In 2023, Catalonia’s gross domestic product reached 292.47 billion euros, 70 percent of which came from the services sector. Industry was the second-biggest sector, accounting for almost 17 percent of the total GDP.

Spain GDP per Capita: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 33,369.000 EUR in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 30,588.000 EUR for 2021. Spain GDP per Capita: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated yearly, averaging 27,016.000 EUR from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33,369.000 EUR in 2022 and a record low of 19,380.000 EUR in 2000. Spain GDP per Capita: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.A029: ESA 2010: GDP and GDP per Capita: by Region and City.

The gross domestic product or GDP refers to the total market value of all goods and services that are produced within a country per year. It is an important indicator of the economic strength of a country. Both Catalonia and Spain as a whole experienced a decrease in GDP between 2008 and 2013. However, in 2023 the GDP of Catalonia rose to its highest point at 292.5 billion euros, with the GDP of the whole of Spain amounting to 1.5 trillion euros. The development of GDP in Spain was thus closely linked to the average change of GDP in the Eurozone, with GDP of Spain having risen significantly since 2020.

Catalonia's role in Spain's GDP

The Catalan participation in the Spanish GDP was estimated at 20 percent in 2023. This figure maintained steadily over the last few years, with an average share of about 20 percent of the total GDP of the country. It is worth mentioning that Catalonia was Spain’s second most populated autonomous community at 7.9 million inhabitants, mostly located in the Barcelona area. The average GDP per capita in Catalonia was significantly higher than that of the rest of Spain at 34,534 euros in 2022. During the same period, Spain’s average GDP per capita was 28,300 euros.

Tourism constitutes an essential industry for the Spanish economic system

Travel and tourism have become one of the leading engines of growth for the Spanish economy, featuring an ongoing increase in the GDP contribution over the last years and reaching approximately 164.5 billion euros in 2022. The industry also plays a key role to boost the Spanish employment market, which has been experiencing a significant improvement since the 2007 financial crisis jeopardized and destroyed many jobs across the country.

The contribution of the tourism sector the gross domestic product (GDP) of major Spanish cities increased significantly in 2022. For instance, tourism's share of Palma's GDP grew three percentage points in 2022 versus the previous year, while Barcelona saw an increase of 2.7 percent points.

Spain Population: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 5,606,913.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,576,037.000 Person for 2016. Spain Population: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated yearly, averaging 5,416,447.000 Person from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,606,913.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 4,666,271.000 Person in 1997. Spain Population: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.G001: Population: at 1st of January.

Despite following a similar trend to the rest of Spain, the region of Catalonia had a higher GDP than average for the country. In 2022, Catalonia's GDP per capita was roughly 34,500 euros, while the national figures for the entire country were around 28,280 euros per inhabitant.

Spain GDP: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 191,753,316.000 EUR th in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 173,917,445.000 EUR th for 2021. Spain GDP: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated yearly, averaging 148,013,898.552 EUR th from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 191,753,316.000 EUR th in 2022 and a record low of 92,612,443.074 EUR th in 2000. Spain GDP: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.A029: ESA 2010: GDP and GDP per Capita: by Region and City.

Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 1,239,200.000 Person in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,174,882.000 Person for May 2018. Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated monthly, averaging 640,444.000 Person from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 234 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,309,730.000 Person in Jul 2017 and a record low of 265,521.000 Person in Jan 1999. Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.Q011: No of Guests: Hotel.

Catalonia's contribution to the Spanish GDP ranged from 19 to 20 percent between 2006 and 2023. Since 2020, provisional figures have shown a some fluctuation, reaching 20 percent in 2023.

Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Residents: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 315,387.000 Person in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 281,405.000 Person for May 2018. Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Residents: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated monthly, averaging 229,585.000 Person from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 234 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 338,465.000 Person in May 2010 and a record low of 130,514.000 Person in Jan 1999. Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Residents: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.Q011: No of Guests: Hotel.

Spain Length of Stay: Avg: Hotel: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 2.660 Day in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.670 Day for May 2018. Spain Length of Stay: Avg: Hotel: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated monthly, averaging 2.510 Day from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 234 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.200 Day in Aug 1999 and a record low of 1.940 Day in Nov 2008. Spain Length of Stay: Avg: Hotel: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.Q019: Length of Stay: Average.

From 2013 to 2024, the unemployment rate experienced a sharp decline that began in 2013, the year in which the unemployment rate reached 24.45 percent in the first quarter of the year. The unemployment rate in Catalonia reached its lower figure since the begging of the series, when in the third quarter it reached 7.87 percent.

Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Foreigners: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 923,813.000 Person in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 893,477.000 Person for May 2018. Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Foreigners: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated monthly, averaging 415,307.500 Person from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 234 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 980,049.000 Person in Jul 2017 and a record low of 135,007.000 Person in Jan 1999. Spain Number of Hotel Guests: Foreigners: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.Q011: No of Guests: Hotel.

