Passenger vehicles by Spanish port: annual series since 1973

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In 2025 the port system totals 7,445,783 vehicles (total), 2.9% more than in 2024. It is the highest value in the series, which starts in 1973. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Bahía de Algeciras and Baleares account for 62.3% of the total.

Port system · 2025

Total

7,445,783 vehicles

+2.9% vs 2024

System trend · Total (1973–2025)

Ten largest volumes · Total (2025)

Figures in vehicles.

#	Port authority	Embarked, domestic	Disembarked, domestic	Total domestic	Embarked, foreign	Disembarked, foreign	Total foreign	Embarked	Disembarked	Total	% of system	Chg. 2024–2025
1	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	953,055	956,040	1,909,095	0	0	0	953,055	956,040	1,909,095	25.64%	+5.8%
2	Bahía de Algeciras	249,693	245,245	494,938	467,033	447,197	914,230	716,726	692,442	1,409,168	18.93%	+6.3%
3	Baleares	635,764	650,138	1,285,902	17,693	17,661	35,354	653,457	667,799	1,321,256	17.75%	-0.8%
4	Las Palmas	332,755	331,320	664,075	0	0	0	332,755	331,320	664,075	8.92%	-4.6%
5	Barcelona	198,044	190,064	388,108	93,596	89,555	183,151	291,640	279,619	571,259	7.67%	+7.6%
6	Ceuta	245,288	249,512	494,800	0	0	0	245,288	249,512	494,800	6.65%	+2.5%
7	Valencia	111,833	97,349	209,182	20,198	17,944	38,142	132,031	115,293	247,324	3.32%	+4.9%
8	Almería	23,845	16,162	40,007	100,609	98,007	198,616	124,454	114,169	238,623	3.2%	-8.1%
9	Melilla	73,124	78,163	151,287	0	0	0	73,124	78,163	151,287	2.03%	-10.1%
10	Santander	0	0	0	51,443	51,700	103,143	51,443	51,700	103,143	1.39%	-0.3%
11	Málaga	38,558	44,333	82,891	0	0	0	38,558	44,333	82,891	1.11%	+2.1%
12	Alicante	0	0	0	38,314	36,197	74,511	38,314	36,197	74,511	1%	+60.8%
13	Bilbao	0	0	0	32,997	36,226	69,223	32,997	36,226	69,223	0.93%	+8.8%
14	Motril	15,456	12,575	28,031	10,754	13,488	24,242	26,210	26,063	52,273	0.7%	+9%
15	Huelva	16,388	14,504	30,892	0	0	0	16,388	14,504	30,892	0.41%	-5.1%
16	Bahía de Cádiz	14,431	11,532	25,963	0	0	0	14,431	11,532	25,963	0.35%	+12%
17	Avilés	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
18	Ferrol-San Cibrao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
19	Castellón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
20	Vigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
21	Tarragona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
22	Gijón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
23	A Coruña	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
24	Marín y Ría de Pontevedra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
25	Vilagarcía	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
26	Pasaia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
27	Cartagena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
28	Sevilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
	System total	2,908,234	2,896,937	5,805,171	832,637	807,975	1,640,612	3,740,871	3,704,912	7,445,783	100%	+2.9%

Source: Puertos del Estado, Annual Data Dashboard. Consolidated series by port authority. See all statistics

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