The Catalan economy grew slightly below Madrid again in 2022. Regional GDP last year Catalonia 6% progressed; This rate is two-tenths above the state average (5.8%), but well below the 7.2% increase in GDP achieved. MadridAccording to the data, Regional Accounting It was published this Monday by. National Institute of Statistics (INE). The statistics include updated data from the 2020-2022 series, which examines data developed in December 2022.
INE’s Regional Accounting maintains the weight of Catalan GDP on the Spanish economy at 19% in 2022 and Madrid’s at 19.4%
Since 2010, Catalan economy It grew by an average of 0.8% (the same as Spanish GDP), which is just over half of its average This Madrid (1.5%) in the last twelve years. As a result of this erosion, the weight of Catalan GDP nationwide remained at 10 percent. About 19% of GDP During this period, Madrid’s gained strength, rising from a rate of 18.4% in 2010 (under the Catalan peso). Reaching 19.4% in 2022. Thus, Madrid consolidated its first place on the podium in 2022, after the ‘sorpasso’ experienced over Catalonia for the first time in 2018.
GDP after Madrid and Catalonia Andalusia cementing itself in third place (13.4% of state GDP) Valencia (9.4%), Basque Country (5.9%), Galicia (5.2%) and Castile and Leon (4.8% of state GDP).
GDP growth
INE data also shows that: Balearic Islands It was the country with the highest GDP growth (12.5%) in 2022. They followed Canary Islands (9.7%), Madrid Basque Country (7.2%) and Catalonia (6%), where GDP reached 255,153 million euros.
Autonomous communities with the lowest rates of GDP change Estremadura (2.1%), Castile la Mancha (2.2%) and Castile and Leon (3.1%).
Only GDP per capita related to Madrid (38.435 Euros) and Basque Country (35,832 euros was above the EU-27 average (35,440 euros). Catalonia (32,550 Euros) ranks fourth Navarre (33.798 Euros) and Aragon (31,051 euros)
If public tax policies and social assistance are also taken into account Basque Country On average, they had the largest current rent per person With 20,865 euros in 2021 (a figure 26.6% higher than the national average), it is ahead of Madrid (20,357 euros) and Navarra (18,625 euros). Catalonia ranks fourth in household gross disposable income with 18,369 euros per capita; This amount is 111.5% above the national average (16,480 euros).