Andalucia has recorded the second-lowest quality-of-life score among Spain’s 17 autonomous communities, ahead of only the Canary Islands.
The region scored 99.85 points in the 2025 Multidimensional Quality of Life Indicator, compiled by the National Statistics Institute and released this week. By comparison, the national average was 101.74.
Galicia finished marginally ahead at 99.88 points, while the Canary Islands scored 99.40.
The index combines 55 indicators across nine measures, including household finances, employment, health, education, leisure and social relationships, safety, governance, the environment and overall experience of life.
It brings together measurable conditions and residents’ own assessments, rather than simply ranking places by wealth or happiness.
Andalucia’s lowest dimension score was for leisure and social relationships, at 93.10 points.
This category considers factors such as social support, opportunities to socialise and whether people have someone to turn to for help or personal conversations.
Governance and basic rights scored 96.37, while material living conditions stood at 97.85.
Employment registered 99.39 points, the environment 99.87, and physical and personal safety approximately 100.
However, Andalucia performed better in ‘general experience of life’, which measures overall life satisfaction, positive feelings and a sense of meaning or purpose.
Its score of 103.02 exceeded the national figure of 102.74. It was the only one of the nine dimensions where Andalucia beat the Spanish average.
That placed it 11th among the autonomous communities, ahead of Madrid, Cantabria, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon and Galicia.
Navarra and the Balearic Islands led this category, scoring 107.25 and 107.18 respectively.
The findings suggest that Andalucia’s weaker results on employment, household circumstances and other measures do not translate directly into equally low satisfaction with life.
| Rank | Region / autonomous city | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navarra | 105.43 |
| 2 | La Rioja | 104.30 |
| 3 | Basque Country | 104.12 |
| 4 | Aragon | 103.62 |
| 5 | Balearic Islands | 103.54 |
| 6 | Cantabria | 103.32 |
| 7 | Asturias | 102.94 |
| 8 | Madrid | 102.81 |
| 9 | Valencia region | 102.74 |
| 10 | Extremadura | 101.79 |
| 11 | Castilla y Leon | 101.53 |
| 12 | Catalunya | 101.45 |
| 13 | Castilla-La Mancha | 101.16 |
| 14 | Murcia | 100.64 |
| 15 | Galicia | 99.88 |
| 16 | Andalucia | 99.85 |
| 17 | Canary Islands | 99.40 |
| 18 | Melilla* | 98.39 |
| 19 | Ceuta* | 98.33 |
Overall, Navarra has the best quality of life in Spain after leading the overall ranking with 105.43 points, followed by La Rioja at 104.30 and the Basque Country at 104.12.
Aragon ranked fourth at 103.62, ahead of the Balearic Islands at 103.54 and Cantabria at 103.32.
Read more Andalucia news at the Spanish Eye.
