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The Industrial Products Price Index grew by 1.4% in Catalonia in 2018, according to definitive data.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 0.2% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in March 2019.

The number of employed people in Catalonia increases by 87,700 individuals in the first quarter of 2019, 2.7% higher than the same period of the previous year.

Exports increased a 2.6% year-on-year and imports increased a 4.3% in Catalonia in February 2019.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 4.2% in Catalonia in February 2019.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 2.6% in Catalonia in February 2019.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an increase of 1.5% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in February 2019.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 2.4% year-over-year in March 2019, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 7.2% in Catalonia in March 2019 and stood at 93.95 euros.

The growth forecast of Catalan businesses for the second quarter of 2019 registers a balance of 14.7 points.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index for Catalonia decreased by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2019 in comparison with the previous quarter.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.4% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in March 2019.

The registered population of Catalonia stands at 7,672,699 inhabitants as of 1 January 2019, according to the provisional data of the Municipal Population Register.

La Cerdanya was the county where the income per inhabitant increased most (3.0%) in 2016, followed by Osona (2.4%), El Baix Llobregat (2.3%) and El Alt Empordà (2.2%).

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days decreased a 1.8% on a year-over-year basis in February 2019.

The number of unemployment benefits in Catalonia increased by 4.43% in 2018 and the economic volume rose by 3.25%.

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain in 2018 decreased a 6.2% in comparison with the previous year and the total amount of expenditure, a 6.0%.

The number of trips made by Catalans in 2018 increased 6.0% and the expenditure, 15.6%.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia increased by 0.5% on year-over-year data for February 2019.

The expenditure made by foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia stood at 1,015 million euro for February 2019, which represented a year-over-year decrease of 0.8%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 1.4% in year-over-year terms in February 2019.

26.8% of the employed population of Catalonia stated that they had worked at least one Saturday each month in 2018.

The Idescat website is renewing its design and homepage on 1 April 2019.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 2.6% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in February 2019.

The Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) of the Catalan economy totalled 49.1 million tonnes in 2015, a figure representing 6.6 tonnes per inhabitant .

The field operation of the Business climate survey corresponding to the first quarter of 2019 is conducted from the 25 March and takes an expected 15 calendar days.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 0.5% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in February 2019.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 6.2% year-over-year in February 2019, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

Exports decreased a 2.0% year-on-year and imports increased a 2.7% in Catalonia in January 2019.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 4.1% in Catalonia in February 2019 and stood at 114.02 euros.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) (base 2015=100) increased by 6.2% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the fourth quarter of 2018. Furthermore, the Turnover Index (IASSVN) also showed a 5.3% increase with respect to one year ago.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 4.8% in Catalonia in January 2019.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 2.0% in Catalonia in January 2019.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an increase of 1.9% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in January 2019. .

The gross domestic product of Catalonia reached 242,313 million euros in 2018, a figure that represents an annual growth rate of 2.6%, according to the Annual Economic Accounts for Catalonia.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 1.8% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2018.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,880.31 euros in Catalonia as of the fourth quarter of 2018, 1.8% higher than the same quarter in 2017.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia increased by 1.8% on year-over-year data for January 2019.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.1% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in February 2019.

Idescat is taking part in the NTTS 2019, set to take place in Brussels from 12 to 14 March, whit a paper and two posters.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 1.9% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in January 2019.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days grew a 0.4% on a year-over-year basis in January 2019.

Today, within the framework of the General Assembly of the Catalan Statistical Society, Frederic Udina, director of Idescat, will give a lecture titled “Estadística pública, oficial o estadística a seques?”.

Idescat is publishing the Standardised Death Rate (SDR) by age corresponding to the 2013-2017 period. The SDR in Catalonia totalled 821 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in the above period, a figure slightly lower than those of Spain (872) and the European Union (1,036). Girona Counties

Idescat is publishing the life table of the population of Catalonia corresponding to the 2013-2017 period. Life expectancy at birth stood at 83.23 years in the above period, 80.37 years for men and 85.97 years for women, a difference of 5.6 years to the benefit of wome

The field word on the 2018 Library Survey has begun and it takes place from March to May 2019.

The centenarian population of Catalonia totalled 1,950 people on 1 January 2017, a figure representing an increase of 6.8% with respect to the previous year, according to the Centenarian Population Estimate statistic.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 944 million euro for January 2019, which represented a year-over-year increase of 4.5%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 5.3% on the year-over-year data for January 2019.

