Catalonia Catalonia

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  • Capital: Barcelona
  • Population: 7,970,295
  • 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 7,970,295 people, it is one of the most populous autonomous communities in Spain and it is a densely populated autonomous community, with 248 people per km2.

Catalonia is the 2th largest economy in Spain by nominal GDP, it was worth 229,418 millions of euros229,418 millions of dollars in 2021, and the GDP per capita was €29,942$34,924.

Its debt in 2022 was 84,518 millions of euros88,998 millions of dollars, (33% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita was €10,704 euros per inhabitant$11,271 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Catalonia was on October of 2023 and it was 3.4%.

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 [+]2021€229,418M
Annual GDP [+]2021$271,333M
GDP per capita [+]2021€29,942
GDP per capita [+]2021$34,924
Debt (M.€.) [+]202284,518
Debt ($M) [+]202288,998
Debt (%GDP) [+]202233.00%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€10,704
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$11,271
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-3,842
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-4,046
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-1.50%
Moody's Rating [+]07/22/2022Ba1
S&P Rating [+]09/07/2018NR
Fitch Rating [+]04/20/2018BB
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q38.5%
Unemployed [+]2023Q3345K
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]11/28/20230.9133
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]October 20233.4%
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 [+]202214,852,042
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 [+]October 20234.2%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2023248
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 [+]202214.5%
Population [+]20237,970,295
HDI [+]20150.897
Life expectancy [+]202283.49
Suicides [+]2020556
Suicide rate [+]20207.25
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]06/28/202321,059
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]05/31/20232,690,319
Fully vaccinated [+]05/24/20236,374,137
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]06/28/20232,642.19
Doses administered [+]05/24/202315,847,908

Resultados Electorales de Catalonia