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 (2023)

Statistics by province

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

province	2023				historical data
province	overall	male	female	sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023	2019 →2023
Spain on average	83.77	81.11	86.34	5.23	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.75	83.03	0.05	83.08	0.69	83.77	0.24
Salamanca	85.40	82.64	88.12	5.48	84.69	−2.16	82.53	2.20	84.73	−0.61	84.12	1.28	85.40	0.71
Madrid	85.39	82.92	87.51	4.59	84.93	−2.66	82.27	2.29	84.56	0.20	84.76	0.63	85.39	0.46
Zamora	85.15	82.51	87.96	5.45	83.42	−0.52	82.90	1.25	84.15	−0.53	83.62	1.53	85.15	1.73
Álava (Araba)	85.07	82.37	87.67	5.30	84.76	−1.17	83.59	0.72	84.31	−0.18	84.13	0.94	85.07	0.31
Navarre	84.79	82.27	87.24	4.97	84.55	−1.22	83.33	0.93	84.26	−0.41	83.85	0.94	84.79	0.24
Soria	84.73	81.81	88.15	6.34	84.48	−2.22	82.26	1.37	83.63	−0.34	83.29	1.44	84.73	0.25
Valladolid	84.72	82.33	86.96	4.63	84.62	−1.70	82.92	1.04	83.96	0.13	84.09	0.63	84.72	0.10
Guadalajara	84.71	82.52	87.04	4.52	84.73	−2.44	82.29	1.57	83.86	−0.14	83.72	0.99	84.71	−0.02
Biscay	84.42	81.67	86.95	5.28	83.65	−0.66	82.99	0.71	83.70	−0.31	83.39	1.03	84.42	0.77
Ávila	84.41	82.44	86.46	4.02	83.95	−1.71	82.24	1.33	83.57	−0.16	83.41	1.00	84.41	0.46
Huesca	84.41	81.69	87.29	5.60	84.14	−1.22	82.92	0.77	83.69	−0.75	82.94	1.47	84.41	0.27
Toledo	84.29	81.95	86.67	4.72	83.79	−2.23	81.56	1.40	82.96	0.81	83.77	0.52	84.29	0.50
Burgos	84.23	81.72	86.86	5.14	84.52	−1.34	83.18	1.37	84.55	−0.68	83.87	0.36	84.23	−0.29
León	84.20	81.46	86.91	5.45	83.62	−1.14	82.48	1.01	83.49	−0.20	83.29	0.91	84.20	0.58
Cantabria	84.20	81.37	86.91	5.54	83.58	−0.58	83.00	0.63	83.63	−0.57	83.06	1.14	84.20	0.62
La Rioja	84.17	81.44	86.94	5.50	83.83	−1.33	82.50	0.77	83.27	−0.07	83.20	0.97	84.17	0.34
Teruel	84.17	81.43	87.17	5.74	84.20	−1.55	82.65	1.04	83.69	−0.55	83.14	1.03	84.17	−0.03
Barcelona	84.15	81.46	86.65	5.19	84.01	−1.79	82.22	1.26	83.48	0.21	83.69	0.46	84.15	0.14
Gipuzkoa	84.15	81.34	86.86	5.52	84.17	−0.84	83.33	0.14	83.47	−0.08	83.39	0.76	84.15	−0.02
Palencia	84.04	81.02	87.26	6.24	83.30	−2.13	81.17	1.31	82.48	−0.21	82.27	1.77	84.04	0.74
Zaragoza	83.97	81.09	86.76	5.67	83.78	−1.56	82.22	0.86	83.08	−0.01	83.07	0.90	83.97	0.19
Segovia	83.92	81.25	86.66	5.41	84.70	−3.21	81.49	2.57	84.06	0.35	84.41	−0.49	83.92	−0.78
A Coruña	83.72	80.78	86.53	5.75	83.35	0.08	83.43	−0.29	83.14	−0.03	83.11	0.61	83.72	0.37
Balearic Islands	83.71	81.33	86.04	4.71	83.40	−0.29	83.11	−0.11	83.00	−0.10	82.90	0.81	83.71	0.31
Lleida	83.65	80.97	86.45	5.48	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.48	82.76	0.25	83.01	0.64	83.65	0.12
Pontevedra	83.62	80.49	86.63	6.14	83.59	−0.19	83.40	0.25	83.65	−0.39	83.26	0.36	83.62	0.03
Albacete	83.61	81.13	86.14	5.01	83.31	−1.95	81.36	1.85	83.21	−0.22	82.99	0.62	83.61	0.30
Ourense	83.51	80.20	86.90	6.70	83.57	−0.51	83.06	0.46	83.52	0.06	83.58	−0.07	83.51	−0.06
Girona	83.50	80.88	86.17	5.29	83.15	−0.52	82.63	0.39	83.02	0.00	83.02	0.48	83.50	0.35
Lugo	83.38	80.72	86.13	5.41	83.71	−0.61	83.10	0.28	83.38	−0.15	83.23	0.15	83.38	−0.33
Cuenca	83.30	80.70	86.12	5.42	83.62	−2.84	80.78	2.58	83.36	−0.27	83.09	0.21	83.30	−0.32
Castellón (Castelló)	83.29	80.69	85.92	5.23	82.83	−0.13	82.70	−0.55	82.15	0.42	82.57	0.72	83.29	0.46
Cáceres	83.28	80.80	85.83	5.03	83.47	−1.75	81.72	0.90	82.62	−0.09	82.53	0.75	83.28	−0.19
Tarragona	83.24	80.78	85.72	4.94	83.30	−1.10	82.20	0.74	82.94	−0.08	82.86	0.38	83.24	−0.06
Alicante (Alacant)	83.21	80.75	85.67	4.92	83.09	−0.67	82.42	−0.21	82.21	0.41	82.62	0.59	83.21	0.12
Asturias	83.11	80.30	85.74	5.44	82.84	−0.74	82.10	0.65	82.75	−0.29	82.46	0.65	83.11	0.27
Ciudad Real	83.05	80.49	85.60	5.11	82.98	−2.62	80.36	2.08	82.44	0.51	82.95	0.10	83.05	0.07
Valencia (València)	82.97	80.25	85.58	5.33	82.88	−0.72	82.16	0.06	82.22	0.12	82.34	0.63	82.97	0.09
Granada	82.94	80.32	85.52	5.20	82.43	−1.03	81.40	0.40	81.80	0.87	82.67	0.27	82.94	0.51
Málaga	82.90	80.48	85.26	4.78	82.54	−0.57	81.97	−0.15	81.82	0.33	82.15	0.75	82.90	0.36
Badajoz	82.90	80.34	85.50	5.16	82.43	−0.53	81.90	−0.01	81.89	0.40	82.29	0.61	82.90	0.47
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	82.85	80.39	85.26	4.87	82.56	0.07	82.63	−0.33	82.30	−0.29	82.01	0.84	82.85	0.29
Murcia	82.82	80.36	85.28	4.92	82.62	−0.36	82.26	−0.05	82.21	−0.16	82.05	0.77	82.82	0.20
Jaén	82.68	80.04	85.32	5.28	82.28	−0.93	81.35	0.45	81.80	−0.08	81.72	0.96	82.68	0.40
Córdoba	82.63	80.00	85.18	5.18	82.75	−0.50	82.25	−0.13	82.12	−0.18	81.94	0.69	82.63	−0.12
Seville	82.58	79.88	85.16	5.28	81.99	−0.60	81.39	0.05	81.44	0.30	81.74	0.84	82.58	0.59
Las Palmas	82.08	79.52	84.69	5.17	82.27	−0.37	81.90	0.02	81.92	−0.36	81.56	0.52	82.08	−0.19
Cádiz	82.01	79.24	84.77	5.53	81.71	−0.63	81.08	−0.33	80.75	0.69	81.44	0.57	82.01	0.30
Huelva	81.83	79.37	84.34	4.97	81.84	−0.41	81.43	−0.27	81.16	0.43	81.59	0.24	81.83	−0.01
Almería	81.81	79.11	84.69	5.58	81.93	−0.73	81.20	−0.59	80.61	0.70	81.31	0.50	81.81	−0.12
Melilla (auton. city)	81.61	79.73	83.45	3.72	80.67	−1.85	78.82	0.90	79.72	1.83	81.55	0.06	81.61	0.94
Ceuta (auton. city)	81.11	78.78	83.43	4.65	80.42	−1.28	79.14	−0.84	78.30	1.41	79.71	1.40	81.11	0.69

