Catalonia by the numbers

While Catalonia makes a substantial contribution to the overall Spanish economy, generating more than €223 billion last year, it pays about €10 billion more in taxes to Madrid than it gets back

Barcelona
Madrid
FRANCE
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
CATALONIA
120 miles
200km

Population
Total 46.56m
Catalonia 7.52 million  16.2%   One in six of total
Rest of Spain: 39.04m

Gross Domestic Product (all figures for 2016)

Catalonia contributes 20.1% of total GDP
Catalonia €223.6bn
Rest of Spain: €890.2bn
Total €1,113.8bn

Exports
Total €252.7bn
Catalonia €65.1bn 25.8%
Rest of Spain: €187.6bn

Tourism
Total €78.6bn
Catalonia €17.6bn 22.3%
Rest of Spain: €61.0bn

Foreign companies
Total 14,500
Catalonia 5,600 38.6%
Rest of Spain: 8,900

Public debt
Total €1,107.2bn 99.4% of GDP
Catalonia: €79.2bn, representing 35.4% of regional GDP
Rest of Spain: €1,028.0bn

Sources: Bank of Spain, Ministry for Economy, OEC data, Statista