Catalonia: top destination for projects, job creation and capital investment
The Catalan economy has seen 19 quarters of continuous growth (to Q3 2018) and remains the dynamo of Southern Europe for innovation, job creation and investment. One of the keys to success is its diversity, with thriving sectors from automotive to biotech and from education to tourism (3 business schools are in the global top 50 while Barcelona is the 3rd most visited city in Europe with 8.69m visitors).
Catalonia in figures
- Area: 32,108 km2
- Population: 7.5 million (2016)
- GDP: €223.6 billion (2016)
- GDP per capita: €29,966/year (2016)
- Exports: €65.1 billion (2016)
- Imports: €77.8 billion (2016)
- Tourists/year: 18 million (2016)
Business data
- Companies: 596,196 (2016)
- Industrial companies: 35,698 (2016)
- Innovative companies: 9,449 (2015)
- Regular exporting companies: 16,929 (2016)
- Foreign companies: 7,086 (2016)
- Foreign investment: €4,857 million (2016)
- Catalan companies abroad: 9,256 (2016)
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