Barcelona Data Sheet 2018
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BARCELONA DATA SHEET 2018 MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR THE BARCELONA AREA Table of Contents 4 Privileged location 25 Talent generation and pole of attraction 5 Population and surface area 26 Jobs in Barcelona 5 Foreign population 26 Labour market participation 26 Salaries 6 Accessible and well-connected 26 Universities and business schools 7 Airport 7 Port of Barcelona 27 Entrepreneurial city with competitive costs 8 Driving force of a large diversified 28 Companies economic area 28 Business creation 10 Economic activity 29 Offices and industrial land market 10 Production specialisation 29 Cost of living and other costs 12 Foreign investment 13 Exports 30 Compact city with social cohesion 31 Disposable Gross Household Income by District 14 Diversified economic activity 31 Foreign-resident population by district 16 Manufacturing and 4.0 industry 31 Population at risk of poverty 17 ICT Sector / Information and Communication 32 Safe city 18 Green and circular economy 18 Health and Biotech 33 Quality of life and sustainability 18 Social and solidarity economy 34 Climate 19 Retail and commerce 34 Energy and environment 20 Tourism 35 Sustainable mobility 20 Congress activity 35 Culture and Education 21 Digital city, creativity, research and 36 International positioning as a city that innovation adds value 22 Business Innovation and Research 23 Innovation Ecosystem 24 Creative industries 3 BARCELONA DATA SHEET 2018 Privileged location Barcelona, at the centre of a mega-region • The current development of the metropolitan regions with 27 million inhabitants goes beyond their geographical area, creating the mega-region or polycentric agglomeration of cities as • Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, has a population a natural unit of economic influence in a geographical of 1,600,000 people and is at the heart of a area. Most notable is the one in the south of metropolitan region of close to 2,500 km2 with nearly Europe formed by the Barcelona-Lyon corridor, 5,000,000 inhabitants, representing 63.8% and 10.3% which encompasses 27.3 million inhabitants and a of the Catalan and Spanish population, respectively. production of over 700,000 million euros, ascribing it a significant critical mass among the 12 European • In relation to the consolidated metropolitan mega-regions. agglomerations, the population volume of the metropolitan region of Barcelona is approximately • Barcelona has easy access to very dynamic large 25% that of New York, while it is higher than the areas markets: the EU common market, which provides of Berlin, Montreal and Stockholm. access to 510 million people. In addition, it forms part of the axis of the Mediterranean corridor, a • The cosmopolitan, diverse and intercultural spirit of Trans-European Network for transporting goods Barcelona can be seen in the fact that 18.5% of the with a direct impact on an area of 250 million city’s residents are foreign - the highest percentage inhabitants (50% of the EU population), so improving in history - and for the first time ever, this collective this connection would be a strategic opportunity to exceeds 300,000 residents. increase the market share of the port traffic of goods coming from Asia. It also offers the strategic potential of relations with the 43 countries that form the Union for the Mediterranean, which include the territories of those in Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. 10.3% of Spain’s Catalonia population in the Metropolitan Region Barcelona province Barcelona Metropolitan Region Barcelona Barcelona Metropolitan Area European megaregions GDP per capita Barcelona-Lyon megaregion ≤ 15.000 15.001 - 20.000 25.001 - 30.000 20.001 - 25.000 ≥ 30.001 Font: Marull, J., Galletto, V., Domene, E., Trullén, J. 2013. Emerging megaregions: a newspatial scale to explore urban sustainability. Land Use Policy 34, 353–366 4 PRIVILEGED LOCATION Demographic indicators of Barcelona POPULATION AND SURFACE AREA Age structure (2018) Population and surface area, January 2017 12.6% 65.9% 21.5% Barcelona 0-14 15-64 65 i més Life expectancy (2015) 80.8 86.6 83.9 Men Women Total 2 1,628,936 3.5% 102.2 km 15,944.9 Birth rate (2017) Mortality rate (2016) inhabitants as % of Spain surface area inhab/km2 POPULATION POPULATION SURFACE AREA DENSITY (INHABITANTS) O/ SPANISH TOTAL (KM2) (INHAB/KM2) 8.3‰ 9.6‰ Metropolitan 4,812,948 10.3% 2,464.4 1,953 Area* Fertility rate* (2016) Catalonia 7,534,813 16.1% 32,108 234.7 Spain 46,659,302 100.0% 505,968.4 92.2 37.1‰ * Barcelonès, Baix Llobregat, Maresme, Vallès Oriental and Vallès Occidental Source: Department of Statistics of Barcelona City Council, Idescat, INE * Births for every 1,000 women between 15 and 49 years Source: Department of Statistics of the