02 Feb Circulatory and digestive diseases, the main ailments of people admitted to hospitals in the Canary Islands in 2023

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias En concreto, diseases of the circulatory system were diagnosed at 20.802 patients (a
11,9% of the total), while those who had digestive problems were 20.789 patients, con un
similar percentage. Regarding patients with respiratory ailments, They registered 18.740
during 2023.

El 52,1% of the people who were treated in the hospitals of the Canary Islands were women, yes ok
In the diagnoses of circulatory and digestive system diseases, the majority were
hombres.

The average duration of hospital admissions in 2023 in the Canary Islands it was 11,3 days. By age, se
observes that the older the age, the longer the hospital stays.

In total, durante el año 2023 were counted 1,97 million days spent in hospitals.
This is a slightly lower number than last year. 2022, when they were given 2,06 million. This
supposes a 4,2 percent less.

More than half of the hospital stays that were generated were due to hospital admissions.
urgency. En total fueron el 62%, which represents a total of 1.232.258 days of admission.

Foreign patients admitted to the Canary Islands

During the year 2023 there was a total of 9.878 foreign patients who had to be admitted to
Canary Islands hospitals. That supposes the 5,6 percent of the total. There was also a 1,4 por
percent of patients admitted to the Canary Islands who had their residence outside the autonomous community.

Por otra parte, 2.473 Canarian patients were admitted to hospitals in other communities
self-employed during the year 2023.

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30 Jan The number of passengers who used the ports of the Canary Islands increases in December

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias In the month of December a total of 702.120 Cruise passengers used the ports of the Canary Islands.
The data of 2024 was 605.438 people. The Port of El Rosario presented a drop in 11.4 por
hundred, while the port of La Luz and Las Palmas increased by 68,8%.

Regarding regular traffic, The ports of Los Cristianos and Santa Cruz de Tenerife were
those that had a greater movement of travelers. The first of them recorded the passage of 1 decade
3 travelers who used these infrastructures. Por su parte, the port with the greatest increase in
viajeros fue La Estaca, con un aumento del 17.4% and the ports with the greatest drop were La Luz and Las
Palms and Reef, con un 8.9% y un 7.8% less travelers.

The number of TEUS containers (the most standardized measure worldwide) who went through the
ports of the Canary Islands in December was a 17,9 percent higher than in the same month of 2024. En
total were 174.446 containers those that were accounted for by 147.911 de diciembre de 2024.

The Port of La Luz and Las Palmas is the one with the highest volume of entry and exit of
containers. In the Canary Islands, 7 decade 10 containers that are moved do so from this facility.
Compared to the previous year, aumentó un 27 percent container movement in this port.

Regarding vehicle traffic, during the month of December it decreased 0,9% with respect to
same month of the previous year. This year they were 199.878 the vehicles that used the Ports of the
State in the Canary Islands, for the 201.787 that was in December 2024.

The data collected in this information refers exclusively to the eleven Ports of the
State that exists in the Canary Islands. These are the facilities of: Reef, The Rosary, lighter, La
Light and Las Palmas, Salinetas, Passion fruit, The Christians, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Sebastian
La Gomera, Santa Cruz de la Palma and La Estaca. There are other port facilities that depend on the
Government of the Canary Islands, as is the case of the Puerto de Las Nieves, Corralejo, Playa Blanca or Morro
Jable.

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30 Jan Pharmaceutical spending in the Canary Islands increases in December

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias Regarding the same month of 2024, spending on drugs has increased 7,76 por ciento. Then the
amount of pharmaceutical expenditure was recorded in 56,52 millones de euros.

In December of last year, a total of 5,2 millions of drug containers. La
amount is significantly higher than that of the month of November (a 3,94 por ciento), and also
over the same month of 2024, con un incremento del 8,87%. The average expense for each container
dispensed was 11,51 euros, a figure slightly lower than what has been given in recent
meses.

