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1 Figures of Generalitat de Catalunya Government of

2 POPULATION Population (1 000) Structure () 0-14 years years years years years years Foreigners () Net migration Natural increase Total increase Birth rate Children per woman (3) 1.57 (3) Marriage rate (5) Divorce rate (3) 1.9 (4) Death rate Life expectancy (years) (3) /01/2013 (estimation). Per inhabitants. (3) (4) (5) 2010 POPULATION STRUCTURE age Men and i més over Women DENSITY OF POPULATION EU-27 Area (1 000 km 2 ) Density (inh/km 2 ) Portugal Density of population (inhab./km 2 ) < and < and < and < and < Ireland United Kingdom Belgium France Luxembourg Netherlands Denmark Germany Italy Sweden Czech Rep. Austria Slovenia Croatia Malta Poland Finland Slovakia Hungary Estonia Latvia Lithuania Romania Greece Bulgaria Cyprus HEALTH EU-27 Hospital beds (per inhabitants) Infant mortality rate (per live births) Main causes of death (per inhabitants) circulatory system neoplasia transport accidents

3 LABOUR MARKET Active population (1 000) Activity rate () Employment (1 000) agriculture () industry and construction () services () Unemployment rate () < 25 year old This rate has been calculated for the population 15 year old and over. EMPLOYED PERSONS BY SECTORS ECONOMY Gross domestic product (million ) GDP. Growth rate () GDP per inhabitant ( ) Gross value added (million ) agriculture () industry () construction () services () External trade (million ) imports exports ICP. Annual variation () GPD PER INHABITANT (Purchasing power parity) = AGRICULTURE 10 5 Agricultural holdings (1 000) 0 Agricultural final output (milion ) crop () animal () agriculture industry market services non-market services People at risk of poverty or social exclusion () after social transfers () People living in households with very low work intensity () Gender pay gap () Inequality of income distribution At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers () 2010 inequality among the highest and lowest quintiles (3) Gross value added (million ) LIVING CONDITIONS Income (3) INDUSTRY AND R&D Industrial production index. Annual variation () R&D expenditure/gdp () R&D expenditure (million ) business enterprises () higher education sector () government sector () : R&D researchers (3) () Data adjusted by working days. (3) Full time equivalent.

4 TOURISM Tourist establishments hotels () others () Bed-places (1 000) hotels () others () Nights spent (1 000) hotels () others () EDUCATION Academic year /12 EU-27 Students (1 000) pre-primary education () primary education () secondary education () tertiary () University. Students (1 000) art and humanities () social and legal science () science () health () engineering and architecture () ENERGY EU-27 Production of primary energy (1 000 toe) Primary energy consumption (1 000 toe) coal () oil and petroleum products () natural gas () nuclear energy () renewable sources and others () Final energy consumption (1 000 toe) industry () transport () domestic and others () Energy consumption per inhabitant (toe/inhabitant) INFORMATION SOCIETY Internet. Households with acces () Internet. Regular users () Individuals who have purchased by Internet () Enterprises have sold via e-commerce () E-government. Usage () individuals (3) 31 (3) Population aged 16 to 74 who access at least once a week. 01/2013 (3) 2010 ENVIRONMENT Municipal waste. By treatment method (kg/inh/year) landfi lled incineration recycling composting Municipal waste. Generation (kg/inh/year) kg per person per day Grennhouse gases TRANSPORT Passenger cars per inhabitants Inland freight transport (t/km) (3) road () rail and waterway () Airports transported passengers (1 000) (3) 2010 Electricity generated from renewable sources of gross electricity consumption Index 1990=100

5 CATALONIA IN EUROPE 2020 Employment rate from 20 to 64 years of age () men women Gross domestic expenditure on R&D relative to the GDP Greenhouse gas emissions (Índex base 1990=100) Consumption of renewable energy. ( Share of gross fi nal energy consumption) Primary energy consumption (million TOE) Early school leavers () men women Tertiary educational attainment () men women People at risk of poverty or social exclusion () People living in households with very low work intensity () People at risk of poverty after social transfers () Severely materially deprived people () Generalitat de Catalunya is the national selft-government of made up of the three institutions: the Parliament, the President and the Executive Council or Government. You will fi nd the permanently updated data at: Sources: Eurostat. Government of, Idescat, National Statistics Institute and ministries. Updated: 9/12/2013 Generalitat de Catalunya Institut d'estadística de Catalunya ISSN: Legal deposil B PAPER ECOLÒGIC

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