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Ceuta

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83,595 people
1 January 2025

Trend · people

85,144 68,796
1996 2025
Share of Spain
0.2 %
of Spain's population

Trend · percent

0.2 0.2
1996 2025
Municipalities
1
0 with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants · 1 lost population over 10 years

Population

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Births and ageing

8.2 per 1,000 inhabitants
685 births in 2024 · Spain: 6.5

Trend · per 1,000 inhabitants

20.7 8.2
1975 2024
Children per woman INE: See the source profile
1.26
2024 · Spain: 1.10

Trend

3.1 1.2
1975 2024
13.7%
of the population in 2025 · Spain: 20.7%

Trend · percent

13.7 6.9
1971 2025
39.3 years
2025 · Spain: 44.5 years

Trend · years

39.3 29.8
1971 2025
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In 2024 the population of Ceuta changed by 4.7 per 1,000 inhabitants: 2.0 from births minus deaths and 2.7 from migration (from abroad and from other communities) and adjustments. 13.6% of its inhabitants were born abroad. Source: INE (Vital Statistics, Basic Demographic Indicators and Continuous Population Statistics).

Ceuta is a single-province community. See the provincial profile of Ceuta.

Municipalities

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The Ministry of Finance only publishes the outturn for Ceuta up to 2012, so the comparison with other communities is not shown.

The Banco de España does not publish separate debt figures for Ceuta: under the Excessive Deficit Procedure, Ceuta and Melilla are counted as local government.

Crime

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3,588 recorded offences in 2025 (Ministry of the Interior; includes regional police forces). 2020 is the lockdown year. Breakdown by type of offence and municipality in Crime.

Public employment

Public employees per 1,000 inhabitants Central Personnel Register: See the source profile
121.7
Spain: 62.5 · ranked 1 of 19 · 10,170 employees at 01/01/2026

Trend

121.8 112.9
2019-07 2026-01
14 %
of public employment · central government: 86% · local authorities: -%
€1,159 per person
2012, in 2025 euros · communities' average: €1,496 · total: €0.1 bn in current euros

Trend · per person

1,452.2 1,159.5
2002 2012
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Staff based in Ceuta across the three tiers of government: central government (Guardia Civil, National Police, armed forces, Tax Agency...), the community (healthcare, education, universities...) and local authorities. The jump in 2023 is partly due to a revision of the register. More in Public employment.


Unemployment and prices

22.4%
LFS 2026-T2 · average over the last year 24.0% · Spain 9.9%

Trend · percent

33.6 17.8
2016-Q3 2026-Q2
47.6%
2026-T2 · Spain 23.8%

Trend · percent

83.5 40.9
2016-Q3 2026-Q2
Registered unemployment SEPE: See the source profile
14.5 per 100 inhabitants
aged 16 to 64, 08/2026 · 8,241 people (-10.2% year on year)

Trend · per 100 inhabitants

18.4 14.5
2023-09 2026-08
2.9%
Annual CPI, 08/2026 · prices +24.4% since the end of 2019

Trend · percent

4.6 0.6
2023-09 2026-08
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Income and poverty

€14,138
per year, 2024 income adjusted for inflation · Spain €16,038 · ranked 14 of 19

Trend

14,662.3 10,736.4
2008 2025
37.0%
of the population, 2025 survey · Spain 19.5% · ranked 2 of 19 (1 = highest poverty)

Trend · percent

44.3 26.3
2008 2025
Poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) INE / SILC (ECV): See the source profile
40.8%
2025 survey · Spain 25.7%

Trend · percent

52.8 38.8
2014 2025
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Average net income per person in municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants (Household Income Distribution Atlas, 2023, 2025 euros).

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INE Living Conditions Survey: income refers to the year before the survey. More in Income, poverty and inequality.

Housing

€2,147/m²
Change: +3.2 % appraised value, 2026-T2 · Spain: €2,283/m² · real terms vs a year earlier

Trend · /m²

2,625.2 1,905.6
Start Latest value
€693/month
2024 · Spain: €641/month

Trend · /month

763.4 685.9
2011 2024
Sales per 1,000 inhabitants INE / ETDP: See the source profile
8.7
12 months to 07/2026 · Spain: 14.2

Trend

9.9 2.5
2007-12 2026-07
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Prices and rents in 2025 euros. More detail in Housing.

