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The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain increased 18.5% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the expenditure per person, 9.1%. In 2022, these trips increased 36.0% and the total expenditure 55.9%.

The number of trips made by Catalans remained stable in the fourth quarter 2022 and the expenditure per person increased by 17.1%. In 2022, the number of trips made by Catalans increased by 19.8% and the total expenditure by 55.7%.

Expenditure on in-house R&D conducted in Catalonia was 4,078.7 million euros in 2021, a 12.7% higher than the previous year. This figure accounted for 1.67% of GDP.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 8.2% year-over-year in Catalonia in February 2023.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 30.4% year-over-year in February 2023, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 17.3% in Catalonia in January 2023.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 12.8% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in January 2023.

The average daily rate in hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 31.4% in Catalonia in February 2023 and stood at 120.04 euros.

Idescat updates the territorial nomenclature for census tract groups for the year 2022.

In 2022, Catalonia's gross domestic product reached 270,710 million euros and growth in volume was 5.5%.

Catalonia's gross domestic product registered year-over-year growth of 2.7% and quarter-over-quarter growth of 0.2% in the fourd quarter of 2022.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 22.9% and imports by 17.2% in Catalonia in January 2023.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 11.6% in January 2023 compared to the same month of the previous year.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 3,214.50 euros in Catalonia as of the fourth quarter of 2022, 4.2% more than the same quarter in 2021.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) increased by 7.4% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Idescat disseminates the definitive data on Foreign tourism for 2022, that update the provisional data.

Idescat disseminates the definitive data on Foreign tourism expenditure for 2022, that update the provisional data.

The fieldwork for the Business Climate Survey for the first quarter of 2023 will be carried out from the 15th of March and will end on the 11th of April.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 5.6% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in February 2023.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 14.5% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in January 2023.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased 3.1% year-over-year in February 2023 and grew in all the territory except in 2 counties and Aran. The monthly variation is positive in Catalonia as a whole (0.8%) and also in all the counties and Aran.

Idescat is taking part in the NTTS 2023 conference, which is being held in Brussels from 7-9 March 2023.

The Government has approved the Annual Programme for Statistical Action 2023 (PAAE 2023). The number of actions scheduled is 304.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days decreased by 0.9% year-over-year in Catalonia in January 2023.

The Gender Equality Index in Catalonia in 2020 was 74.1 points (total equality stands at 100) with an increase of 1.1 points compared to 2019.

The number of foreign tourists who arrived to Catalonia stood at 798.3 thousand in January 2023, 71.6% more than the previous year.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 804 million euros in January 2023, compared to 438 million a year ago.

In 2020, 33.4% of the population aged 15 and over held higher education qualifications, while 14.8% had at most completed primary education.

Products of medium-high technological level led the increases in exports of industrial products in the fourth quarter of 2022, with 26.6% year-over-year, and exports of medium-low level increased by 22.4%.

In Catalonia, 66% of centenarians were 100 or 101 years old, and 34% were 102 years old or older, in 2021.

Exports grew by a year-over-year 24.0% and imports by 7.9% in Catalonia in December 2022. In 2022, exports increased by 17.9% and imports by 23.6%, according to provisional data.

Idescat has updated the Social Welfare and Progress Indicators. This time the values have been included for the year 2022 of 18 indicators. Similarly, the data from previous years for 8 other indicators are completed and updated.

The unemployment rate stood at a mean of 9.7% 2022 and for young people under 25, it stood at 24.1%.

20.7% of business establishments in Catalonia stated that they had supply chain difficulties in the fourth quarter of 2022, while in the second quarter of 2022 this figure was of 31.9%.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 9.3% year-over-year in Catalonia in January 2023.

The Statistical Nomenclature of Population Entities in Catalonia has been updated with the data from the Municipal Population Register on the date of 1 January 2022.

The foreign population resident in Catalonia was 1,271,810 people as of 1 January 2022, 1.7% more than the previous year. The population of foreign nationality decreased in 8 counties and in Aran.

The registered population in Catalonia on 1 January 2022 totalled 7,792,611 inhabitants. By place of birth, 63.6% were born in Catalonia,15.2% were born in the rest of Spain and 21.2% were born abroad.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 54.0% year-over-year in January 2023, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average daily rate in hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 22.3% in Catalonia in January 2023 and stood at 93.98 euros.

