2023-07-06 18:21:08
The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce has published today the Economic Report of Catalonia corresponding to the year 2022 in the Saló dels Cónsols of La Llotja de Mar in Barcelona, which offers a global view of the Catalan economy this year.
Regarding the demarcation of Gironathe memory reveals that the gross value added (GVA) at constant prices (discounted for inflation) has grown by 4.5% in 2022, according to estimates from the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. un positive evolution that follows the trend of 2021 (6.9%), the year that Girona joined Tarragona in the economic growth of Catalonia. Some figures that stand out compared to those of the 2020, when Girona was ranked as the demarcation of Catalonia with the lowest VAB (-14.4%).
The report also reveals that Girona was one of the demarcations that most felt the impact of the pandemic on GDP in 2020 (-14.4%), but it is also one of those that has experienced a faster and more intense recovery in the years 2021 and 2022. A revival that the rest of the Catalan demarcations have also experienced. “We note that the country’s economy has been closing the terrible slump left by the covid-19 crisis. The main indicators have recovered and our economy is creating jobs at a good pace,” he said during the presentation Jaume Fàbrega, president of the Girona Chamber of Commerce and the Council of Chambers of Catalonia.
Much of the responsibility for the evolution of VAB in Girona lies with tourism. According to the INE hotel occupancy survey, with provisional data for 2020, a total of 3,910,242 travelers stayed in hotel establishments in the demarcation in 2022, a figure that represents 51.8% compared to 2021 and 2.8% below the 2019 figure (4,023,738 travelers).
CATALONIA OFFERS MORE QUALIFIED JOBS, BUT WORSE PAGES
Real wages are the same as 20 years ago and workers produce 12% more
Catalonia offers more and more technical and qualified jobs, but this does not necessarily translate into better salaries. The Catalan labor market has gone from being filled, for the most part, with clerks, waiters or salespeople to managers, technicians and liberal professionals. Accelerated trend after the outbreak of the pandemic, but this has not been inconsistent with the fact that wages are 5.5% lower in real terms than 20 years ago. Punished, especially during 2022, by the current price crisis.
The Catalan labor market has accelerated its sophistication since the onset of Covid-19. To the point that two out of every three new jobs generated between 2019 and 2022 are concentrated in highly qualified sectors, with a particular emphasis on public health, but also the private technology sector or scientific activities, among others. This has contributed to reconfiguring the robot portrait of the majority worker in Catalonia. For example, if in 2015 the majority group was that of office workers, now it is that of managers. That is to say, those more qualified professions gain weight to the detriment of the less qualified.
Less business leakage
Regarding the business trip to Girona in 2022, the Business Climate Survey, jointly prepared by Idescat and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, shows an improvement compared to 2021. By sector, the‘industrial, construction and other services register a balance -difference between the percentage of upward and downward evolution responses- positivewhile the balance of the trade despite improving compared to the previous year, is slightly negative (-1%).
The positive results that have been recorded in the conduct of business in practically all economic sectors has also been transferred to the business fabric. According to data from the Central Business Directory (DIRCE), the number of companies has been 65,628 on January 1, 2022, the highest figure since 1999 (start of series available). Of the total number of companies, however, only 44.7% have salaried workers.
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