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29 Jan Las ventas al por menor en Canarias aumentaron un 2,8% on December 2025 con respecto al mismo mes de 2024

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias The Canary Islands are in the penultimate position within the ranking of variations of this index
(2,8%). The greatest variations took place in Ceuta (9,6%), Murcia (8,0%) and Melilla (7,6%). Por
other side, the smallest variations below the Canary Islands (2,8%) They were produced in the Balearic Islands (1,7%) and
Navarra (-0,2%). Taking into account the evolution of sales by groups in the Canary Islands, these went up a
2,4% en alimentación y un 4,1% en el resto.

Por su parte, employment in Canarian retail trade has increased by 1,0% in the last twelve
meses, while at the national level it has increased 0,8%. En este concepto, Canarias (1,0%) this
positioned in tenth position among the group of autonomous communities and cities. The older ones
variations took place in Melilla (3,5%), Ceuta (3,2%) and Asturias (2,5%), while the
lower rates of variation have occurred in the Basque Country (-0,9%), Aragon (-0,3%) and La Rioja (0,2%).

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27 Jan Occupancy rises in the Canary Islands in the fourth quarter of 2025

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias Occupation more in women than in men. En este trimestre hubo 22.100 women more employed than
in the previous quarter, while the increase in men was 13.100. The number of people
employees rose by about 28.000 people, leaving the figure at 899.200. The collective of people
self-employed rose by 5,6%, standing in 144.400 people

Permanent hiring increased by 15.900 people and temporary hiring in 12.100. The rate
of temporality was placed in the 17,2%, a little higher than in the previous quarter. Por sexos, la
temporality continues to be greater in women (19,6%) que en hombres (15%).

By economic sectors, Employment rose in industry and services and fell in agriculture and
building.

The number of unemployed people decreased 21.300 and the unemployment rate is at 12,6%. in men, la
unemployment rate fell to 11,6% and in women until 14,3%.

a little more 4 decade 5 homes (81,3%) has all its members actively employed, mientras
que el 7,2% has all its active members unemployed.

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23 Jan The number of passengers who used the ports of the Canary Islands increases in November

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias In the month of November a total of 630.725 Cruise passengers used the ports of the Canary Islands.
The data of 2024 was 644.722 people. The ports of Los Cristianos and La Estaca were the ones that
greatest increase showed, while that of Puerto del Rosario presented a drop in 28,1%.

Regarding regular traffic, The ports of Los Cristianos and Santa Cruz de Tenerife were
those that had a greater movement of travelers. The first of them recorded the passage of 1 decade
3 travelers who used these infrastructures. Por su parte, the ports with the greatest increase in
travelers were La Estaca, con un aumento del 16,9% and the Christians, con 15,9% more than travelers.

The number of TEUS containers (the most standardized measure worldwide) who went through the
ports of the Canary Islands in November was a 25,2 percent higher than in the same month of 2024. En
total were 164.999 containers those that were accounted for by 131.820 November 2024.

The Port of La Luz and Las Palmas is the one with the highest volume of entry and exit of
containers. In the Canary Islands, 7 decade 10 containers that are moved do so from this facility.
Compared to the previous year, aumentó un 33,1 percent container movement in this
puerto.

Regarding vehicle traffic, During the month of November it increased by 0,1% with respect to the same
month of the previous year. This year they were 188.490 the vehicles that used the State Ports in
Canarias, for the 188.282 that was in November 2024.

The data collected in this information refers exclusively to the eleven Ports of the
State that exists in the Canary Islands. These are the facilities of: Reef, The Rosary, lighter, La
Light and Las Palmas, Salinetas, Passion fruit, The Christians, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Sebastian
La Gomera, Santa Cruz de la Palma and La Estaca. There are other port facilities that depend on the
Government of the Canary Islands, as is the case of the Puerto de Las Nieves, Corralejo, Playa Blanca or Morro
Jable.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias