List of Spanish provinces by life expectancy explained

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

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

autonomous community	2022				historical data
	male	female		2019		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
	84.76	82.08	87.11	5.03	84.93	−2.66	82.27	2.29	84.56	0.20	84.76	−0.17
	83.85	81.05	86.67	5.62	84.55	−1.22	83.33	0.93	84.26	−0.41	83.85	−0.70
	83.68	80.99	86.46	5.47	84.20	−1.67	82.53	1.41	83.94	−0.26	83.68	−0.52
	83.49	80.78	86.09	5.31	83.82	−1.57	82.25	1.09	83.34	0.15	83.49	−0.33
	83.49	80.72	86.12	5.40	83.98	−0.80	83.18	0.53	83.71	−0.22	83.49	−0.49
	83.33	80.89	85.83	4.94	83.57	−2.35	81.22	1.80	83.02	0.31	83.33	−0.24
	83.23	80.38	86.01	5.63	83.51	−0.18	83.33	0.08	83.41	−0.18	83.23	−0.28
	83.20	80.46	86.00	5.54	83.83	−1.33	82.50	0.77	83.27	−0.07	83.20	−0.63
	83.06	80.43	85.57	5.14	83.58	−0.58	83.00	0.63	83.63	−0.57	83.06	−0.52
	83.06	80.22	85.94	5.72	83.88	−1.50	82.38	0.87	83.25	−0.19	83.06	−0.82
	82.90	80.19	85.64	5.45	83.40	−0.29	83.11	−0.11	83.00	−0.10	82.90	−0.50
	82.47	79.84	85.08	5.24	82.95	−0.63	82.32	−0.11	82.21	0.26	82.47	−0.48
	82.46	79.65	85.14	5.49	82.84	−0.74	82.10	0.65	82.75	−0.29	82.46	−0.38
	82.40	79.77	85.14	5.37	82.84	−1.01	81.83	0.36	82.19	0.21	82.40	−0.44
	82.05	79.32	84.85	5.53	82.62	−0.36	82.26	−0.05	82.21	−0.16	82.05	−0.57
	81.86	79.17	84.54	5.37	82.20	−0.69	81.51	−0.05	81.46	0.40	81.86	−0.34
	81.78	79.28	84.30	5.02	82.42	−0.16	82.26	−0.14	82.12	−0.34	81.78	−0.64
	81.55	79.22	83.84	4.62	80.67	−1.85	78.82	0.90	79.72	1.83	81.55	0.88
	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.

	region	2019					2021	2021 →2022	2022	2019 →2022
	male	female		overall	overall	male	female	F
ES30		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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]}

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regions with the highest life expectancy . en . . 6 November 2023 . 22 January 2024.
2. Web site: Spanish Statistical Office: Life expectancy at birth by Province and by sex . en . . 26 January 2024.
3. Web site: Spanish Statistical Office: National Total. Total. 0 years old. Life Expectancy. Base data. . en . Instituto Nacional de Estadística . 26 January 2024.
4. Web site: Spanish Statistical Office: National Total. Males. 0 years old. Life Expectancy. Base data. . en . Instituto Nacional de Estadística . 26 January 2024.
5. Web site: Spanish Statistical Office: National Total. Females. 0 years old. Life Expectancy. Base data. . en . Instituto Nacional de Estadística . 26 January 2024.
6. Web site: Autonomous Communities of Spain - Life expectancy at birth . en . CountryEconomy.com . 24 January 2024.
7. Web site: Spain - Life expectancy at birth . en . CountryEconomy.com . 24 January 2024.
8. Web site: Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region . . en . 14 March 2024 . 28 March 2024. — Dataset
9. Web site: Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region . . en . 14 March 2024 . 28 March 2024. — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"