Quarterly Accounts. Q1/2026. Advance of the GDP

Catalonia's gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2026 rose by 2.9% year over year, according to the advance estimate. In quarter-over-quarter terms, the rate of change in Catalonia is 0.6%.

The year-over-year rate of change in the first quarter of 2026 is three tenths higher than that of the fourth quarter of 2025 (2.6%). All activity sectors maintain positive rates, although less marked than in the previous quarter, except for services, which show a year-over-year increase of 3.7%, eight tenths higher than in the fourth quarter of 2025. Industry reached a year-over-year rate of 0.6% (six tenths lower than in the previous quarter) and construction a variation of 5.4% (one point and eight tenths lower than in the previous quarter). As for agriculture, the increase is 1.2%.

The purpose of the quarterly advance of GDP is to provide information on the evolution of the Catalan economy with the least possible delay after the reference quarter. For this reason, main aggregates are calculated using statistical sources that do not cover the entire period and do not normally include data for the third month of the quarter.

The advance of the GDP results for the first quarter of 2026 is provisional and will be updated in the next publication of the Quarterly Accounts, scheduled for 15 June.