Catalonia will once again significantly outperform the EU's economic growth in 2025

BarcelonaThe Catalan economy closed 2025 with annual growth of 2.7%, one-tenth of a percentage point less than the Spanish average, according to data published this Friday by Idescat, the statistical agency of the Generalitat (Catalan government). Economic growth, clearly higher than the European average for another year, was driven primarily by business investment and household consumption.

Thus, Idescat confirms the growth figure that I had already made progress in FebruaryThis data confirms that Catalonia's gross domestic product (GDP, the indicator that measures the size of an economy) registered growth rates last year that far exceed the 1.5% average in the European Union and the 1.4% in the Eurozone, according to Eurostat, the EU's statistical office. At the national level, Spain's GDP increased by 2.8%. In the last three years, both Catalonia and Spain as a whole have shown economic growth figures above the European average and those of the continent's major economies, such as Germany, France, and Italy. Until now, this growth had been concentrated in labor-intensive sectors, such as commerce, restaurants, tourism, and some industries, and in population growth resulting from immigration. However, the 2025 data confirm that, despite continued growth in these sectors, investment is gaining importance as a driver of GDP, particularly business investment in productive assets.