The number of contributors to the Social Security in Catalonia increased by 2.9% at 31 December 2018 with respect to the same period of the previous year and stood at 3,221,797 people.

Idescat has updated the Social Welfare and Progress Indicators. It provides the data for 2018 for 18 indicators. Similarly, the data from previous years for 10 other indicators are completed and updated.

The registration period for tenth edition of the Nursery Competition for Surveys and Experiments, aimed at pupils in secondary, pre-university and vocational education, is open and will end on 4 April. The competition is organised by the Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics at the UPC, the Faculty of Economics and Business at the UB and the Faculty of Science at the UAB, and which is supported by Idescat.

The exported industrial products of high technology level increased by 9.3% year-over-year in Catalonia in the fourth quarter of 2018 and overall in 2018 the growth of foreign sales was at 1.2%, according to provisional data from the Spanish Central Tax Authority.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 5.6% year-over-year for the month of January 2019, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 0.7% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in January 2019.

Exports fell by 7.8% and imports grew by 4.1% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2018. In 2018, exports increased by 1.1% and imports by 6.9%, according to provisional data from the State Tax Administration Agency.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 6.9% in Catalonia in January 2019 and stood at 88.10 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 1.9% in Catalonia in December 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year decrease of 1.6% in Catalonia in December 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an decrease of 3.9% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in December 2018. .

In-house R&D expenditure in Catalonia totalled 3,273.4 million euros in 2017, representing an increase of 5.5% over the previous year, according to the provisional data of the Statistics on Research and Development (R&D) Activitie.

The population of foreign nationality residing in Catalonia as of 1 January 2018 totalled 1,082,099, a figure representing a year-over-year increase of 3.9%. The Moroccan population was the top foreign nationality in 25 counties and Catalonia as a whole.

The registered population in Catalonia on 1 January 2018 totalled 7,600,065 inhabitants. By place of birth, 64.7% were born in Catalonia,17.1% were born in the rest of Spain and 18.2% were born abroad, according to the Municipal Population Register. By counties and Aran, the highest percentages corresponded to La Terra Alta (83.1%), Les Garrigues (81.6%).

In the third quarter of 2018, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries reached a level of 105.1 points, this represents an improvement of 0.5 points in year-over-year terms.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in January 2019.

A total of 56,610 state pensions were paid to civil servants (chiefly teaching and healthcare personnel) and military servants in Catalonia under the passive class system in December 2018, a 3.2% more than the previous year.

The unemployment rate in Catalonia stood at a mean of 11.5% in 2018, with a total of 436,400 unemployed, 14.0% less than in 2017. The number of households with all their active members unemployed totalled 130,700 representing a year-over-year drop of 16.6%.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days fell by 10.8% for the year-over-year variation in Catalonia in December 2018. In 2018, the annual average of the Industrial Production Index rose by 0.8%, according to provisional data.

The Statistical nomenclature of Population Entities in Catalonia has been updated with the data from the Municipal Population Register on the date of January 1, 2018, which enables consultation of all of the population data by sex for the infra-municipal population entities of Catalonia.

The Large Store Sales Index at current prices (IVGS) in Catalonia decreased by 4.2% year-over-year data for December 2018. In 2018 as a whole, the IVGS at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 2.7% in relation to the previous year.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 2.2% in the fourth quarter of 2018 and, in 2018 as a whole, a growth of 2.6%, according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of Vice-presidency and of Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 6.8% in the fourth quarter of 2018 on the year-over-year data. In the year 2018 as a whole, the number of overnight stays in campsites grew 1.3% in Catalonia, according to provisional data from the Survey of Employment in Campsites.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia increased by 22.7% on the year-over-year data for December 2018. In 2018 as a whole, this total expenditure increased by 7.2% with respect to 2017, according to provisional data.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 18.8% on the year-over-year data for December 2018. In 2017 as a whole, the number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 5.0% compared to 2016, according to provisional data.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by 10.9% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2018. In the year 2018 as a whole, the number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments increased by 5.2% in Catalonia, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 0.9% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in December 2018.

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 27,900 people in the fourth quarter of 2018 with respect to the previous year (-5.8%) and stood at 451,400 persons, with an unemployment rate of 11.75%. The number of employed people rose by 75,000, totalling 3,391,100 individuals, a 2.3% higher than the same period of the previous year. By specific sectors, the cultural sector decreased, a 2.4%, as well as the turism and the ICT sectors, a 3.5% and a 7.9%, respectively.

