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Spain: The Spanish agrifood sector in the European context

Nieuwsbericht | 31-12-2019 | 12:00

In 2018, the gross value added (GVA) of the Spanish agrifood sector grew twice as much as in 2017 (2.2% vs. 1.1%), reaching almost €63 billion. Including the marketing sector, its growth was 2.3% (+0.5%), achieving more than €100 billion (9.2% of the total national economy).

Observatorio

In relation to the EU, in 2017 (the last year available for European comparison), Spain contributed 11.9% of the GVA’s EU-28 agrifood sector, standing at 11.4% when the sector includes marketing. Spain is the fourth economy in the EU-28 that contributes the most value to the agrifood sector and fifth, when including the distribution sector, behind France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Regarding the primary sector, with a 14.4% contribution to the EU-28, it is the third most valuable economy.

In the “Observatory of the Spanish Agrifood sector in the European Context”, carried out by Cajamar, the 2018 economic figures appear in terms of gross value added (GVA) (Fig. 1), employment rate (Fig. 2), productivity per employee (Fig. 3), expenditure on food and beverages (Fig. 4), foreign trade (Fig. 5) and business expenditure in innovation (Fig. 6).

VAB
Fig. 1. Spanish GVA of the agrifood sector and compared to the EU's
Empleo
Fig. 2. Spanish agrifood sector's employment rate and compared to the EU's
Productividad
Fig. 3. Productivy per employee broken down by subsectors: (1) agriculture and fisheries, (2) food and beverages industry, (3) agrifood sector, (4) distribution sector and (5) agrifood sector plus distribution retail.
Ceste de la compra
Fig. 4. Expediture in food and beverages in Spain and in comparison with the EU.
Comercio exterior
Fig. 5. Spanish foreign trade and compared to the EU.
Innovación
Fig. 6. Spanish companies' expenditure on R&D.

The 2018 edition of the Cajamar report includes two new features: a broadening definition of the sector including the distribution sector and a disaggregated analysis of the main subsectors presented at the end of the report as fact sheets.

The full report in Spanish can be found here: https://bit.ly/2PT4EQa

Source: Cajamar