rapid recovery of activity It enabled the provincial economy to recover in one year after the pandemic Almost all of the GDP lost in 2020 as a result of restrictions imposed to stop the coronavirus. However, this strong growth was not enough to significantly reduce sales. The enormous distance that still separates Alicante national average
Especially according to the latest data Spanish Regional Accounting The state, published this Monday by INE, will end 2021 with a Income per capita 19,705 EurosThis represented a 9.1% increase over that recorded in the previous year, but was only 1.1% below that recorded in 2019. but this does little to change the laggard position that Alicante maintains in the national group.
In this way, the per capita wealth of the province 23.6% below the national average during the same period, it reached 25,801 euros, an increase of 9.2% that year. Or what is the same thing? Each citizen of Alicante is 6,096 euros poorer on average more than all Spaniards.
In this sense, according to the analysis made by the director of Ineca Studies, Francisco LlopisAlicante ranks 43rd out of a total of 52 provinces of Spain. In other words, it is the ninth country with the lowest income. “The recovery of GDP per capita is very good news, but the fact that Alicante continues to be at the bottom of the classification means that: not enough is being done to improve“Llopis points out.
In this sense, the organization that presides over Nacho Amirola They had been warning about this for a while. increase productivity According to him, improving the provincial economy includes encouraging companies to grow in size to become more competitive and encouraging the modernization of traditional sectors while attracting new activities.
After starting the new century intermediate position Alicante, which ranked 26th or 27th in the rankings depending on the years, began to decline rapidly in the national rankings as a result of the bursting of the real estate bubble. Like this, In 2011 it was already ranked 44th, a position in which he can barely move. It moved up two places with the pandemic – GDP per capita in particular fell 9.4% compared to 10.6% for the rest of the country, as the state economy fell slightly less than the national economy in 2020 – but remains the same as 2021 figures. fell back to 43rd place.
In this way, Alicante is very closer to final classification –Malaga province with 18,044 euros- the richest. This is a position occupied by Álava, where per capita income in 2021 was 38,829 euros, more than twice that of Alicante.
Likewise, there is also the province. below the regional averageThis was €22,619 in the same year, but there were notable differences. Inside Castellón reached 27,452 euros during Valencia 23,647 countedAccording to INE statistics.
In addition to Álava, Provinces that create the most wealth Madrid with 35,380 euros per capita that year; Guipúzcoa, with 32,971; Vizcaya with 30,848; and Barcelona with 30,481.
On the opposite side was Malaga with the aforementioned 18,044 euros; Cádiz with 18,114 people; Granada with 18,531; Toledo with 18,641; Jaén with 18,791; Melilla with 18,817; Córdoba with 18,838; Badajoz, 19.012; and Las Palmas with 19,506.
In absolute terms, Alicante’s GDP reached 37,279 million euros in 2021well 3% of the Spanish economy.
2022 data
On the other hand, INE also announced it. Data by autonomy of 2022. A year in which per capita income increased Valencian Community 8.2% more (one point less than national) until reached 24,473 euros. This figure is 3,689 euros below the national average of 28,162 euros. While the richest community that year was Madrid with 38 thousand 435 euros, the autonomous city of Melilla was the poorest city with 20 thousand 698 euros.