In 2024, the trade, transport, and accommodation industries in Catalonia contributed roughly 69 billion euros to the region's gross domestic product (GDP), denoting an increase of seven percent over the previous year. This figure was the highest value recorded since 2017.

The statistic shows the inflation rate in Spain from 1987 to 2024, with projections up until 2030. The inflation rate is calculated using the price increase of a defined product basket. This product basket contains products and services, on which the average consumer spends money throughout the year. They include expenses for groceries, clothes, rent, power, telecommunications, recreational activities and raw materials (e.g. gas, oil), as well as federal fees and taxes. In 2023, the average inflation rate in Spain increased by about 3.4 percent compared to the previous year. Inflation in Spain As explained briefly above, inflation is commonly defined as the level of prices for goods and services in a country’s economy over a certain time span. It increases when the total money supply of a country increases, causing the money’s value to decrease, and prices to increase again in turn. Nowadays the term “inflation” is used more or less synonymously with “price level increase”. Its opposite is deflation, which, in short, means a decrease of the price level. Spain and its economy have been severely affected by the financial crisis of 2008 (as can be seen above), when the real estate bubble imploded and caused the demand for goods and services to decrease and the unemployment rate in Spain to increase dramatically. Even though deflation only occurred for one year in 2009 and the price level has been increasing since, Spain’s economy still has a long way to go until full recovery. Apart from the inflation rate and the unemployment rate, gross domestic product / GDP growth in Spain and the trade balance of goods in Spain, i.e. the exports of goods minus the imports, are additional indicators of Spain’s desolate condition during the economic crisis and its slow and difficult recovery ever since. Still, there is a silver lining for Spain’s economy. All in all, things seems to be improving economically, albeit slowly; many key indicators are starting to stabilize or even pick up again, while others still have some recovering to do.

Spain Length of Stay: Overnight: Hotel: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 3,303,575.000 Night in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3,868,767.000 Night for Aug 2018. Spain Length of Stay: Overnight: Hotel: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated monthly, averaging 1,770,912.000 Night from Jan 1999 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 237 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,962,711.000 Night in Aug 2017 and a record low of 586,229.000 Night in Jan 1999. Spain Length of Stay: Overnight: Hotel: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.Q015: Length of Stay: Overnight: Hotel.

Inflation Rate in Spain increased to 2.20 percent in June from 2 percent in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Spain Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Brazil Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: Barcelona data was reported at 32.911 BRL mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 30.533 BRL mn for 2015. Brazil Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: Barcelona data is updated yearly, averaging 18.433 BRL mn from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2016, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.911 BRL mn in 2016 and a record low of 8.313 BRL mn in 2002. Brazil Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s National Accounts – Table BR.AE016: SNA 2008: Gross Domestic Product: by Municipality: Current Price: Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte.

Population: Residents: Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: Barcelona data was reported at 4,002.000 Person in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4,064.000 Person for 2017. Population: Residents: Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: Barcelona data is updated yearly, averaging 4,036.000 Person from Jun 1992 (Median) to 2018, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,238.000 Person in 2006 and a record low of 3,509.000 Person in 1995. Population: Residents: Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Socio and Demographic – Table BR.GAA047: Population: by Municipality: Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte.

After the 2008 financial crisis, many Spaniards lost their jobs and the Mediterranean country was left with one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union. In recent years, at least until the economic crisis provoked by the COVID-19, everything pointed at a slow but sure recovery of the job market in Spain, although the unemployment rate among the younger age groups remained still quite high. In fact, over ** percent of those aged 16-19 did not have a job between 2020 and 2022. This figure goes down to approximately **** percent in ages 20-24 and 15.58 for 25 to 29-year-olds. In stark contrast, youth unemployment figures in the European Union reached **** percent in April 2023. The unemployed rate for under 25s was the highest in Spain, followed by Greece and Italy, all the three Mediterranean countries featuring rates of over ** percent in the younger workforce groups. An ongoing and tough recoverySpanish unemployment rate skyrocketed in 2008, jumping from * percent in the first quarter that year up to ***** percent during the same quarter a year after. The Spanish unemployment crisis hit hardest in 2013, when a record high of ** percent of the population did not have a job. In numbers, that share translates into 6.3 million professionals in 2013 left out of the workforce. The job market initiated a recovery thereafter, making moderate and laborious progress and reducing the numbers to approximately *** million unemployed workers in the first quarter of 2023. The impact of the coronavirus on the Spanish economy caused the unemployment rate to surge again throughout 2020, but still remained far from the figures reached after the financial crisis. The unemployment situation in the European Union Spain was the European country with the highest unemployment rate in August 2023, with **** percent of the labor force out of work. The unemployment rate in Greece, in second place, stood at a rate of **** percent in that timeframe, which is still considerably higher than that of the rest of the European Union.