46.1% of the working days of the people who worked on farms in Catalonia corresponded to family labour, 35.9% to regular contracted labour, 13.2% to temporary labour and, finally, the remaining 4.8% to subcontracted labour.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 7.0% in Catalonia in December 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 11.1% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in December 2022.

The number of companies with establishments in Catalonia stood at 641,683 on 1 January 2022, 1.8% more than a year earlier.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 5.3% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in January 2023.

The number Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased by 2.8% year-over-year in January 2023 and grew throughout the territory except in 3 counties and Aran. The monthly variation is −0.4% for Catalonia as a whole.

The collection of information for the Survey of Living Conditions 2023 has begun. The fieldwork will be performed between February and April 2023.

Idescat publishes the Standardised Death Rate by age corresponding to the 2017-2021 period. The Standardised Death Rate in Catalonia totalled 829 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

Idescat publishes the life table for the population of Catalonia for the period 2017-2021. For this period, life expectancy at birth was 83.23 years (80.40 years for men and 85.96 years for women).

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 4.9% for the year-over-year variation in Catalonia in December 2022. In 2021, the annual average increades by 0.6%, according to provisional data.

Idescat disseminates the definitive data on Foreign Trade according to Technological Content for 2021.

Idescat disseminates the definitive data on Foreign Trade for 2021.

The Large Store Sales Index (IVGS) in Catalonia increased at current prices by 8.4% year-over-year in December 2022, and by 10.5% for the year as a whole.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 12.4% in the fourth quarter of 2022 on the year-over-year data and, in the year 2022 as a whole, by 36.1%, according to provisional data.

Catalonia's gross domestic product registered an annual increase of 5.5% in 2022, according to the advanced estimate.

Catalonia's gross domestic product showed year-over-year growth of 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2022 according to the advanced estimate, and the quarter-over-quarter rate stood at 0.3%.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia increased by 61.7% on the year-over-year data for December 2022 and, in 2022 as a whole, by 198.0%, according to provisional data.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 45.9% in December 2022 on the year-over-year data and, in the year 2022 as a whole, by 155.8%, according to provisional data.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia decreased by a year-over-year 7.4% in the fourth quarter of 2022 and rose by 16.0% in the whole year 2022, according to provisional data.

The schedule for technical sessions and other training and promotional activities in the field of statistics, which Idescat has designed for the first semester of 2023, can now be consulted.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 7.5% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2022.

The employed population in Catalonia grew by 0.6% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2022. The unemployment rate stood at 9.91%, with a total of 387,200 unemployed people (8,200 people less than the previous year , with a decrease of 2.1%).

The industrial products price index (which does not include energy) increased by 9.6% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in December 2022. The annual average increased by 12.5% in comparison with the previous year, according to provisional data.

The overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 32.1% year-over-year in December 2022 and by 107.6% in the whole year 2022.

The Average Daily Rate (ADR) at hotel establishments increased year-over-year by 16.0% in Catalonia in December 2022 and by 25.7% in 2022.

The business situation of companies in Catalonia in the fourth quarter of 2022 registered a balance of 6.4 points, and the expected business performance for the first quarter of 2023 stands at −3.8 points.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 20.2% and imports by 10.2% in Catalonia in November 2022.

The employment rate of people with legally recognised disabilities was 28.0% in 2021 (5 tenths less than in 2020) and the unemployment rate was 20.6% (2.6 points less than in 2020).

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index in Catalonia has decreased by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the previous quarter.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 9.4% in Catalonia in November 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 11.9% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in November 2022.

The number of affiliations to Social Security through contribution accounts located in Catalonia saw year-over-year growth of 3.4% in December 2022, while the number of self-employed workers carrying out economic activities in Catalonia decreased by 0.2%.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 1.2% in November 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 5.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2022.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased by 2.7% in December 2022 with respect to the previous year and stood ad 3,428,757 contributors, according to provisional data.

The number of births registered in Catalonia in 2021 was 57,634 live births, 1.4% less than in 2020, according to definitive data.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days decreased by 2.8% year-over-year in Catalonia in November 2022.

