NUTS 3

Alicante/Alacant

Region of Spain · NUTS code ES521

Among 59 NUTS 3 regions of Spain, Alicante/Alacant ranks best in gdp per capita (46th).

Over time

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

Alicante/Alacant vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
23,500 €/inh.
+1,800 vs 2022
46th of 59 in the country
Spain 34,210 €/inh. · -31%
2023 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
349.1 /km²
+6.8 vs 2023
9th of 59 in the country
Spain 97.2 /km² · +259%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
20.0 ‰
+0.7 vs 2023
2nd of 59 in the country
Spain 9.4 ‰ · +113%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
21.9 ‰
+0.7 vs 2023
2nd of 59 in the country
Spain 11.8 ‰ · +86%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
45.9 years
+0.2 vs 2024
34th of 59 in the country
Spain 45.8 years
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
21.0 %
+0.2 vs 2024
33rd 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
16,696 per 1,000
13th of 59 in the country
Spain 10,440 per 1,000 · +60%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For Comunitat Valenciana

Profile

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

Population
5,425,182
+105,897 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
83.5 years
+0.3 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
11.6 %
−1.0 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
16,000 €/inh.
+1,200 vs 2022
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
70.8 %
+0.5 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
30 per mn
+1 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
38.1 %
−0.1 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.14
−0.02 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
3.3 %
−0.6 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
3.3 %
+0.8 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
451 per 100k
+58 vs 2019
2020 · NUTS 2 ranking

Other regions in Comunitat Valenciana

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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