The Industrial Price Index increased by 0.9% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2018. On the other hand, in 2018, Industrial Price Index, in annual average terms, increased by 1.4% with respect to the previous year, according to provisional data.

Idescat has published the booklet Figures on Catalonia 2019, which presents a selection of basic statistics on Catalonia compared to those on Spain and the European Union.

Exports decreased a 1.9% year-on-year and imports increased a 8.1% in Catalonia in November 2018.

Overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 13.6% year-over-year for the month of December, 2018. In 2018 as a whole, overnight stays in hotel establishments decreased by 0.7% in Catalonia according to provisional data from the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate (ADR) at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 7.8% in Catalonia in December 2018 and stood at 90.09 euros. In 2018, the (ADR) stayed stable in comparison to 2017, while the Revenue per Available Room (RevPar) decresed by 1.2%, according to provisional data.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 5.2% in Catalonia in November 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year decrease of 1.7% in November 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an increase of 1.7% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in November 2018. .

The business situation of Catalan companies in the fourth quarter of 2018 recorded a balance of 11.1 points, a figure representing an increase of 2.2 points with respect to the situation in the previous quarter.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index for Catalonia decreased by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2019 in comparison with the previous quarter.

The technical sessions that Idescat has designed for the first semester of 2019 can now be consulted, as well as the schedule of other training and promotional activities in the field of statistics that have been organised to date.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.4% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2018.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days decreased by 4.3% on a year-over-year basis in November 2018.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 0.7% on year-over-year data for November 2018.

Idescat has published the definitive data of the Marriage Statistics for 2017. That year, 29,335 marriages were recorded in Catalonia. Compared with 2016, marriages had decreased 0.07%.

Idescat has published the definitive data of the Death Statistics for 2017. That year, 66,165 deaths were recorded in Catalonia. Compared with 2016, deaths had increased 4.54%.

Idescat has published the definitive data of the Birth Statistics for 2017. That year, 66,803 live births were recorded in Catalonia. Compared with 2016, live births had decreased 3.1%.

Exports increased a 6.5% year-on-year and imports a 12.7% in Catalonia in October 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1.019 million euro for November 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 9.7%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 6.0% on the year-over-year data for November 2018.

Idescat published official population figures by sex, referring to January 1, 2018, resulting from the revision of the Municipal Population Register, which the Spanish Government has made official by means of Royal Decree 1458/2018, of 14 December published in official state gazette (BOE) number 314 of 29 December 2018.

Idescat has translated into Catalan the third version of the European Statistics Code of Practice, adopted by the European Statistical System Committee on 16 November 2017.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.3% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in November 2018.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 2.7% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in November 2018.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 14.3% year-over-year for the month of November 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The number of trips in Catalonia of residents of the rest of the State stands at 1,761.1 thousand trips, a figure that represents a decrease of 3.4% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2018.

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 4.4% year-over-year in the third quarter 2018. People residing in Catalonia made 11,154.3 thousand trips, involving 66,011.5 thousand overnight stays.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 9.5% in Catalonia in November 2018 and stood at 95.58 euros.

88% of the population between 16 and 74 years of age in Catalonia regularly used the Internet in the past three months, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the previous year, according to the 2018 Survey on ICT Equipment and Use in Households.

The calendar for the release of the results of Idescat's statistical production for the year 2019 is now available.

The Government has approved the Annual Programme for Statistical Action 2019 (PAAE 2019) which includes all the statistical actions of interest of the Catalan Government that must be carried out by the Statistical System of Catalonia during this year, within the framework of the Statistical Plan for Catalonia 2017-2020. The number of actions scheduled is 323.

Statistical international journal SORT Volume 42 Number 2 has been published for the period July-December 2018 with the inclusion of five articles and one invited article.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 8.8% in Catalonia in Octubre 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 6.5% in October 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an increase of 6.4% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in October 2018. .

The resident population in Catalonia as of 1 January 2018 was 7,543,825, according to the definitive data of the Population Estimates. This figure exceeds the historical maximum reached in 2012 and represents an increase of 47,549 people with respect to the year before.

In 2016, there were 15,372 ICT companies in Catalonia and the turnover of these companies was 16,667 million euros.

In 2016, there were 39,133 companies in the cultural sector in Catalonia and the turnover of these companies was 10,819 million euros, according to the Statistics and Accounts of the Cultural Companies.

