NUTS 3

Albacete

Region of Spain · NUTS code ES421

Among 59 NUTS 3 regions of Spain, Albacete ranks best in gdp per capita (32nd).

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Albacete vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
26,500 €/inh.
+1,900 vs 2022
32nd of 59 in the country
Spain 34,210 €/inh. · -23%
2023 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
26.2 /km²
+0.1 vs 2023
47th of 59 in the country
Spain 97.2 /km² · -73%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
4.3 ‰
+0.3 vs 2023
42nd of 59 in the country
Spain 9.4 ‰ · -54%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
7.6 ‰
+0.7 vs 2023
48th of 59 in the country
Spain 11.8 ‰ · -36%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
46.3 years
+0.4 vs 2024
32nd of 59 in the country
Spain 45.8 years
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
20.8 %
+0.5 vs 2024
34th of 59 in the country
Spain 20.7 %
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Map

NUTS 3

 

Boundaries: IGN, © Instituto Geográfico Nacional de España, simplified · sources and licences

Society

Tourist nights
3,708 per 1,000
46th of 59 in the country
Spain 10,440 per 1,000 · -64%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For Castilla-La Mancha

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 3 regions, only for the larger region Albacete belongs to.

Population
2,126,378
+21,945 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
83.9 years
0 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
12.8 %
−0.5 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
15,800 €/inh.
+900 vs 2022
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
70.3 %
+1.4 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
50 per mn
−8 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
33.3 %
−0.3 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.19
+0.01 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
3.7 %
+0.3 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
3.5 %
+3.3 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
277 per 100k
−6 vs 2019
2020 · NUTS 2 ranking

Other regions in Castilla-La Mancha

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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