• Capital: Barcelona
  • Population: 8,119,550
  • Surface Area: 32,113 km2
  • Current Government: PSC

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 8,119,550 people, it is one of the most populous autonomous communities in Spain and it is a densely populated autonomous community, with 253 people per km2.

Catalonia is the 2th largest economy in Spain by nominal GDP, it was worth 281,845 millions of euros281,845 millions of dollars in 2023, and the GDP per capita was €35,325$37,985.

Its debt in 2024 was 89,035 millions of euros96,370 millions of dollars, (29.7% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita was €10,966 euros per inhabitant$11,869 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Catalonia was on May of 2025 and it was 1.8%.

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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Catalonia Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€281,845M
Annual GDP [+]2023$304,759M
GDP per capita [+]2023€35,325
GDP per capita [+]2023$37,985
Debt (M.€.) [+]202489,035
Debt ($M) [+]202496,370
Debt (%GDP) [+]202429.70%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€10,966
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$11,869
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-1,227
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-1,328
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-0.41%
Moody's Rating [+]03/21/2024Ba1
S&P Rating [+]09/07/2018NR
Fitch Rating [+]04/20/2018BB
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q18.9%
Unemployed [+]2025Q1376K
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]06/20/20250.8684
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]May 20251.8%
PPI Year on Year [+]April 20252.0%
Money Market
Key rates [+]06/11/20252.15%
Business
Doing Business [+]2015
IPI Year on Year [+]April 2025-8.0%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]May 2025127,585
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201823.99
Taxes
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202450.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202419,940,218
Exports [+]2019€73,912.3M
Exports [+]2019$82,744.8M
Exports % GDP [+]201930.78%
Imports [+]2019€92,025.2M
Imports [+]2019$103,022.2M
Imports % GDP [+]201938.32%
Trade balance [+]2019€-18,112.9M
Trade balance [+]2019$-20,277.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2019-7.54%
Retail Sales YoY [+]April 20253.5%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2024253
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.71‰
Birth Rate [+]20236.81‰
Crude death rate [+]20238.50‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.11
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.40‰
% risk of poverty [+]202412.9%
Population [+]20248,119,550
HDI [+]20150.897
Life expectancy [+]202383.96
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 [+]07/04/20232,641.26
Doses administered [+]05/24/202315,847,908

Resultados Electorales de Catalonia