The number of marriages registered in Catalonia in 2021 was 23,601, 50.7% more than in 2020, according to definitive data.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 982 million euros in November 2022, compared to 534 million a year ago.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 962.7 thousand in November 2022, 56.3% more than the previous year.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 5.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in November 2022.

57.1% of the population aged 16 to 74 years in Catalonia has shopped on the Internet at some time during the last 3 months in 2022, 2.6 points less than a year ago.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 34.0% year-over-year in November 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 10.9% year-over-year in Catalonia in November 2022.

The average daily rate in hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 26.8% in Catalonia in November 2022 and stood at 106.19 euros.

The calendar for the release of the results of Idescat's statistical production for the year 2023 is now available, but it remains provisional until the Government approves the Annual Statistical Action Programme (PAAE).

The number of trips in Catalonia of residents of the rest of the State decreased 8.1% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022, which meant a total of 1.8 million trips.

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 1.2% year–over–year in the third quarter 2022, which means a total of 9.9 million trips.

Idescat published official population figures by sex, referring to 1 January 2022, resulting from the revision of the Municipal Population Register, approved by Royal Decree 1037/2022, of 20 December.

The turnover of companies in the audiovisual sector in Catalonia in 2020 was 1,191 million euros, 31.5% less than the previous year.

Statistical international journal SORT Volume 46 Number 2 has been published for the period July-December 2022 with the inclusion of four articles.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 12.7% in Catalonia in October 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 14.3% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in October 2022.

Idescat publishes the Input-Output Framework for Catalonia 2016 (MIOC-2016). This statistical action provide detailed information on 64 branches of activity.

The turnover of tourism companies was 2,.716 million euros in 2020, which represents a decrease of 44.6% compared to the previous year.

The turnover generated by the TIC sector in Catalonia stood at 21,112 million euros in 2020, 1.0% more compared to the previous year.

The turnover generated by the cultural sector in Catalonia stood at 9,900 million euros in 2020, 19.1% less compared to the previous year.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) increased by 16.3% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the third quarter of 2022.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 10.9% and imports by 14.4% in Catalonia in October 2022.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,947.55 euros in Catalonia as of the third quarter of 2022, 4.8% more than the same quarter in 2021.

10 of the 218 municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants showed positive GDP per capita growth in 2020, led by Móra d'Ebre and Almacelles, at 7.1% and 5.0%, respectively.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased at a year-over-year rate of 2.8% in November 2022 and grew throughout the territory, except in 3 counties. The monthly variation for Catalonia as a whole was 0.2%, but a decrease was recorded in 10 counties.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 6.4% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in November 2022.

The fieldwork for the Business Climate Survey for the fourth quarter of 2022 will start on 14 December and will take an expected 20 calendar days.

Catalonia's gross domestic product registered year-over-year growth of 4.3% and quarter-over-quarter growth of 0.3% in the third quarter of 2022.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 0.4% year-over-year in Catalonia in October 2022.

The population of Catalonia increased by 7,951 inhabitants in 2021 due to migration from abroad.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 1,500 million euros in October 2022, compared to 761 million a year ago.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 1.5 million in October 2022, 70.8% more than the previous year.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 3.8% in October 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year.

In 2021, 69,342 deaths were registered in Catalonia, 13.1% less than in 2020.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 8.7% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in October 2022.

The value of domestically produced industrial product sales in Catalonia was 106,392 million euros in 2021 according to provisional data.

36.8% of Catalan companies with 10 or more employees made e-commerce sales in 2021, which is 6.3% more than the previous year.

Private regulated schools generated revenue of 3,429 million euros and expenditure of 3,190 million euros in the 2020/2021 academic year.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 12.4% year-over-year in Catalonia in October 2022.

In 2021, 19 counties and Aran registered a positive seasonal population balance. El Tarragonès, with an AFTE population of 23,749 people, was the county with the most significant seasonal population in absolute terms, followed by El Baix Empordà, with a seasonal population of 22,546.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 49.4% year-over-year in October 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average daily rate in hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 27.1% in Catalonia in October 2022 and stood at 111.84 euros.

Exports of Catalan products with a medium-low technological content experienced the most significant growth in the third quarter, recording a 24.9% year-over-year increase.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 18.4% in Catalonia in September 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 17.2% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in September 2022.