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	2023				historical data
autonomous community	overall	male	female	sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023	2019 →2023
Spain on average	83.77	81.11	86.34	5.23	83.53	−1.25	82.28	0.75	83.03	0.05	83.08	0.69	83.77	0.24
Madrid	85.39	82.92	87.51	4.59	84.93	−2.66	82.27	2.29	84.56	0.20	84.76	0.63	85.39	0.46
Navarre	84.79	82.27	87.24	4.97	84.55	−1.22	83.33	0.93	84.26	−0.41	83.85	0.94	84.79	0.24
Castile and León	84.54	81.95	87.15	5.20	84.20	−1.67	82.53	1.41	83.94	−0.26	83.68	0.86	84.54	0.34
Basque Country	84.42	81.65	87.02	5.37	83.98	−0.80	83.18	0.52	83.70	−0.21	83.49	0.93	84.42	0.44
Cantabria	84.20	81.37	86.91	5.54	83.58	−0.58	83.00	0.63	83.63	−0.57	83.06	1.14	84.20	0.62
La Rioja	84.17	81.44	86.94	5.50	83.83	−1.33	82.50	0.77	83.27	−0.07	83.20	0.97	84.17	0.34
Aragon	84.07	81.24	86.89	5.65	83.88	−1.50	82.38	0.87	83.25	−0.19	83.06	1.01	84.07	0.19
Catalonia	83.96	81.29	86.49	5.20	83.82	−1.57	82.25	1.09	83.34	0.15	83.49	0.47	83.96	0.14
Castilla–La Mancha	83.78	81.36	86.27	4.91	83.57	−2.35	81.22	1.80	83.02	0.31	83.33	0.45	83.78	0.21
Balearic Islands	83.71	81.33	86.04	4.71	83.40	−0.29	83.11	−0.11	83.00	−0.10	82.90	0.81	83.71	0.31
Galicia	83.62	80.61	86.56	5.95	83.51	−0.18	83.33	0.08	83.41	−0.18	83.23	0.39	83.62	0.11
Asturias	83.11	80.30	85.74	5.44	82.84	−0.74	82.10	0.65	82.75	−0.29	82.46	0.65	83.11	0.27
Valencia	83.10	80.49	85.65	5.16	82.95	−0.63	82.32	−0.11	82.21	0.26	82.47	0.63	83.10	0.15
Extremadura	83.06	80.53	85.64	5.11	82.84	−1.01	81.83	0.36	82.19	0.21	82.40	0.66	83.06	0.22
Murcia	82.82	80.36	85.28	4.92	82.62	−0.36	82.26	−0.05	82.21	−0.16	82.05	0.77	82.82	0.20
Andalusia	82.49	79.87	85.08	5.21	82.20	−0.69	81.51	−0.05	81.46	0.40	81.86	0.63	82.49	0.29
Canary Islands	82.46	79.95	84.98	5.03	82.42	−0.16	82.26	−0.14	82.12	−0.34	81.78	0.68	82.46	0.04
Melilla (auton. city)	81.61	79.73	83.45	3.72	80.67	−1.85	78.82	0.90	79.72	1.83	81.55	0.06	81.61	0.94
Ceuta (auton. city)	81.11	78.78	83.43	4.65	80.42	−1.28	79.14	−0.84	78.30	1.41	79.71	1.40	81.11	0.69

