Catalonia Catalonia

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  • Capital: Barcelona
  • Population: 8,021,049
  • Surface Area: 32,113 km2
  • Current Government: ERC

Catalonia, is a autonomous community of Spain, it has an area of 32,113 Km2, and it may be considered a large autonomous community.

Catalonia, with a population of 8,021,049 people, it is one of the most populous autonomous communities in Spain and it is a densely populated autonomous community, with 250 people per km2.

Catalonia is the 2th largest economy in Spain by nominal GDP, it was worth 255,154 millions of euros255,154 millions of dollars in 2022, and the GDP per capita was €32,550$34,026.

Its debt in 2023 was 85,986 millions of euros92,977 millions of dollars, (31% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita was €10,720 euros per inhabitant$11,592 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Catalonia was on March of 2024 and it was 3.1%.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Catalonia, if you want to see information about other autonomous communities click economy of the autonomous communities of Spain

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Barcelona: Monthly Rainfall
Catalonia Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€255,154M
Annual GDP [+]2022$268,677M
GDP per capita [+]2022€32,550
GDP per capita [+]2022$34,026
Debt (M.€.) [+]202385,986
Debt ($M) [+]202392,977
Debt (%GDP) [+]202331.00%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€10,720
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$11,592
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-3,616
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-3,910
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-1.31%
Moody's Rating [+]03/21/2024Ba1
S&P Rating [+]09/07/2018NR
Fitch Rating [+]04/20/2018BB
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q49.0%
Unemployed [+]2023Q4366K
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/03/20240.9308
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20243.1%
PPI Year on Year [+]December 20171.3%
Money Market
Key rates [+]09/20/20234.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]2015
Passengers vehicles Year [+]June 201960,523
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]October 201820.08
Taxes
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202250.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202318,182,612
Exports [+]2019€73,912.3M
Exports [+]2019$82,744.8M
Exports % GDP [+]201931.02%
Imports [+]2019€92,025.2M
Imports [+]2019$103,022.2M
Imports % GDP [+]201938.62%
Trade balance [+]2019€-18,112.9M
Trade balance [+]2019$-20,277.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2019-7.60%
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 20235.0%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2023250
Crude divorce rate [+]20221.81‰
Birth Rate [+]20227.19‰
Crude death rate [+]20229.03‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.17
Crude marriage rate [+]20223.46‰
% risk of poverty [+]202313.9%
Population [+]20238,021,049
HDI [+]20150.897
Life expectancy [+]202283.49
Suicides [+]2020556
Suicide rate [+]20207.25
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]07/04/202321,073
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]05/31/20232,690,319
Fully vaccinated [+]05/24/20236,374,137
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]07/04/20232,641.62
Doses administered [+]05/24/202315,847,908

Resultados Electorales de Catalonia