82.5% of non-university students studied and resided in the same municipality in the 2021/2022 academic year.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 19.5% and imports by 28.4% in Catalonia in September 2022.

The population will increase in 588 municipalities in Catalonia in 2033, will decline in 354 and remain stable in 5, according to the medium scenario of the 2021 population based Municipal Population Projections, published by Idescat for the first time.

El Barcelonès (26,925€) and El Garraf (26,233€) were the counties with the highest taxable base per personal income tax (IRPF) filer in 2020.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 6.8% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in October 2022.

The turnover generated by companies in Catalonia's non-financial market services sector was 239.518 million euros in 2020, down 13.2% from the previous year.

The registration period for the 14th edition of the Nursery Competition for Surveys and Experiments for statistical studies conducted by students in compulsory secondary education, baccalaureate and training cycles in the academic year 2022-2023, is already open. The closing date for registering is 14 April 2023.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased at a year-over-year rate of 2.6% in October 2022 and grew throughout the territory, except in 6 counties and Aran. The monthly variation for Catalonia as a whole was 0.3%, but a decrease was recorded in 15 counties and Aran.

The turnover generated by industrial companies in Catalonia stood at 130,917 million euros in 2020, a figure that shows a decrease of 12.0% compared to the year before.

In Catalonia, 54,972 agricultural holdings and 1,092,215 hectares of utilised agricultural land were censused, of which, according to the 2020 Agricultural Census, 800,833 hectares were cultivated, and 291,383 hectares were permanent pasturelands.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 12.2% in September 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year. .

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 0.6% year-over-year in Catalonia in September 2022.

Catalonia's gross domestic product showed year-over-year growth of 4.0% in the third quarter of 2022 according to the advanced estimate, and the quarter-over-quarter rate stood at 0.1%.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 22.1% in the third quarter of 2022 on the year-over-year data.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 1.6 million in September 2022, 88.2% more than the previous year.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 1,863 million euros in September 2022, compared to 793 million a year ago.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by a year-over-year 0.3% in the third quarter of 2022.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 12.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in September 2022.

27.1% of businesses in Catalonia say that their primary method of dealing with increasing energy prices has been to encourage remote working, while 22.9% chose to implement new, more energy-efficient process technologies.

The employed population in Catalonia grew by 2.3% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022 and stood at 3,559,000 people. The unemployment rate stood at 9.31%, with a total of 365,200 unemployed people.

Antonio and José and Maria/María and Montserrat are the most common given names for males and females in the Catalan population in the year 2021.

The ceremony for presenting the awards of the 20th Student Contest on Applied Statistics, was held on the 14 October, framed within the Statistics Day of Catalonia.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 13.0% year-over-year in Catalonia in September 2022.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 68.1% year-over-year in September 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average daily rate in hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 28.2% in Catalonia in September 2022 and stood at 112.87 euros.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 21.1% in Catalonia in August 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 21.3% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in August 2022.

In the school year 2020/2021, 75.7% of the 172,915 university students resident in Catalonia studied outside their municipality of residence, in one of the 25 municipalities where there are university education centres.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 23.3% and imports by 25.3% in Catalonia in August 2022.

Idescat is joining the celebration of the European Statistics Day, which this year has the motto "Statistics to understand and connect to society, in the search for truth".

The business situation of companies in Catalonia in the third quarter of 2022 registered a balance of 5.3 points, and the expected business performance for the fourth quarter of 2022 stands at −1.6 points.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index in Catalonia has decreased by 3.5% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the previous quarter.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 8.5% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in September 2022.

The number of affiliations to Social Security through contribution accounts located in Catalonia saw year-over-year growth of 4.4% in September 2022, while the number of self-employed workers carrying out economic activities in Catalonia decreased by 0.1%.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased at a year-over-year rate of 3.3% in September 2022 and grew throughout the territory, except in 6 counties and Aran. The monthly variation for Catalonia as a whole was 0.3%, but a decrease was recorded in 27 counties and Aran.

The number of marriages in Catalonia in 2021 was 22,848, 51% more than in 2020, according to provisional data.