Barcelona City Council, Public Health Agency, Barcelona Health Consortium Population in 20 agglomerations around the world, 2018* Tokyo 38,050,000 FOREIGN POPULATION Shanghai 24,115,000 New York Percentage of foreign people over the total 21,575,000 population Mexico City 20,565,000 2000 1.9% Los Angeles 15,620,000 2008 10.3% Buenos Aires 17.4% of Spain’s 15,520,000 Catalonia 2013 population in the Paris 17.4% Metropolitan 10,980,000 2015 Region London 16.3% 10,585,000 Barcelona Hong Kong 2016 province 7,380,000 16.6% Boston- 2017 Providence 17.8% Barcelona 7,315,000 Metropolitan Region Toronto 2018 6,635,000 18.5% Barcelona San Francisco Note: data from 1 January of each year Barcelona 6,540,000 Source: Department of Statistics of Barcelona City Council Metropolitan Area Madrid 6,385,000 Milan Population of foreign nationals in Barcelona according 5,290,000 to country of origin , 2018 (%) Barcelona 4.812.948 Morocco France 4.3% 5.1% Sydney 4,390,000 Colombia Pakistan 3.4% 6.4% European Berlin 4,120,000 Honduras China megaregions 3.2% 6.8% Seattle 3,860,000 Peru Italy 3.0% 10.4% GDP per capita Barcelona-Lyon Montreal megaregion 3,585,000 Philippines Other 3.0% 51.5% ≤ 15.000 Stockholm 1,565,000 Bolivia 15.001 - 20.000 25.001 - 30.000 2.8% * Estimate updated July 2018. For Barcelona, Idescat data 1 January 2018 20.001 - 25.000 ≥ 30.001 Source: Demography World Urban Areas: 12th Annual Edition April 2017 Source: Department of Statistics of Barcelona City Council 5 BARCELONA DATA SHEET 2018 Accessible and 3M TEU 32.3% annual well-connected increase Great potential as a logistics hub of the Mediterranean • With regard to access and economic infrastructures, in an area of 5 kilometres, the city offers an international airport, the port, the trade fair, Zona Franca logistics and industrial area and a logistics platform, which altogether offer huge potential as a logistics centre of the Mediterranean. • In 2017, a record figure of 47.3 million passengers was reached at El Prat airport, which is an increase of 7.1% on the previous year. This result ensures that the city holds on to its seventh position amongst the principal European airports in the ranking of the Airport Council International. The dynamism of the international passenger traffic at El Prat makes it close to three- quarters (73.1%) of the total. • The port activity recorded 3 million TEUs and 60.1 million tonnes transported in 2017, which are in Helsinki fact year-on-year increases of 32.3% and 26.3% respectively. Hllsberg Saint Petersburg Stockholm Copenhagen London Hamburg Mediterranean Corridor Brussels Duisburg Mediterranean Corridor Clobenza FERRMED network Transport by Ferry Dijon Metz Ports Freiburg Lyon Geneva Source: FERRMED Bern Avignon Milan Montepellier Irun Genova Marseille Tarragona Perpignan Madrid Bcelona Castelln Valencia Murcia Malaga Alicante Cartagena Almeria Algeciras Motril Rabat 6 ACCESSIBLE AND WELL-CONNECTED 3M AIRPORT PORT OF BARCELONA TEU 32.3% annual Barcelona airport Traffic (millions) increase Total passengers Goods (in tonnes) 2016 2017 Goods (tonnes) 47.6 60.1 Containers (TEU*) 2.2 3.0 Passengers 4.0 4.1 44,154,693 47,284,500 133,635 157,763 2016 2017 2016 2017 * TEU: Measure of sea transport capacity equivalent to a twenty-foot container Source: Barcelona Port Authority Source: Spanish airports and air navigation (AENA) Infrastructures Main European airports according to volume of passengers, 2017 Land surface area Wharfs and moorings VARIATION (%) 2017/16 London Heathrow (LHR) +3.0 78,010,074 Paris Roissy (CDG) +5.4 1,081 ha 22 km 69,472,922 Amsterdam (AMS) +7.7 Source: Barcelona Port Authority 68,515,425 Frankfurt (FRA) +6.1 64,500,386 Cruise ships indicators Istanbul (IST) +6.0 63,727,448 2016 2017 Madrid (MAD) +5.9 Cruise passengers 2,683,594 2,712,247 53,402,506 Embarkation 773,601 720,512 Barcelona (BCN) +7.1 47,284,500 Disembarkation 776,610 719,871 Helsinki London Gatwick (LGW) +5.7 45,554,606 Traffic 1,133,288 1,271,864 Munich (MUC) Cruise ship visits 758 778 Hllsberg Saint Petersburg +5.5 44,573,176 Source: Barcelona Port Authority Stockholm Rome-Fiumicino (FCO) -1.1 41,281,749 Source: Airports Council International. Airport Traffic Report, 2017 and Barcelona Air Routes Development Committee (CDRA) Barcelona airport. International flights, 2017 Copenhagen 47.3M London Hamburg Mediterranean passengers at its airport Corridor Brussels Duisburg 4,700,520 +18.5% 45 in 2017 Intercontinental Intercontinental Intercontinental Mediterranean Corridor passengers passengers destinations Clobenza FERRMED network GEOGRAPHICAL AREA INCREASE FOR 2016/2017 NUMBER PASSENGERS Dijon Metz Transport by Ferry North America 30.2% 1,457,620 Ports Freiburg Africa 8.1% 1,003,827 Lyon Geneva Middle East 4.3% 1,376,748 Bern Latin America 34.7% 603,904 Avignon Milan Asia 73.8% 258,421 Montepellier Source: AENA