Andalusia - Economy

Economy

Andalusia is traditionally an agricultural area, but the service sector (particularly tourism, retail sales, and transportation) now predominates. The once booming construction sector, hit hard by the 2009 recession, was also important to the region's economy. The industrial sector is less developed than most other regions in Spain.

Between 2000–2006 economic growth per annum was 3.72%, one of the highest in the country. Still, according to the Spanish Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), the GDP per capita of Andalusia (€17,401; 2006) remains the second lowest in Spain, with only Extremadura lagging behind.

GDP, GDP per capita, number of people in the work force, percentage of the Andalusian work force by province
Andalusia Almería Cádiz Córdoba Granada Huelva Jaén Málaga Sevilla
GDP (thousands of €) 115,273,571 10,695,222 17,476,650 10,287,555 11,656,391 7,562,345 8,555,194 21,605,838 27,432,372
GDP per capita 10,171 12,036 9,805 9,821 9,794 10,151 9,676 10,279 10,232
Thousands of workers 2,825.3 274.7 408.1 262.0 285.7 158.8 220.0 538.2 677.8
Percentage of province 100% 9.28% 15.16% 8.92% 10.11% 6.56% 7.42% 18.74% 23.8%

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