NUTS 3

Cantabria

Region of Spain · NUTS code ES130

Among 59 NUTS 3 regions of Spain, Cantabria ranks best in gdp per capita (26th).

Over time

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

Cantabria vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
28,400 €/inh.
+1,900 vs 2022
26th of 59 in the country
Spain 34,210 €/inh. · -17%
2023 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
112.4 /km²
+0.5 vs 2023
25th of 59 in the country
Spain 97.2 /km² · +16%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
4.7 ‰
+0.5 vs 2023
38th of 59 in the country
Spain 9.4 ‰ · -50%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
9.9 ‰
+0.5 vs 2023
37th of 59 in the country
Spain 11.8 ‰ · -16%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
48.9 years
+0.4 vs 2024
16th of 59 in the country
Spain 45.8 years · +7%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
24.5 %
+0.5 vs 2024
17th of 59 in the country
Spain 20.7 % · +18%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Map

NUTS 3

 

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

Society

Tourist nights
10,394 per 1,000
19th of 59 in the country
Spain 10,440 per 1,000
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For Cantabria

Profile

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

Population
593,623
+2,772 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
84.0 years
−0.2 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
7.3 %
−0.5 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
18,300 €/inh.
+1,200 vs 2022
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
73.7 %
+0.1 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
32 per mn
−9 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
47.8 %
−1.0 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
0.99
+0.02 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
3.3 %
−0.2 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
2.5 %
+0.6 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
595 per 100k
+80 vs 2019
2020 · NUTS 2 ranking

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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