Idescat publishes the 2014 Input-Output Framework for Catalonia (MIOC-2014). This statistical operation is an update of the MIOC-2011, with 2014 as its reference date.

La Ribera d’Ebre was the county which generated the most economic activity in 2016 in relation to its population, with a GDP per capita of 44,400 euros, 47.6% higher than the Catalan average (30,100 euros). We should also highlight El Barcelonès, El Tarragonès and Aran, which exceeded the Catalan average by more than 10%.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,597.56 euros in Catalonia as of the third quarter of 2018, 2.3% higher than the same quarter in 2017.

The turnover of companies in the audiovisual sector in Catalonia in 20162015 was 1,662 million euros.

The turnover generated by wholesale trade companies in Catalonia stood at 88,845 million euros in 2016, according to the Structural Business Statistics in the Service Sector. Of all service sectors, wholesale trade is the sector generating the highest business volume and most added value (12,371 million euros).

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) (base 2015=100) increased by 6.3% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the third quarter of 2018. Furthermore, the Turnover Index (IASSVN) also showed a 4.7% increase with respect to one year ago.

The turnover generated by industrial companies in Catalonia stood at 130,002 million euros in 2016, according to the Structural Business Statistics in the Industrial Sector. The number of employed persons in companies in this sector was 460,124 and the gross value added they generated exceeded 31,816 million euros.

The number of contributors to the Social Security in Catalonia increased by 2.5% in September 2018 with respect to the same period of the previous year, standing at 3,253,644 individuals. For the first time, Idescat is publishing temorality and parciality data of affiliations to the Social Security on someone else's account.

The field work of the Business climate survey is underway corresponding to the fourth quarter of 2018. The field operation is conducted from the 14 December and takes an expected 20 calendar days.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.9% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in November 2018.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 2.7% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.5% in the third quarter of 2018.

In 2017, Catalonia's exports of high technology-level industrial products increased by 9.5% with respect to the previous year, according to definitive data from the State Tax Agency.

In 2017, exports increased by 6.9% and imports by 9.9% in comparison with the previous year, according to definitive data from the State Tax Administration Agency.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days decreased by 0.5% on a year-over-year basis in October 2018.

The number of people in Catalonia who had some sort of administrative relationship with Social Security was 5,291,350 in 2017, whether as contributors, pensioners or residents. Of these 3,779,375 were registered for paid employment for at least one day, a figure which is 3.1% less than the previous year.

Catalan exports of high technological content increased by 2.3% on a year-over-year basis in the third quarter of 2018.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia increased by 5.8% on year-over-year data for October 2018.

Exports decreased a 7.8% year-on-year and imports decreased a 2.1% in Catalonia in September 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,710 million euro for October 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 10.4%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 10.6% on the year-over-year data for October 2018.

24.9% of Catalan companies with 10 employees or more made e-commerce sales in 2017. This figure represents a decrease of 0.2 points compared to the previous year.

In the second quarter of 2018, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries reached a level of 105.1 points, which implies a decline of 0.4 points in year-over-year terms

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 7.7% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in October 2018.

In 2016, there were 112,239 tourism companies in Catalonia and the turnover of these companies was 31,024 million euros.

Idescat publishes extended results of the Continuous Household Survey related to the population and its characteristics, age, marital status, place of birth and nationality for the period 2014-2017.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 6.7% year-over-year for the month of October 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.5% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in October 2018.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 0.4% in Catalonia in October 2018 and stood at 92.70 euros.

Half the counties registered seasonal population increases in 2017, according to the Seasonal Population Estimates. In absolute terms, El Tarragonès was the county which registered the highest seasonal population, with 47,721 people AFTE (annual full-time equivalent population), followed by El Barcelonès, with 36,842 people AFTE.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 2.3% in Catalonia in September 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year decrease of 5.6% in September 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a decrease of 4.8% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in September 2018. .

The value of the sales of industrial products in Catalonia stood at 94,957 million euros in 2017, a figure 8.6% higher than that for the previous year, according to provisional data from the Industrial products survey.

During the 2017-2018 academic year, 83.3% of non-university students studied in the same municipality as their place of residence. Among the municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants, Barcelona was the one that retained more resident students of non-university studies (97.0%), followed by Lleida (96.0%), La Seu d’Urgell (95.9%) and Mataró (95.0%).

The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.4% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in October 2018.