Data source: National Statistics Institute (Spain) (Instituto Nacional de Estadística)^[7]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Eurostat (2019—2022)

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
code	region	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2021	overall	2021 →2022	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2022
	Spain on average	84.0	81.1	86.7	5.6	−0.7	83.3	−0.1	83.2	80.5	85.9	5.4	−0.8
ES30	Madrid	85.8	83.0	88.2	5.2	−0.6	85.2	0.0	85.2	82.4	87.7	5.3	−0.6
ES22	Navarre	85.0	82.4	87.5	5.1	−0.3	84.7	−0.8	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	−0.4	84.1	−0.5	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	−1.0	83.2	0.0	83.2	80.5	85.9	5.4	−1.0
ES23	La Rioja	84.2	81.3	87.1	5.8	−0.8	83.4	−0.2	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	−1.1	82.4	0.2	82.6	80.0	85.3	5.3	−0.9
ES43	Extremadura	83.1	80.2	86.2	6.0	−0.7	82.4	0.1	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	−0.9	82.6	−0.3	82.3	79.8	84.9	5.1	−1.2
ES62	Murcia	82.9	80.3	85.4	5.1	−0.5	82.4	−0.3	82.1	79.4	84.9	5.5	−0.8
ES61	Andalusia	82.6	79.8	85.3	5.5	−1.0	81.6	0.4	82.0	79.3	84.7	5.4	−0.6
ES64	Melilla (autonomous city in Africa)	81.4	78.8	84.1	5.3	−1.5	79.9	1.8	81.7	79.7	83.8	4.1	0.3
ES63	Ceuta (autonomous city in Africa)	81.4	79.0	83.9	4.9	−2.8	78.6	1.8	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)

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

Data source: Global Data Lab^[10]

Charts

Development of life expectancy in Spain according to estimation of the World Bank Group^[11]
Life expectancy with calculated sex gap^[11]
Life expectancy in comparison to prime ministers of the country^[11]
Life expectancy in Spain according to estimation of Our World in Data^[12]
Development of life expectancy in Spain in comparison to the largest by population European countries^[11]

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Spain on the background of other countries of the world in 2019^[13]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[13]

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Spain on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019^[13]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[13]

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