Idescat publishes the classification of the territory of Catalonia according to its degree of urbanisation for the years 2018-2020, in Shape format.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 2.2% year-over-year in Catalonia in August 2022.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 15.3% in August 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year. .

Idescat is proud to support the International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science, which will take place on 11 October.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 2,407 million euros in August 2022, compared to 1.127 million a year ago.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 1.9 million in August 2022, 75.6% more than the previous year.

In 2021, there were 280,677 changes of municipal residence recorded in Catalonia, 15.2% more than in 2020. The total net migration for Catalonia was 34,626 people, 27.2% less than in 2020.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 17.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in August 2022.

In 2021, the average consumer expenditure of Catalan households was 31,710 euros per household, 8.5% higher than in 2020 but 3.7% lower than in 2019 (the year before the pandemic).

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 28.2% year–over–year in the second quarter 2022, which means a total of 8.5 milion trips.

The number of trips in Catalonia of residents of the rest of the State increased 121.3% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2022, which meant a total of 1.5 million trips.

The programme for Catalan Statistics Day 2022 is now available. It will be held in in-person format and take place on the 14th of October.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 13.2% year-over-year in Catalonia in August 2022.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 46.1% year-over-year in August 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average daily rate in hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 23.5% in Catalonia in August 2022 and stood at 131.02 euros.

Idescat participates in the 9th Hispanic-American Conference on Input-Output Analysis, to be held in Aveiro (Portugal) on 22 and 23 September.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 8.9% in Catalonia in July 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 17.8% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in July 2022.

Idescat and the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development have incorporated new indicators to measure Catalonia's progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 14.7% and imports by 33.4% in Catalonia in July 2022.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments increased by 35.5% in Catalonia in 2021, according to definitive data from the Rural Tourism Accommodation Occupancy Survey.

The number of overnight stays in campsites increased by 86.8% in Catalonia in 2021, according to definitive data from the Survey of Employment in Campsites.

Overnight stays in hotels increased by 92.2% in Catalonia in 2021 according to definitive data from the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 3,118.94 euros in Catalonia as of the second quarter of 2022, 5.1% more than the same quarter in 2021.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) increased by 23.2% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the second quarter of 2022.

The fieldwork for the Business Climate Survey for the third quarter of 2022 will start on 15 September and end on 6 October.

Catalonia's gross domestic product showed year-over-year growth of 6.4% and quarter-over-quarter growth of 0.1% in the first quarter of 2022.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 10.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in August 2022.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 0.9% year-over-year in Catalonia in July 2022.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased at a year-over-year rate of 3.4% in August 2022 and grew throughout the territory, except in 3 counties. The monthly variation was negative in all counties and Aran.

Catalan exports of products with a high technological content increased the most in the second quarter of 2022, by 34,8% year-over-year.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 18.4% and imports by 29.3% in Catalonia in June 2022.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 9.6% in July 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year. .

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 2.0 million in July 2022, compared to 815.7 thousand a year ago.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 2,587 million euros in July 2022, compared to 876 million a year ago.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 10.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in July 2022.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 14.1% year-on-year in Catalonia in July 2022.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 92,3% year-over-year in July 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Average Daily Rate in hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 29.2% in Catalonia in July 2022 and stood at 124.38 euros.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 16.2% in Catalonia in June 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 21.6% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in June 2022.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 10.3% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in July 2022.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 3.3% year-over-year in Catalonia in June 2022.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased by a year-over-year rate of 3.7% in July 2022 and grew in all the counties and Aran, except Les Garrigues. The monthly variation was 1.0% for Catalonia as a whole.

The total gross labour cost per worker stood at 35,171.52 euros in Catalonia in 2021, a figure that represents an increase of 7.3% compared to 2020, according to the Annual Labour Cost Survey.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 9.2% in June 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year. .

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 84.4% in the second quarter of 2022 on the year-over-year data.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 1,849 million euros in June 2022, compared to 388 million a year ago.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 1.6 million in June 2022, compared to 404.3 thousand a year ago.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by a year-over-year 39.1% in the second quarter of 2022.

Catalonia's gross domestic product showed year-over-year growth of 4.8% in the second quarter of 2022 according to the advanced estimate, and the quarter-over-quarter rate stood at 1.5%.