El Barcelonès and El Garraf were the counties with the highest personal income tax rates (IRPF) in 2016, with 25,598 and 24,319 euros respectively.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days decreased by 1.5% on a year-over-year basis in September 2018.

Catalonia's gross domestic product grew by 2.7%, on a year-over-year basis, during the third quarter of 2018 - according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by 0.1% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2018, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia decreased by 2.5% in the third quarter of 2018 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey. .

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 8.2% on year-over-year data for September 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,189 million euro for September 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 0.9%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 0.3% on the year-over-year data for September 2018.

Exports increased a 2.7% year-on-year and imports grew a 6.0% in Catalonia in August 2018.

The use of the Internet in the households of the Girona Counties and Ponent increased by five percentage points between 2015 and 2017, according to the Territorial Survey on ICT in Households. The percentages of people aged between 16 and 74 who have used the Internet in the last three months in these areas total 85.0% and 83.8% respectively, proportions lower than the Catalan average (85.7%).

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 2018. Meanwhile, Garcia and Martinez are at the top of the list of surnames.

The number of marriages of residents in Catalonia held in 2017 stood at 28,594, according to provisional data. This figure represents a fall of 2.6% with respect to the definitive data for 2016.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, decreased by 2.9% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in September 2018.

The number of companies with establishments in Catalonia stood at 630,020 on 1 January 2018, a figure 1.7% higher than that of a year earlier, according to the statistics Companies and Establishments drawn up by Idescat and based on the DIRCE, the INE’s Central companies directory. As for companies with their head offices in Catalonia, the number stood at 618,366, representing an increase of 1.5% over the previous year.

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 72,000 people in the third quarter of 2018 with respect to the previous year (-15.1%) and stayed at 403,700 persons, with an unemployment rate of 10.63%, according to the Active Population Survey. The number of employed people rose by 77,000, totalling 3,393,900 individuals, a 2.3% higher than the same period of the previous year. By specific sectors, the cultural sector rose a 0.2%, while the ICT and the turism sectors fell a 5.3% and a 0.4%, respectively.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.5% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in September 2018.

The ceremony for presenting the awards of the XVI Student Contest on Applied Statistics, was held on the 5 October, framed within the Statistics Day of Catalonia.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 0.9% year-over-year for the month of September 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 1.2% in Catalonia in September 2018 and stood at 92.81 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 6.0% in Catalonia in August 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 1.0% in August 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an increase of 10.1% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in August 2018. .

Idescat is joining the celebration of the European Statistics Day (20 October), an initiative led by the European Statistical Advisory Committee, with the support of the European Statistics System and the European System of Central Banks.

The growth forecast of Catalan businesses for the fourth quarter of 2018 registers a balance of 12.6 points, according to the Business Climate Survey.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.3% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in September 2018.

Overnight stays in hotel establishments increased by 3.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in 2017, according to definitive data from the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index for Catalonia decreased by 2.0% in the fourth quarter of 2018 in comparison with the previous quarter.

In the 2016-2017 academic year, 74.9% of the 152,397 university students living in Catalonia travelled from their municipalities of residence to one of the 25 municipalities where the university education centres are located.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days remained basically stable in Catalonia compared to the same month of the year before (-0.1%) in August 2018.

With six talks, Idescat will take part in the 20th JECAS, the Conference on Statistics of the Autonomous Communities, to be held in Logroño (La Rioja) on 4 and 5 October.

The number of contributors to the Social Security in Catalonia increased by 3.5% in June 2018 with respect to the same period of the previous year, standing at 3,285,238 individuals.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 1.4% on year-over-year data for August 2018.

Exports increased a 4.2% year-on-year and imports grew a 16.7% in Catalonia in July 2018.

You can already consult the website of the compliance of the statistical activities included in the Idescat Annual Statistical Action Programme for 2017.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,780 million euro for August 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 4.7%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 5.0% on the year-over-year data for August 2018.

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain showed a 7.8% year-over-year decrease in the second quarter of 2018, which meant a total of 1,298.3 trips and 5,474.6 thousand overnight stays.

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 9.2% year-over-year in the second quarter 2018. People residing in Catalonia made 9,323.8 thousand trips, involving 28,221.9 thousand overnight stays.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 2.2% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in August 2018.

The average annual consumer expenditure of Catalan households totalled 31,619 euros per household in 2017, an increase of 3.9% in comparison with the previous year, according to the Statistics on Household Consumer Expenditures.

Marc and Júlia were the most common names for newborn children in 2017.

