Catalonia
For the second time in a row, the Financial Times sees Catalonia as the best Southern European Region of the Future 2018/2019 in its latest report on the most attractive European locations for future investments. Barcelona also comes first on the continent in FDI strategy and investment attraction policies.
Strongly industrialised, Catalonia is one of Southern Europe’s main economic powerhouses, as well as a leading logistic hub in the region. It has a global economy, with a pro-business and talented society, in a Mediterranean environment.
Catalonia in numbers:
- Population: 7.7 million
- Area: 32,108 Km2
- GDP (2019): €250.5 billion
- GDP per capita (2019): €32,658
- Exports (2019): €73,853 million
- FDI (2015-2019): €4,730 million (yearly average)
Industrial Gross Value Added:
- 12.8% - Food & Beverage
- 11.1% - Chemicals
- 10.5% - Motor vehicles
- 10.0% - Pharma
- 7.8% - Energy
- 7.6% - Metal (except machinery)
- 5.5% - Textile & Fashion
- 5.2% - Waste collection & treatment
- 4.6% - Machinery
- 4.0% - Wood & Paper
- 3.8% - Plastic
- 2.8% - Electric & Electronics
- 14.3% - Other
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