59.9% of business establishments in Catalonia state that they are aware of the European Next Generation recovery funds and their help lines. 58.7% declare that the war between Ukraine and Russia affects their business. 31.9% of business establishments in Catalonia stated that they had supply chain difficulties in the second quarter of 2022.

The employed population in Catalonia grew by 3.0% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2022 and stood at 3,521,000 people. The unemployment rate stood at 9.29%, the lowest value since the third quarter of 2008.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 9.9% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in June 2022.

Idescat updates the Non-Economic At Risk of Poverty and Social Exclusion Territorial Indicators with data from 2020.

It is now possible to view the fulfilment of the statistical actions of the PAAE 2021 on the Idescat website.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 14.7% year-on-year in Catalonia in June 2022.

The twentieth edition of the Student Contest on Applied Statistics has been announced, a competition that is organised annually by the Statistics Service at the UAB with the collaboration of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 182.4% year-over-year in June 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 42.2% in Catalonia in June 2022 and stood at 120.26 euros.

Idescat publishes extended results for the Statistics on Salaried Employment and Self-Employment according to Social Security Affiliations with data by sectors, sections and divisions of activity and by municipality.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 27.0% and imports by 34.4% in Catalonia in May 2022.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 20.9% in Catalonia in May 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 27.9% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in May 2022.

The schedule for technical sessions and other training and promotional activities in the field of statistics, which Idescat has designed for the second semester of 2022, can now be consulted.

In 2021, Júlia and Marc continued to be the most popular baby names in Catalonia.

According to the provisional data, in 2021, there were 57,704 live births in Catalonia, 1.3% less than the definitive data for 2020 and 6.2% less than in 2019.

Idescat has updated the Social Welfare and Progress Indicators. Updated data for 2021 is provided for 23 indicators.

The business situation of companies in Catalonia in the second quarter of 2022 registered a balance of 11.6 points, and the expected business performance for the third quarter of 2022 stands at 6.7 points.

The number of confirmed cases of covid-19 were 180.541 in the second quarter of 2022, a figure that represents 2.3 cases per 100 inhabitants.

In 2021, more than 90% of households had a broadband connection in all counties, led by La Conca de Barberà (98.1%) and El Pla de l'Estany and La Selva (with 97.9% each).

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 9.7% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in June 2022.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index in Catalonia has increased by 6.5% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the previous quarter.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia in June increased by 3.9% compared with the previous year and grew in all counties and Aran. The monthly variation was positive for Catalonia as a whole (0.4%) and in 28 counties.

The SORT journal achieved an impact factor of 1.759 in 2021, according to Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science - Journal Citation Reports).

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 1.3% year-over-year in Catalonia in May 2022.

The gross annual salary per worker in Catalonia was 27,100.11 euros in 2020, 4.4% more than the previous year.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 1.5 million in May 2022, compared to 251.2 thousand a year ago.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 1,483 million euros in May 2022, compared to 211 million a year ago.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 12.2% in Mayl 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year. .

Idescat has incorporated the census data of the population according to the relationship with economic activity corresponding to the population censuses of 1960 and 1970 into the Demographic Historical Series.

Idescat provides information on real estate cadastre and property tax for the year 2021 (provisional data).

25.9% of the population of Catalonia was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2021, compared to 26.7% in 2020.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 11.1% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in May 2022.

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 113.9% year–over–year in the first quarter 2022, which means a total of 5.6 milion trips.

The number of trips in Catalonia of residents of the rest of the State increased 233.4% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022, which meant a total of 809.6 thousand trips.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 14.4% year-on-year in Catalonia in May 2022.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 345.3% year-over-year in May 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 43.3% in Catalonia in May 2022 and stood at 110.03 euros.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 14.9% in Catalonia in April 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 21.4% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in April 2022.

The active population of Catalonia will grow by 317,000 people from 2021 to 2031 and will reach 4.3 million, a figure that represents a growth of 8.0% over this period.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 14.9% and imports by 22.7% in Catalonia in April 2022.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) increased by 21.5% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the first quarter of 2022.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,941.86 euros in Catalonia as of the first quarter of 2022, 6.0% more than the same quarter in 2021.

