idescat.cat Official statistics of Catalonia

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 2.7% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in March 2024.

The employed population in Catalonia grew by 5.4% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2023. The unemployment rate stood at 9.48%, with a total of 396,100 unemployed people (32,400 people less than the previous year , with a decrease of 7.6%).

El Barcelonès was the county with the highest income per capita in 2021, at 20,293 euros. Matadepera and Sant Just Desvern were the municipalities of more than 1,000 inhabitants with the highest income per capita.

Exports decreased by a year-over-year 3.0% and imports by 7.6% in Catalonia in February 2024.