This document provides demographic and economic statistics for Catalonia, Spain, and the European Union (EU-27) for the years 2005-2010. Some key points: - Catalonia's population in 2009 was 7.5 million, with a density of 230 inhabitants per square kilometer. 15.2% of the population was aged 0-14 and 11.5% was over 65. - Catalonia's GDP was 206.9 billion Euros in 2009, with a per capita GDP of 28,046 Euros. The main economic sectors were services, industry, and construction. - Exports from Catalonia in 2009 totaled 41.2 billion Euros, with main trade partners being France

1. POPULATION
2009
Catalonia
Spain
233
7 505
49.6
50.4
91
46 952
49.4
50.6
DENSITY OF POPULATION
2008
Structure
0-14 years (%)
15-24 years (%)
25-49 years (%)
50-64 years (%)
65-79 years (%)
≥ 80 years (%)
15.2
10
40.9
17.3
11.6
4.9
14.7
10.6
40.4
17.4
12
4.9
Foreigners (%)(1)
15.9
12.2
1.3
2.2
3.5
11.5
1.47
10.8
1.40
10.7
1.56
3.8
2.6
3.8
2.3
4.87
2.1
8.1
81.7
78.7
84.6
8.5
81.1
78.0
84.3
9.7
79.2
76.1
82.2
Density of population (inhab./km2)
(Catalonia = 230.4)
< 50
≥ 50 and < 100
≥ 100 and < 150
≥ 150 and < 200
≥ 200 and < 250
≥ 250
1.7
1
2.7
Birth rate(2)
Children per woman
Marriage rate(2)
Divorce rate(2)
Death rate(2)
Life expectancy (years)
males
females
(2)
1/01/2010.
Per 1.000 inhabitants.
(4)
3 808
(3)
(5)
2008
2007
(3)
23 038
239 293
61.9
71.5
53.7
59.3
67.8
51.0
57.7
65.3
50.6
3 189
1.8
29.8
68.4
18 888
4.2
24.7
71.1
218 371
5.6
24,0
70.4
16.2
17.1
15.2
37.1
18.0
17.7
18.4
37.8
8.9
9.0
8.9
19.7
Employment (1 000)
agriculture (%)
industry and construction (%)
construction (%)
Unemployment rate (%)
males (%)
females (%)
< 25 year old (%)
Finland
Swden
Estonia
(1)
This rate has been calculated for the population 15 year old and over.
Denmark
(5)
France
Austria
Hungary
External trade (million €)
imports
exports
58 802
41 158
208 437
158 254
1 199 196
1 094 411
ICP. Annual variation (%)
0.2
- 0.2
1.0
2009
2009
Catalonia
Spain
EU-27
2007
2006
Catalonia
2005
20
Italy
15
Malta
0
10
Cyprus
20
40
60
80
0
agriculture
Catalonia
ENVIRONMENT
55 - 59
2008
Catalonia
50 - 54
45 - 49
Area (1 000 km2)
40 - 44
Municipal waste (1 000 t)
landfilled (%)
incinerated (%)
others (%)
35 - 39
30 - 34
25 - 29
20 - 24
Municipal waste per person (kg)
15 - 19
kg per person per day
10 - 14
5-9
%
0-4
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Grennhouse gases(1)
Electricity generated from renewable sources
% of gross electricity consumption
(1)
Spain
EU-27
Spain
industry
market
services
506
EU-27
4 272.9
43.2
12.8
44.0
26 351
56.9
9.2
33.9
261 840
39.5
0.5
41.0
580
575
524
1.59
1.58
1.44
136.0
140.0
93.1
20.6
16.7
LIVING CONDITIONS
4 403
8.8
(3)
1990=100 (non-fluorinated gases) and 1995=100 (fluorinated gases)
(3) 2007
(2)
UE-15
EU-27
Monthly labour costs (€)
2 686
2 517
2 450
(1)
Hourly labour costs (€)
Industry
services
20.53
22.60
20.03
19.05
20.53
18.85
17.71
20.64
19.23
(1)
33 344
13.6
31.4
30 411
14.4
29.4
24 454
14.7
28.4
(2)
16.6
15,0
18.1
19.6
18.3
21.0
17.0
16.0
18.0
Risk-of-poverty rate (%)(3)
males
females
(1)
2006
(2)
2005
(3)
2008
EU-27
54 192 1 043 907
1 166 543 24 892 517
67.7
65.3
13 700.4
:
:
Agricultural output (milion €)
crop (%)
animal (%)
3 733
34.4
62.4
37 410
63.1
35.9
326 959
53.7
41.6
1 384
22 740
132 996
Catalonia
Spain
Consumption expenditure of private households (€)
food (%)
housing (%)
Spain
Gross value added (million €)
2009
Catalonia
(2)
140
2009
Agricultural holdings (1 000)(1)
Agricultural area utilised (1 000 ha)(1)
cropland (%)
non-market
services
Spain
EU-27
32
120
Catalonia
65 - 69
60 - 64
100
AGRICULTURE
5
70 - 74
Catalonia
10 583 781
1.6
18.0
6.3
74.1
25
2009
0
979 699
2.6
15.3
10.8
71.3
Portugal
75 - 79
1
193 097
0.9
18.7
9.7
70.7
30
Bulgaria
80 - 84
2
Gross value added (million €)
agriculture (%)
industry (%)
construction (%)
services (%)
35
Romania
85 a over
3
11 785 475
- 4.2
23 585
Slovenia
age
4
1 053 914
- 3.7
22 946
40
Slovakia
2005
POPULATION STRUCTURE
5
206 966
- 4.0
28 046
2008
Greece
6
Gross domestic product (million €)
GDP. Growth rate (%)
GDP per inhabitant (€)
45
Czech Rep.