The number of live births recorded in Catalonia in 2017 stood at 66,495, according to the Birth Statistics provisional data, a figure which represents a decrease of 3.6% in comparison with the definitive data for 2016. The mean age of mothers at first birth was 31.

The programme for Statistics Day of Catalonia 2018 is now available. This year's edition is convened by the Catalan Statistics Society and organised by the SORT journal. It will take place on 5 October at the Prat de la Riba hall of the Institute of Catalan Studies.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 2.9% year-over-year for the month of August 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.7% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in August 2018.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 2.2% in Catalonia in August 2018 and stood at 109.68 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 6.0% in Catalonia in July 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 6.0% in July 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an increase of 5.1% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in July 2018. .

The collection of information for the 2018 Survey of Living Conditions has begun. The fieldwork will be performed between September and December 2018.

In the first quarter of 2018, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries reached a level of 105.7 points, which implies a decline of 2.1 points in year-over-year terms

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments increased by 8.2% in Catalonia in 2017, according to definitive data from the Rural Tourism Accommodation Occupancy Survey.

The number of overnight stays in campsites grew 7.1% in Catalonia in 2017, according to definitive data from the Survey of Employment in Campsites.

Idescat and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families initiate the first Economic Survey on Home Care Services. The fieldwork for this Survey will be conducted between September and December 2018.

In 2016, 230,171 changes of residence from one Catalan municipality to another were recorded, a 5.8% decline with respect to 2015, according to Statistics on on Migratory Movements. 56.5% of the 230,171 internal movements within Catalonia were inter-county movements, resulting in a positive migratory balance for 23 counties and Aran.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,804.74 euros in Catalonia as of the second quarter of 2018, 1.1% higher than the same quarter in 2017.

In 2017 as a whole, the total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia increased by 10.1% and the average daily expenditure person grew a 3.9% with respect to 2016, according to definitive data.

In 2017 as a whole, the number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 5.4% with respect to 2016, according to definitive data.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) (base 2015=100) increased by 6.7% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the second quarter of 2018. Furthermore, the Turnover Index (IASSVN) also showed a 5.6% increase with respect to one year ago.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 3.1% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.7% in the second quarter of 2018.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in August 2018.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 0.7% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in July 2018.

Catalan exports of high technological content decreased by 2.7% on a year-over-year basis in the second quarter of 2018.

Exports increased a 0.9% year-on-year and imports grew a 5.1% in Catalonia in June 2018.

Idescat presents the publication "Estadística de l'audiovisual a Catalunya 2015".

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 6.3% on year-over-year data for July 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,895 million euro for July 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 3.2%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 6.7% on the year-over-year data for July 2018.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, decreased by 0.3% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in July 2018.

The Government has approved the Annual Programme for Statistical Action 2018 (PAAE 2018) which includes all the statistical actions of interest of the Catalan Government that must be carried out by the Statistical System of Catalonia during this year, within the framework of the Statistical Plan for Catalonia 2017-2020. The number of actions scheduled is 320.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 6.5% year-over-year for the month of July 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.8% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in July 2018.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 1.5% in Catalonia in July 2018 and stood at 106.46 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 5.2% in Catalonia in June 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 4.0% in June 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an decrease of 1.6% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in June 2018. .

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 4.5% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in June 2018.

The total gross labour cost per worker stood at 32,374.69 euros in Catalonia in 2017, a figure that represents a decrease of 0.3% compared to 2016 according to the Annual Labour Cost Survey.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia decreased by 2.0% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2018, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia increased by 2.9% on year-over-year data for June 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,402 million euro for June 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 13.6%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 3.2% on the year-over-year data for June 2018.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia decreased by 3.6% in the second quarter of 2018 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey. .

Catalonia's gross domestic product grew by 3.1%, on a year-over-year basis, during the second quarter of 2018 - according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.

Exports decreased a 1.2% year-on-year and imports grew a 1.1% in Catalonia in May 2018.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 3.5% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in June 2018.

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 65,500 people in the second quarter of 2018 with respect to the previous year (-13.1%) and stayed at 432,000 persons, with an unemployment rate of 11.39%, according to the Active Population Survey. The number of employed people rose by 89,900, totalling 3,360,400 individuals, a 2.7% higher than the same period of the previous year. The specific sector of tourism grew a 1.2% year-over-year, while the cultural and the ICT sectors fell a 1.3% and a 1.4%, respectively.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.7% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in June 2018.

