Arrecife, Yaiza and Tías are the municipalities that have the lowest incomes in Lanzarote. According to the updated data by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the conejera town with the lowest average income per inhabitant is Arrecife, with 11,144 net euros per year, or what is the same, 928.6 euros per month in twelve payments.
The capital of the island is followed by Yaiza, as the second municipality with the lowest income, where an average of 11,813 euros per year is charged (984.4 euros per month); After Yaiza is Tías, where the population receives 11,879 euros per year (989.9 euros per month).
Among the municipalities with the highest income on the island are Teguise (which also includes La Graciosa), with 14,306 euros per year (1,192.16 euros per month in twelve months); Haría, with 13,582 net euros per year (1,131.83 euros per month), San Bartolomé, where the population receives an average of 13,437 euros per year (1,119.75 euros per month) and Tinajo, with 12,865 euros of average annual income (1,072 euros per month).
One of the lowest incomes per inhabitant in the Canary Islands
According to these same data, the average net income per person in Lanzarote stood at 1,228 euros per month in 2022, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year. Although this increase is greater than that of the Canary Islands average in the same period, which was 8%, the island of volcanoes continues to have one of the lowest incomes in the autonomous community. This is shown by the figures broken down by islands of the Lanzarote Data Center, based on data from the National Institute of Statistics.
In 2022, only Fuerteventura (11,629 net euros per year), El Hierro (12,125 euros) and Tenerife (12,173 euros) had worse incomes than the population of Lanzarote (12,718 euros).
Households, the third with the highest income
In contrast, the data improves if what is analyzed is the average income per household, where the conejeros households are in the third highest position in the autonomous community, with 34,120 euros. Only La Palma (34,485) and Gran Canaria (34,386) are ahead, according to the forecast published by the Lanzarote Data Center.
Although the average income continues to rise in the Canary Islands, which is considerably influenced by the increases in the Minimum Interprofessional Wage, it is still one of the lowest in the country. In 2023, the Canary Islands had an average income per household of 31,296 euros, only behind Murcia (30,509), Extremadura (27,051), Castilla-La Mancha (29,965) and Andalusia (29,916).
In addition, in the province of Las Palmas, 17.3% of the inhabitants receive very low incomes, below 9,813 net euros per year, that is, 817.75 euros in twelve months.
