The distribution of wealth in Spain is not equal. Among the different municipalities There are differences in the average income received by its inhabitants, which depends, for example, on the type of activities carried out in the area.
The richest municipalities in Spain are Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Matadepera (Barcelona) and Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), while the poorest Huesa (Jaén), Iznalloz (Granada) and El Palmar de Troya (Seville) , according to the latest data published by the INE.
However, there is a gray scale between them. In the case of Canary Islands There are also municipalities located at both extremes.
The richest municipality in the Canary Islands is in Las Palmas
To determine which is the richest municipality in the archipelago, two data sources can be used. On the one hand, the Tax agency which published at the beginning of October the statistics of income tax filers by municipalities with more than 1,000 inhabitants and positions them according to their average gross income. On the other hand, the data from INE which allow us to know the average annual income per capita in municipalities with more than 2,000 inhabitants. The data corresponding to the year 2022 appears in the two documents, the latest available.
The richest municipality in the Canary Islands is located in the province of Las Palmas and east Santa Brígida. Both indicators place it as the municipality with the highest income.
According to INE data, Santa Brígida records a average annual income per person of 17,702 euros. Concerning the data provided by the Treasury, The average gross income amounts to 40,713 euros per year. In this way, Santa Brígida is at higher income levels than the cities that serve as provincial capitals.
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Santa Brígida (Las Palmas): 40,713 euros per year average gross income
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El Rosario (Tenerife): 35,118 euros per year average gross income
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Teguise (Las Palmas): 31,100 euros per year average gross income
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Las Palmas): 30,383 euros per year average gross income
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife): 29,864 euros per year average gross income
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Tegueste (Tenerife): 29,108 euros per year average gross income
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Candelaria (Tenerife): 28,810 euros per year average gross income
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Sauza (Tenerife): 28,699 euros per year average gross income
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Tías (Las Palmas): 28,159 euros per year average gross income
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Taraconte (Tenerife): 28,158 euros per year average gross income
According to this data, the poorest municipality in the Canary Islands is Aldea de San Nicolás, also in the province of Las Palmas, with 28,159 euros per year of average gross income. If we look at the INE data (populations of more than 2,000 inhabitants), the poorest municipality is La Oliva (Tenerife) with an average income of 8,512 euros per person per year.
To put the data in context, and according to the INE, the richest municipality in Spain, that is, the one with the highest average gross income (Pozuelo de Alarcón) reaches 85,323 euros. In the poorest city, Huesa (Jaén), the average gross annual income is 13,658 euros.
