70.4% of the Catalan population aged 16 to 74 years is a regular user of the Internet, a figure that has increased by almost 3 points on the previous year and is 5 points above the average for Spain, according to the Survey on the Equipment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Households 2012. By sex, 75.2% of males are regular Internet users, as opposed to 65.8% of females.
The Survey on Hotel Occupancy is one of the main sources of statistics for gauging tourist activity. Carried out each month by INE, it provides information on travellers, overnight stays and the occupancy rate in hotel establishments. Idescat exploits these variables according to the origin of the travellers, the tourist region of destination and by the category of the establishment.
The Profitability indicators of the hotel sector aim to provide information on the revenue received by hotel companies for providing an accommodation service, both per occupied room and available room.
The Industrial Price Index is a short-term indicator that measures the monthly evolution in the prices of products manufactured by industry during their first phase of commercialisation. Based on data from INE, Idescat makes a tabulation by major industrial sectors as well as by sections and divisions of the CCAE-2009.
The quarterly macroeconomic chart of the economy is a short-term synthetic statistical operation that provides a structured view of the evolution in the gross domestic product as well as the aggregates contained within it.
Exports of high technology industrial products from Catalonia decreased by 3.7% on a year-over-year basis in 2011, according to definitive data from Customs. High technology imports also decreased (-13.7%) with respect to a year earlier.
Exports from Catalonia rose 12.5% on a year-over-year basis in 2011, according to definitive data from Customs. Imports into Catalonia increased by 6.9% with respect to the previous year. There were positive rates of variation for all classes of goods, except for the import of capital goods, which fell by 8.9%. Meanwhile, the highest increase corresponded to the export of capital goods (18.3%).
The average annual expenditure on consumption of Catalan households was 31,729 euros per household in the year 2011, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to the Family Budget Survey. Households spent 56.2% of their budgets on primary goods, such as housing (32.8%), food (14%) and transport (11.1%).
Idescat is publishing for the first time the Economic Survey of Social Services Centres and Entities (EECESS).The main objective of this survey is to obtain information on the finance, expenditure, activity and occupancy of social services centres and non profit making entities.
The risk of poverty rate affected 19.1% of the population of Catalonia in 2011. The incidence of the risk of poverty in children under 16 years was 26.4%, which is 2.7 points more than the previous year. In the population aged 65 years and more, it was 17.7%, which was down 3.7 points with respect to 2010.
The activity indicators in the services sector measure the short-term evolution in the activities of companies operating in the Retail, Transport and storage, Hostelry, Information and communication, Professional, scientific and technical activities, Administrative activities and auxiliary services.
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