From Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya and Madrid to Badajoz, Jaén and Almería: the provinces with the highest and lowest average income per person in Spain

Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya and Madrid In 2022, they were the provinces with the highest average net income per person, of 18,325, 17,461 and 17,225 euros per year respectively, amounts very far from those presented by the provinces with the lowest income in Spain: Almeriacon 10.605; Jaenwith 11,074, and Badajozwith 11,158 euros, according to the Atlas of wealth distribution published this Tuesday by the INE.

The gap between citizens with more and less income has increased compared to the previous year by almost a thousand euros, going from 6,784 euros to 7,720 in 2022.

The map of Spain shows that together with the Basque Country and the Community of Madrid, the northeast zone of the country has income levels above the average -Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Aragon, the Foral Community of Navarra and Cantabria-, while the rest of the peninsula presents much lower levels.

By municipalities, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) remained in 2022 as the municipality of more than 2,000 inhabitants of highest income in Spainwith an average of 29,258 euros per inhabitant, as this media already published based on data from the Tax Agency, a figure that almost quadruple that of the lowest income municipality, Huesa (Jaén), with 7,603 euros.

After Pozuelo appear Matadepera (Barcelona, ​​24,814 euros), Boadilla del Monte (Madrid, 24,748 euros), Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona, ​​23,701 euros), Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona, ​​23,337 euros), Torredo (Madrid, 2333 euros). , Alella (Barcelona, ​​€22,937) and Getxo (Vizcaya, €22,802).

The fifteen municipalities with the highest average income were in four provinces: Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa.

With regard to the municipalities of lower average incomeAfter Huesa are Iznalloz (Granada, 7,777 euros), El Palmar de Troya (Seville, 7,779 euros), Albuñol (Granada, 7,949 euros), La Mojonera (Almería, 8,037 euros) and Pruna (Seville, 8,118 euros).

Of the fifteen municipalities with the lowest average income, twelve are in Andalusiatwo in Estremadura and one in Castilla-La Mancha.

The statistics reveal a great geographic disproportion of income, since while 88.4% of Basque municipalities are among the 25% with the highest income (that is, the average income exceeds 15,073 euros), 84.4% of Murcia are among the 25% with the lowest income (less than 11,537 euros).