In 2017, the Metropolitan Area (32,861.90 euros) and El Penedès (32,056.20 euros) were the territorial areas with the highest average net incomes per household and were the only ones which stood above the Catalan average (31,410.80 euros), according to the Survey on Living Conditions (territorial results).

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 4.3% year-over-year for the month of June 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

In 2015, the weight of industry in the gross added value was higher than 75% in the municipalities of La Canonja (88.5%), Santa Margarida i els Monjos (77.3%) and Guissona (75.5%). With regards to the service sector, it represented more than the 75% of the gross added value for one third of all municipalities. Salou, Alella, Calella, Altafulla and l’Hospitalet de Llobregat were those presenting the highest figures, around the 90%.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 0.5% in Catalonia in June 2018 and stood at 94.75 euros.

The expenditure on technological innovation of companies based in Catalonia with ten or more employees stood at 3,209.7 million euros in 2016, a figure accounting for 2.1% of its turnover and totalling 3,367.2 million euros if the expenditure of all the Companies involved in technological innovation in Catalonia was taken into account, regardless of where the registered office was located.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 6.6% in Catalonia in April 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 1.9% in May 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an deincrease of 0.2% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in May 2018.

The growth forecast of Catalan businesses for the third quarter of 2018 registers a balance of 14.8 points, according to the Business Climate Survey.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.4% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in June 2018.

Idescat adds the data from population studies based on the censuses published from 1860-1970 to the Demographic Historical Series.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index for Catalonia increased by 0.3% in the third quarter of 2018 in comparison with the previous quarter.

The Gross domestic expenditure on R&D relative to the GDP was 1.46% in Catalonia in the year 2016, 0.06 points lower than the previous year.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 2.3% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in May 2018.

The number of contributory Social Security pensions received by residents of Catalonia totalled 1,683,463 as of 31 December 2017. The counties with the most contributory pensions per inhabitant were El Berguedà and El Ripollès.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 6.6% on year-over-year data for May 2018.

Exports grew a 8.2% year-on-year and imports a 20.9% in Catalonia in April 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,915 million euro for May 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 5.2%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 2.4% on the year-over-year data for May 2018.

Idescat is publishing the Centenarian Population Estimates for the first time. Data on the centenarian population, age by age, are provided up to 105 years of age, together with retrospective results since 1981. In Catalonia there were 1,875 centenarian people on 1 January 2016, a figure representing 251 centenarians per million inhabitants.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 0.9% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in May 2018.

The official impact factor for 2017 of SORT has been published and stands at 1.344, according to Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science - Journal Citation Reports).

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 8,0% year-over-year in the first quarter 2018. People residing in Catalonia made 6,924.0 thousand trips, involving 21.775,6 thousand overnight stays.

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain showed a 0.1% year-over-year decrease in the first quarter of 2018, which meant a total of 947.9 trips and 3,819.4 thousand overnight stays.

Idescat presents the second update of the Social Welfare and Progress Indicators 2017. Updated information is available of 23 indicators, of a total of 52, corresponding mainly to the areas of Living and working conditions, Health and Leisure and Culture.

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

The technical sessions that Idescat has designed for the second semester of 2018 can now be consulted, as well as the schedule of other training and promotional activities in the field of statistics that have been organised to date.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.2% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in May 2018.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 4.3% year-over-year for the month of May 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

Idescat provides information on real estate cadastre and property tax, of urban and rustic type, regarding year 2017, based on data from the Dirección General del Catastro.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 5.0% in Catalonia in May 2018 and stood at 88.90 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 6.6% in Catalonia in April 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 14.3% in April 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products (base 2015=100), excluding energy, registered an increase of 14.8% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in April 2018.

In 2016, the mean annual net income of Catalans stood at 31,411 euros per household and 12,712 euros per person, figures 0.2% and 0.4% higher than in the previous year. The at-risk-of-poverty rate stood at 20.0% in 2017, a figure eight tenths higher than that of the previous year.

Statistical international journal SORT Volume 42 Number 1 has been published for the period January-June 2018 with the inclusion of five articles.

The contribution of total factor productivity to the growth of the Catalan economy was 1.2 percentage points in 2017.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,669.21 euros in Catalonia as of the first quarter of 2018, 3.0% higher than the same quarter in 2017.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) (base 2015=100) increased by 6.3% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the first quarter of 2018. Furthermore, the Turnover Index (IASSVN) also showed a 5.5% increase with respect to one year ago. As of this quarter, the Turnover Index for the service sector is published on the basis of 2015.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 3.4% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.8% in the first quarter of 2018.