Pensions

Average retirement pension Social Security: See the source profile
€1,696/month
2026 (average of 9 months), 2025 euros · Spain: €1,527 · ranked 5 of 19

Trend · /month

1,662.8 1,285
2008 2025
Pensions per 1,000 inhabitants Social Security / INE: See the source profile
114
Spain: 214 · 84 for every 100 people aged 65+ · 9,572 pensions

Trend

112 93.6
2008 2025
2.61
Spain: 2.11 (data by community since 2021)

Trend

2.6 2.5
2021 2025

Social Security contributory pensions. Gross amounts for each of the 14 annual payments, adjusted for inflation. More in Pensions.

Education

14.6%
of 18-24-year-olds in 2024 · Spain: 13.0% · ranked 13 of 19 (1 = lowest)

Trend · percent

55.2 14.6
2000 2024
Adults with tertiary education Eurostat / LFS: See the source profile
33.5%
of 25-64-year-olds in 2025 · Spain: 42.4% · ranked 17 of 19

Trend · percent

35.9 16.6
2000 2025
Young people not in education or employment (NEET) Eurostat / LFS: See the source profile
14.2%
of 15-29-year-olds in 2025 · Spain: 11.5% · ranked 17 of 19 (1 = lowest)

Trend · percent

35.7 11.6
2000 2025
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Labour Force Survey harmonised by Eurostat (NUTS 2 regions). Regional figures come from small samples and fluctuate from year to year, especially in Ceuta and Melilla. Details and EU comparison in Education.

Tourism

1,728 per 1,000 inhabitants
in hotels and tourist apartments in 2025 · Spain: 9,016

Trend · per 1,000 inhabitants

2,217.9 1,165.6
2000 2025
50.8%
of beds, 2025 average · Spain: 61.3%

Trend · percent

64.5 38.9
2001 2025
0.16% of dwellings
0.6 per 1,000 inhabitants in May 2026 · Spain: 1.28%

Trend · % of dwellings

0.3 0.1
2020-08 2026-05
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144,454 hotel nights in 2025, 34.9% of them by travellers resident abroad (INE Hotel Occupancy Survey and Tourist Apartment Occupancy Survey; tourist dwellings are not included). More detail in Tourism.

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Businesses

Businesses per 1,000 inhabitants INE / DIRCE: See the source profile
38.7
Spain: 67.4 · ranked 19 of 19 · 3,236 businesses on 1 January 2025

Trend

49.6 38.7
1999 2025
Companies created per 100,000 inhabitants INE / Commercial Companies: See the source profile
93
in 2025 · Spain: 260 · dissolved: 26

Trend

127 67.7
2008 2025
11.2%
of people in work are self-employed (2025) · Spain: 14.7%

Trend · percent

19.6 9.2
2002 2025
0.28% of GDP
in 2024 · Spain: 1.50% · €67 per inhabitant (2025 euros)

Trend · % of GDP

0.3 0
2000 2024
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Active businesses on 1 January according to the Central Business Register, including the self-employed, counted in the community where they are headquartered. In 2023 the INE began counting only economically active businesses, which explains that year's drop. More data in Businesses, entrepreneurship and R&D.

Healthcare

94 days
Spain: 122 · ranked 9 of 19 (1 = shortest wait) · 31 December 2025

Trend · days

134 37
2016-12 2025-12
12.1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Spain: 17.7 · 15.1% have waited more than 6 months

Trend · per 1,000 inhabitants

14.8 6.8
2016-12 2025-12
72 days
Spain: 102 · first appointment

Trend · days

83 15
2016-12 2025-12
6.4 per 1,000 inhabitants
Spain: 4.6 · 2024

Trend · per 1,000 inhabitants

9.2 2.3
1999 2024
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Ceuta has 6.4 doctors and 2.0 hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants (Spain: 4.6 and 2.8; Eurostat, 2024). See Spain's health system.

National Health System waiting lists (SISLE-SNS): each community reports its data using its own counting criteria, so comparisons between communities are only indicative. Public health spending: spending by the community's health service (Public Health Expenditure Statistics), adjusted for inflation.

Elections

53.2%
23/7/2023 · Spain: 66.6%

Trend · percent

77.6 50.7
1977 2023
PP · 38.8%
second: PSOE (34.0%) · 1 seats at stake

Trend · percent

65.9 35.2
1977 2023
Effective number of parties Own calculation: See the source profile
3.1
by votes, latest general election

Trend

3.9 2
1977 2023
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Official sources

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