Luxembourg
Spain
%
EU-27
%
Germany
Belgium
(4)
emploYED PERSONS BY SECTORS
Poland
United
Kingdom
(4)
Spain
Netherlands
Ireland
(4)
2009
Catalonia
GPD PER INHABITANT (Purchasing power parity)
Latvia
Lithuania
ECONOMY
EU-27
Activity rate (%)(1)
males (%)
females (%)
6.3
1.5
3.4
4.9
Net migration(2)
Natural increase(2)
Total increase(2)
Spain
Active population (1 000)
15.7
12.5
36.2
18.6
12.7
4.4
(3)
2009
Catalonia
114
501 064
48.8
51.2
Density (inh/km2)
Population (1 000)(1)
males (%)
females (%)
(1)
LABOUR MARKET
EU-27
Spain
EU-27
- 15.7
- 16.2
- 13.8
1.6
61.1
22.0
16.9
1.4
55.1
26.7
18.2
1.9
64.9
22.4
12.7
26 398
38.6
130 986
38.2
1 504 575
29.1
(1)
2007
INDUSTRY AND R&D
2009
Industrial production index. Annual variation (%)
R&D expenditure/GDP (%)(1)
Business enterprises (%)
Higher education sector (%)
Government sector (%)
R&D researchers (1)(2)
females (%)
(1)
2008
(2) Full
time equivalent
(3)
2007
(3)

2. ENERGY
2008
Catalonia
Spain
Production of primary energy (1 000 toe)
6 273
(1)
30 266
842 712
Primary energy consumption (1 000 toe)
coal (%)
oil and petroleum products (%)
natural gas (%)
nuclear energy (%)
renewable sources (%)
26 840
1.1
48.1
24.8
19.6
6.1
(1)
141 879
9.7
47.5
24.4
10.7
7.7
1 799 294
17.1
36.5
24.5
13.5
8.4
16 173.3
31.6
14.0
39.9
(1)
3.7
6 350
(1)
Final energy consumption (1 000 toe)
industry and energy (%)
households (%)
transport (%)
Energy consumption per inhabitant (1 000 toe)
Electricity consumption per inhabitant (kW/h)
(1)
95 419
28.1
16.5
42.1
1 168 635
27.2
25.4
32.0
3.1
5 825
3.6
5 726
2007
TRANSPORT
2009
Catalonia
Spain
454
479
466
99.3
0.7
95,9.
