Year 2024. 3,552,872 enterprises were economically active in Spain in 2024. 334,789 were created whereas 269,592 disappeared, which meant a net rate of 1.8%. 42.4% of the enterprises born in 2019 survived after five years of observation.
Octubre 2026. The annual variation rate of the October CPI stood at 4.9%, the same as that recorded in September. The annual rate of core inflation remained at 3.1%. The monthly variation of the general rate was 0.6%.
October 2026. The annual rate of the IRAV corresponding to the month of October is 2.57%.
September 2026. Provisional data. The annual rate of the Construction Production Index stands at -10.6% in the seasonal and calendar-adjusted series and -9.8% in the original. The monthly variation of the COPI stood at -1.0%, after seasonal and calendar adjustment.
October 2026. The annual rate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) stood at 4.9%, one tenth below the previous month.
Preview data 2025. Domestic consumption of materials increased by 5.7% in 2025, to 475.7 million tonnes. Productivity of materials in the Spanish economy decreased by 3.0%.
September 2026. Provisional data. The number of passengers using public transport increased by 2.6% in September, as compared with the same month of 2025. The annual rate for city transport increased by 2.5% and for inter-city transport by 3.6%.
1 October 2026. Provisional data. The population of Spain increased by 130,223 during the third quarter of 2026, standing at 49,935,642 inhabitants on 1 October 2026. The main immigrant nationalities were Colombian, Spanish, and Venezuelan.
September 2026. Provisional data. The number of mercantile companies fell by 0.9% in September compared to the same month in 2025. The number of dissolved companies fell by 11.2% year-on-year
Year 2026. 54.8% of the population aged 16 to 74 have used generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the last three months, 16.9 percentage points higher than in 2025. 65.7% have made purchases online in the last three months, 6.1 points more than in 2025.
2024 Year. Waste management companies collected 23.3 million tons of municipal waste, 3.5% more than in 2023. Separate collection increased by 16.1%, reaching 6.3 million tons. In 2024, 476.5 kilograms of municipal waste were collected per inhabitant, 2.5% more than the previous year.
2024 Year. The Spanish economy generated 120.7 million tons of waste in 2024, 7.1% more than the previous year. 53.5 million tons of waste were recycled, 7.3% more than in 2023.