There are people who live very well in our region. It would be absurd to deny this. But the Valencian Community is not rich at all; and the province of Alicante, even less so. The Report on urban indicators published by the INE on the revenues of Spanish municipalities with a population of more than 20,000 put this back on the table. The data is more than meaningful.
Only 6 municipalities of the Community of Valencia exceed the national average. But Alicante’s capital does not exceed the average income, unlike Valencia and Castellón. Torrevieja is the red lantern in the classification of our towns.
This report has been published since 2015, and according to its evolution, it will take no less than 136 years for a citizen of our Community to match the national average salary (source: LEVANTE newspaper). It goes without saying that the autonomies at the top of the ranking are Madrid, Catalonia and the Basque Country. Something that won’t surprise anyone.
Another known fact this week: Almost half, 47% of adult Valencians are paid by the public sector (retired, civil servants or unemployed). The rest is in the private sector. But knowing the picaresque spent in this country, the millions of euros the Government has just invested to pay the ERE to companies and how a good part of Alicante’s economy works in the service sector (temporary and other accepted and less accepted). tics ) we must admit that we do not quite live in the paradise that our current campaigning politicians are intent on selling us out.
What most of the rest of the Spaniards don’t know is that we are five million Valencians, after the rich autonomies and the most populous Andalusia. Ah, if this power was well channeled! But we are big losers.