The fieldwork for the Business Climate Survey for the second quarter of 2022 start on 15 June and end on 4 July.

Statistical international journal SORT Volume 46 Number 1 has been published for the period January-June 2022 with the inclusion of one invited article and five more articles.

Idescat has expanded its offer of open data information with a Microdata section.This section has been launched with the dissemination of the Survey on Living Conditions, Survey on the Use of Time and Survey on Language Uses of the Population.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 8.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in May 2022.

Catalonia's gross domestic product showed year-over-year growth of 6.4% and quarter-over-quarter growth of 0.1% in the first quarter of 2022.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia in May increased by 4.6% compared with the previous year and grew in all counties and Aran. The monthly variation was positive for Catalonia as a whole (0.8%) and in 40 counties.

Idescat is participating in the 10th European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics, held in Vilnius (Lithuania) between 8 to 10 June.

The awards ceremony for the 13th Nursery Competition for Surveys and Experiments was held on Thursday 2 June.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 3.1% year-over-year in Catalonia in April 2022.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 9.5% in April 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year. .

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 1.2 million in April 2022, compared to 93.5 thousand a year ago.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 1,147 million euros in April 2022, compared to 89 million a year ago.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 9.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in April 2022.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 14.2% year-on-year in Catalonia in April 2022.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 549.0% year-over-year in April 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 45.0% in Catalonia in April 2022 and stood at 105.44 euros.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 10.2% in Catalonia in March 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 19.8% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in March 2022.

The contribution of total factor productivity (TFP) to the GDP growth of Catalonia was 1.3 points in 2021.

Catalan exports of products with a medium-low technological content increased the most in the first quarter of 2022, by 29.9% year-over-year. Sales of high technological content products increased by 20.2%.

59.9% of business establishments in Catalonia state that they are aware of the European Next Generation recovery funds and their help lines. 58.7% declare that the war between Ukraine and Russia affects their business.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 7.6% and imports by 27.4% in Catalonia in March 2022.

A total of 60,263 non-contributory Social Security pensions were paid in Catalonia in December 2021, a 0.5% less with respect to the previous year.

The population of Catalonia on 1 January 2022 amounted to 7,758,615 inhabitants, according to provisional data from the Population Estimates.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 8.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in April 2022.

The average number of unemployment benefits in Catalonia decreased by 40,0% in 2021 and the economic volume decreased by 25.0%.

The monthly average of benefits as Guaranteed Income for Citizens increased a 33.9% in 2021, and a 19.1% for Active Inclusion Income.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia in April 2022 increased by 5.1% compared with the previous year and grew in all the counties and Aran. The monthly variation was positive for Catalonia as a whole (1.5%) and in 37 counties.

The Industrial Products Production Index increased by 9.4% in Catalonia in 2021, according to definitive data.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 0.1% year-over-year in Catalonia in March 2022.

Catalonia's gross domestic product showed year-over-year growth of 6.4% in the first quarter of 2022 according to the advanced estimate, and the quarter-over-quarter rate stood at 0.1%.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 80.3% in the first quarter of 2022 on the year-over-year data.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 703.8 thousand in March 2022, compared to 85.6 thousand a year ago.

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 733 million euros in March 2022, compared to 69 million a year ago.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 3.9% in March 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year. .

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by a year-over-year 282.3% in the first quarter of 2022.

Idescat is publishing a new section of its website to monitor the evolution of the population with Ukrainian nationality in Catalonia. Data are provided on issued health cards and registrations in the Municipal Populations Register.

The expenditure of companies in innovative activities made in Catalonia reached 4,512.5 million euros in 2020, 14.0% less than the previous year.

The General Retail Trade Index without service stations, at current prices, increased by 4.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in March 2022.

The number of affiliates of foreign companies with establishments in Catalonia increased by 8.3% in 2019. The main investor countries were Germany, France and the United States.

The employed population in Catalonia grew by 2.5% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022 and stood at 3,457,300 people. In relation to the fourth quarter of quarter of 2021, there was a decrease of 40,900 people employed (−1.2%).

Idescat offers georeferenced population data from the Population Register of Catalonia on the 1st of January 2017 and 2018 with the variables of sex, age, nationality and place of birth, through files Shapefile.