The field work of the Business climate survey is underway corresponding to the second quarter of 2018. The field operation is conducted from the 14 June and takes an expected 20 calendar days.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.3% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in May 2018.

In Catalonia, there were 2,980,600 households in 2017, according to the results of the Continuous Household Survey. By numbers of members, 25.6% were unipersonal households, 31.6% were two-person households, 20.4% were three-person households and 22.4% contained four or more people.

Idescat is publishing the standardized mortality rate (SMR) by age corresponding to the 2012-2016 period. The SMR in Catalonia was 832 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in the above period, slightly lower than the SMR in Spain (837) and that of the European Union (1,003). Girona Counties

Idescat is publishing the life table corresponding to the 2012-2016 period. The life expectancy at birth of the population of Catalonia was 83.06 years in the above period, 80.18 years for men and 85.82 years for women, a difference of 5.6 years to the benefit of women.

The ceremony for presenting the awards and diplomas of the 9th Nursery competition for Surveys and Experiments, was held on the 1 June.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 3.8% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in April 2018.

The gross annual salary per worker in Catalonia was 24,454.64 euros in 2016, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Annual Wage Structure Survey.

Catalan exports of high technological content decreased by 4.4% on a year-over-year basis in the first quarter of 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,523 million euro for April 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 1.6%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 11.0% on the year-over-year data for April 2018.

The number of contributors to the Social Security in Catalonia increased by 4.0% year-over-year in March 2018, standing at 3,191,606 individuals. The publication of the data for March saw the broadening of the results of the affiliations with new crossings of the socio-demographic variables by type of employment relationship, activity sector and contribution scheme.

Exports grew a 0.8% year-on-year and imports fell by 4.1% in Catalonia in March 2018.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 6.1% on year-over-year data for April 2018.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 0.5% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in April 2018.

Idescat updates the Non-Economic At Risk of Poverty and Social Exclusion Territorial Indicators with data from 2016.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.1% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in April 2018.

Idescat designates the data protection officer provided in the new General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679). The contact address is dpd@idescat.cat

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 2.1% in Catalonia in March 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year decrease of 2.4% in March 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products (base 2015=100), excluding energy, registered an increase of 0.4% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in March 2018.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 12.5% year-over-year for the month of April 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 1.1% in Catalonia in April 2018 and stood at 91.91 euros.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries reached a level of 105.5 points, which implies a decline of 1.3 points in year-over-year terms

Exports grew 1.0% year-on-year and imports by 5.4% in Catalonia in February 2018.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in April 2018.

The Industrial Products Production Index rose by 3.6% in Catalonia in 2017, according to definitive figures.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days (base 2015=100) increased by 6.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in March 2018.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by 38.7% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2018, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

Catalonia's gross domestic product grew by 3.3%, on a year-over-year basis, during the first quarter of 2018 - according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,156 million euro for March 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 9.3%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 5.1% on the year-over-year data for March 2018.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 71.0% in the first quarter of 2018 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey. Note that in 2018 Easter was celebrated between March and April, while in 2015 it took place in April.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia increased by 0.6% on year-over-year data for March 2018.

The population of Catalonia on 1 January 2018 amounted to 7,534,813 inhabitants, according to provisional data of Population Estimates produced by Idescat.

Idescat publishes its 2017 Report, with detailed information on its activity throughout the year.

The General Retail Trade Indices (base 2015=100) without service stations, at current prices, increased by 3.7% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in March 2018.

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 118,000 people in the first quarter of 2018 with respect to the previous year (-20.5%) and stayed at 458,700 persons, with a unemployment rate of 12.19%, according to the Active Population Survey. The number of employed people rose by 105,300, totalling 3,303,300 individuals, a 3.3% higher than the same period of the previous year. The specific sectors of ICT and tourism grew above the average of Catalonia (9.2% and 3.5%, respectively), while the cultural sector grew below the average (1.4%).

In 2015, 25 counties saw an increase in their income per capita, 6 of which registered growth above 3%: El Vallès Oriental (3.7%), El Garraf (3.6%), followed by El Baix Llobregat, El Gironès, El Vallès Occidental and El Bages. At the other extreme are L’Alta Ribagorça, La Cerdanya and El Pallars Jussà, with a decline in their income per capita of around 3%.