4.1
76.2
23.8
Passenger cars per 1.000 inhabitants
Inland freight transport (t/km)(2)
road (%)
rail and waterway (%)
EU-27
Railways. Passengers (1 000)
Airports. Passengers (1 000)
181 276
34 248
578 480
186 022
8 187 803
751 401
Road accidents. Killed people
417
2 714
(1)
(2)
34 500
(1)
2006
(2)
INFORMATION SOCIETY
2007
Catalonia
Spain
Internet. Households with acces (%)
62.7
54.0
60.7
64.1
57.4
54.0
58.0
49.0
19.8
16.0
13.6
10.0
32.5
67.8
30.0
65.0
(1)
(2)
(3)
Catalonia
Spain
EU-27
5 591
49.3
50.7
40 754
45.1
54.9
439 498(1)
45.9
54.1
733
41.0
59.0
3 238
53.6
46.4
27 576(1)
43.1
56.9
Bed-places (1 000)
hotels (%)
others (%)
Nights spent (1 000)
hotels (%)
others (%)
2008
(2)
60 954
66.8
33.2
348 555 2 304 498(2)
72.0
66.2
28.0
33.8
EDUCATION
2009/10 year
Catalonia
Spain
EU-27
1 398
23.4
31.5
33.0
12.1
8 807
20.7
31.0
34.6
13.6
169
9.1
51.4
5.9
8.4
25.1
1 201
8.2
51.2
6.0
9.0
25.5
(1)
107 517
13.4
26.3
42.5
17.7
19 040
12.8
43.3
10.4
13.2
20.2
Students (1 000)
pre-primary education (%)
primary education (%)
secondary education (%)
tertiary (%)
University. Students (1 000)
humanities (%)
social science (%)
science (%)
health (%)
engineering and architecture (%)
PARLiaMENT of Catalonia
2006
votes (%)
C's
ERC
3,03
14,03
CiU
PSC- CpC
31,52
26,82
21
37
ICVEUiA
9,52
12
3
48
number of
seats
PP
14
10,65
204
6 506
13.8
68.8
17.4
10.4
3.2
233
7 505
15.2
68.2
16.5
11.5
3.1
2 249
51.0
1 940
12.6
2 533
52.5
2 223
12.2
3 092
57.9
2 826
8.6
3 808
61.9
3 189
16.2
GDP (million €)
GDP per inhabitant (€)
Exports (million €)
External trade ratio (Exp. + Imp./GDP) (%)
17 309
2 909
2 073
34.8
61 865
10 190
8 729
42.6
135 709
20 353
36 309
68.9
206 966
28 046
41 158
48.3
392
370
147
4 391
14 863
11 830
168
715
504
240
6 850
54 033
16 547
189
883
663
319
7 181
93 442
20 931
235
853(2)
677
201
8 103(3)
170 222(3)
27 859
282
0.8
303
1.22
1 816
1.63
6 514
1.67(3)
10 549(2)
96
398
165
245
220
213
(1)
2008/09
(2)
HEALTH
2009
Catalonia
Infant mortality rate (per 1.000 live births)
2008
3.2
(1)
5.6
Parliament (%)
Presidential Department (%)
Vice-presidencial Departament (%)
Governance and Public Adm. (%)
Economy and Finance (%)
Education (%)
Culture and the Media (%)
Health (%)
Town and Country Planning
and Public Works (%)
(1)
3.5
4.7
245.0
219.9
5.9
269.5
221.0
7.7
386.4
249.4
8.9
2010
0.2
0.3
0.8
1.5
1.3
16.4
2.1
29.9
4.6
Per 1.000 live birth
2008
2007
(2)
(2) 2006
Government of Catalonia. Expenditure (million €)
(3)
169
201
EU-27
3.1
Main causes of death (per 100 000 inhabitants)(1)
circulatory system
neoplasia
transport accidents
(1)
Spain
4.7
Hospital beds (per 1.000 inhabitants)
BUDGET
2006
190
6 059
17.8
67.9
14.3
9.3
6.7
University. Students (1 000)
Inhabitants per doctor
Population aged 16 to 74 who access at least once a week.
In the last three months.
Enterprises with 10 or more salaried workers
2009
Tourist establishments
hotels (%)
others (%)
187
5 956
25,0
64.1
11.0
13.4
11.3
Municipal waste (kg/inh./day)
Protected areas (km2)
30.0
72.0
2009
Cement consumption per inhabitant (kg)
Vehicles (per 1.000 inhabitants)
Vehicles registrations (1 000)
Credit institutions. Local units
Deposits (million €)
Visitors (1 000)
Hotel bed-places (1 000)
12.0
E-government. Usage (%)
individuals(1)
enterprises(3)
2001
Active population (1 000)
Activity rate (%)
Employment (1 000)
Unemployment rate (%)
28.0
Enterprises having received orders on-line (%)
1991
Population density (inhab./km2)
Population (1 000)
< 15 years (%)
15-64 years (%)
≥65 years (%)
Birth rate (per 1.000 inhabitants)
Infant mortality rate(1)
60.0
64.0
57.0
Individuals who have purchased goods/services (%)(2)
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1980
65.0
Regular users (%)(1)
males
females
EVOLUTION OF INDICATORS
EU-27
(1)
TOURISM
(1)
2009
EU-27
32 519
Agriculture, Food and Rural Action (%) 1.4
Employment (%)
2.7
Innovation, Universities and Enterprise (%) 5.3
Justice (%)
3.1
Social Action and Citizenship (%)
6.6
Environment and Housing (%)
2.0
Home Affairs, Institutional Rel.
and Participation (%)
4.1
Public Debt (%)
9.0
Local entities (%)
7.3
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of the three institutions: the Parliament. the President and the Executive Council
or Government.
Figures of
Catalonia
Sources:
Government of Catalonia. Idescat. National Statistics Institute. ministries and
Eurostat.
Updated: 30/10/2010
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