately ^[12]

• 
  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Spain on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019 ^[12]
• 
  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately ^[12]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of European countries by life expectancy
• Political divisions of Spain
• Demographics of Spain

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