The islands and Catalonia suffered the biggest hit in GDP in the year of the pandemic

The Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and Catalonia

were the three autonomous communities that registered the

(GDP) in the year of the pandemic, of 21.7%, 18.1% and 11.5% respectively, according to data from Regional Accounting published this Friday by the

.

The archipelagos, strongly impacted by the drop in

, led the GDP declines, followed by

, the

-whose GDP fell by 11% - and

-with a 10.9% drop in its activity-.

These five were the only regions whose GDP, measured at market prices and in volume terms, fell

.

Overall, Spain's GDP fell

On the opposite side of the table are the autonomous communities of the so-called '

', which are by nature less dependent on tourism and sectors such as leisure, in which the administrative restrictions derived from the covid did not have as much impact.

Extremadura

is the one that suffered the least in 2020, its GDP fell by 7.4%, followed by

(-7.9%), the

(-8.3%),

(-8.5 %), the

(-8.6%) and

(-8.7%).

In terms of

, an indicator that allows us to know the wealth or production per inhabitant, the

were again the ones that suffered the greatest fall, of 22.7% and 18.4%, respectively, followed in this case by

(-11.1%), Catalonia (-10.8%) and the Basque Country (-10.4%).

Despite the decreases, the

leads this classification, with a GDP per capita of

.

Behind are the Basque Country (30,401 euros), Navarra (29,314 euros), Catalonia (27,812 euros) and Aragon (26,512 euros).

In relative terms, the GDP per capita of the Community of Madrid was

in 2020, that of the Basque Country 28.3% and that of the Foral Community of Navarra 23.7% higher.

After deducting taxes and other obligations,

were the ones with the

, with 20,958 euros (29.1% more than the average), along with Madrid (20,274 euros per capita) and Navarrese ( 18,788 euros).

Growth of between 4% and 4.5% by 2021

The Spanish economy sank 10.8% in 2020, due to the coronavirus, after registering

, confirming a slowdown path.

That year, as confirmed by the INE today, the

was the

the country's economic

, with an advance in GDP of

, one point above the national average.

The Balearic Islands

was the second region that grew the most at the time, 2.9%, followed by the Canary Islands and Navarra (both 2.5%).

, which in previous years had led the growth of the country's GDP,

By

, after the hit of 2020,

- it forecast a growth of 9.8% for the year if European funds were fully absorbed.

Although for the moment it has not lowered this 6% growth forecast, most international organizations and institutions

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