The income per inhabitant in Catalonia was 18,200 euros in 2019, an annual increase of 2.1%. Income per inhabitant increased in all counties.

The Industrial Products Price Index (which does not include energy) grew by 6.6% in Catalonia in 2021, according to definitive data.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 350.4% year-over-year in March 2022, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 29.2% in Catalonia in March 2022 and stood at 94.92 euros.

The Industrial Products Price Index (excluding energy) grew by 11.9% year-on-year in Catalonia in March 2022.

The population of Catalonia residing abroad increased by 4.8% in 2021. Those resident in the United Kingdom increased by 15.2%.

Idescat has enriched its offer of open data with the datasets that make up the entire exploitation of some statistics. These datasets are provided in CSV format in different variants and in JSON format.

The Industry Turnover Index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-over-year increase of 11.1% in Catalonia in February 2022.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by 21.5% year-over-year rate in Catalonia in February 2022.

The business situation of companies in Catalonia in the first quarter of 2022 registered a balance of −3.1 points, and that of expectations for the second quarter stood at −4.2 points.

On 20 April 2022, the director of Idescat presented the Bill of the Statistical Plan for Catalonia 2023-2028 and amendment of Law 23/1998 of 30 December 1998 on Statistics in Catalonia to the representatives of the parliamentary groupings.

The registered population of Catalonia stands at 7,783,302 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022, according to the provisional data of the Municipal Population Register.

23.9% of the employed population of Catalonia stated that they had worked at least one Saturday each month in 2021.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index in Catalonia has decreased by 2.1% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the previous quarter.

Exports increased by a year-over-year 16.3% and imports by 25.6% in Catalonia in February 2022.

The number of confirmed cases of covid-19 were 1,136,261 in the first quarter of 2022, a figure that represents 14.7 cases per 100 inhabitants.

The number of Social Security contributors in Catalonia increased by 4.3% year-over-year in March 2022 and grew in all the counties and Aran. The monthly variation was positive in 34 counties and the most intense rises were registered in El Baix Empordà and La Selva.

The Consumer Price Index (base 2021=100) increased by 9.5% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in March 2022.

The collection of information for the Survey of Living Conditions 2022 has begun. The fieldwork will be performed between April and June 2022.

The census tract groups with the highest socioeconomic level in Catalonia were mostly located in the Metropolitan Area and the those with the lowest socioeconomic level were more distributed throughout the territory, in 2019.

Idescat publishes the update of the maps for the territorial nomenclature for census tract groups for the years 2019 to 2021, in Shapefile format.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 2.5% year-over-year in Catalonia in February 2022.

Idescat has published "User satisfaction and use of Idescat's statistical dissemination" (PDF), which is the second volume of the "Projects for the proposed Statistical Plan for Catalonia 2023-2028" collection.

The population of Catalonia will be 8.1 million in 2031, according to the medium scenario. El Moianès, El Baix Penedès and El Gironès are the counties that will grow the most in the next decade.

A total of 62,231 state pensions were paid to civil servants (chiefly teaching and healthcare personnel) and military servants in Catalonia under the passive class system in December 2021, a 3.3% more than the previous year.

The Large Store Sales Index of Catalonia at current prices increased by 21.0% in February 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year. .

The total expenditure by tourists residing abroad whose main destination is Catalonia stood at 589 million euros in February 2022, 977.1% more than a year ago.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 619.4 thousand in February 2022, 1,039.7% more than the previous year.

The Gender Equality Index in Catalonia in 2019 was 73.0 points (total equality stands at 100) with an increase of 0.7 points compared to 2018.

The 2,838 social services centres providing personal care in Catalonia provided services worth 2,351 million euros in 2019. The public administration contributed 60% of the centres’ funding and user fees accounted for 32%.

The Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) of the Catalan economy totalled 56.3 million tonnes in 2019, a figure representing 7.3 tonnes per inhabitant, a 5.5% more than the year before.

There were 3,029,300 households in Catalonia in 2020. 26.0% of these were single-person households.

26.7% of women aged between 40 and 55 had no biological children, according to the 2018 Fertility survey.

A total of 3,844,225 people were registered for paid employment for at least one day in Catalonia in 2018, 1.7% more than the previous year.