30 Sea The number of passengers who used the ports of the Canary Islands increases in February

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias In the month of February a total of 581.581 Cruise passengers used the ports of the Canary Islands.
The data of 2025 was 498.352 people. The ports with the greatest increase were
Port of Arrecife and La Luz and Las Palmas, con un aumento del 30,1% y del 24,6%,
respectivamente.

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
travelers was La Palma with an increase in 56,9% and the Port with the greatest drop was Arrecife with a 9,8%
less travelers.

The number of TEUS containers (the most standardized measure worldwide) who went through the
ports of the Canary Islands in February was a 8,5 percent higher than in the same month of 2025. In total
fueron 165.734 containers those that were accounted for by 152.762 February 2025.

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 21,1 percent container movement in this
puerto.

Regarding vehicle traffic, during the month of February it increased 2,8% with respect to the same
month of the previous year. This year they were 171.039 the vehicles that used the State Ports in
Canarias, for the 166.441 that was in February 2025.

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

30 Sea Las ventas al por menor en Canarias aumentaron un 1,1% en febrero de 2026 con respecto al mismo mes de 2025

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias The Canary Islands are in fifteenth position within the ranking of variations of this index
(1,1%). The greatest variations took place in Aragon (4,2%), Melilla (3,7%) and Basque Country (3,4%).
On the other side, the smallest variations occurred in the Balearic Islands (-1,6%), Navarra (-0,6%) y Cataluña
(0,3%). Taking into account the evolution of sales by groups in the Canary Islands, these went up a 1,1% en
alimentación y un 3,6% en el resto.

Por su parte, employment in Canarian retail trade has increased by 0,3% in the last twelve
meses, while at the national level it has increased 0,7%. En este concepto, Canarias (0,3%) this
positioned in fifteenth position among the group of autonomous communities and cities. Las
greatest variations took place in Asturias (2,9%), Ceuta (2,2%) and Melilla (2,1%), mientras que
The lowest rates of variation have occurred in the Basque Country (-0,3%), Cantabria (-0,2%) and La Rioja
(0,1%).

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias

27 Sea Pharmaceutical spending in the Canary Islands decreases in February

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias Regarding the same month of 2025, spending on drugs has increased 2,02 por ciento. Then the
amount of pharmaceutical expenditure was recorded in 53,22 millones de euros.

In February, a total of 4,7 millions of drug containers. The amount is
significantly lower than that of January (a -8,21 por ciento), and practically the same as
that of the same month of 2025, con un incremento del 0,18%. The average expense for each container dispensed was
de 11,55 euros, a figure slightly higher than that which has occurred in recent months.

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27 Sea Public works tendering grows in January in the Canary Islands

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias This increase is much more intense than that which has occurred in the country as a whole., where the
budgeted amount in January 2026 aumentó un 18%.

Most of the budget is borne by the autonomous and local administrations of
Canarias, who have tendered almost the 95% of the total, narrowly surpassing the 156 millones de euros.
further, with respect to January 2025, the tender budget has increased by almost 64 million
of euros.

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27 Sea The percentage of the population of the Canary Islands that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion remains unchanged 2025

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias This percentage of the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion, also known as rate
Arope, It is the lowest in recent years in the Canary Islands. At the national level, the percentage of population
at risk of poverty or social exclusion is 25,7 por ciento; lower than in the Canary Islands.

Half of the population of the Canary Islands, el 50 por ciento, cannot afford an unforeseen expense, according to
the data corresponding to 2025. This figure is higher in the case of women (el 52,6%) that in
that of men (el 47%). El 39% of the population cannot afford to go on vacation at least once
week a year.

Difficulty making ends meet

More than half of the households in the Canary Islands indicated that they have some type of difficulty getting there
at the end of the month. En concreto, el 28,5% He assures that he has some difficulty, while a 10,3% and
a 13,8% indicate that they have great difficulty or difficulty financially facing a month. This
figure is lower than that given in 2024, when the sum of all the previous sections exceeded
el 55 por ciento.

Regarding households that have an easy time making ends meet, el 3,4% indicates that it arrives
very easily, versus 4% that he did it in 2024.

The Living Conditions Survey also asks about the self-perception of the health of the
people. El 65,6% of the inhabitants of 16 and more years from the Canary Islands assures that he is in very good health
buena (a 18,5%) or good (a 47%). This percentage is lower than that given in 2024 (67,4%).
In the case of women, self-assessment of health presents more negative indicators than in
the case of men.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias

26 Sea The construction of free homes in the Canary Islands grows again in 2025

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias At the national level, The number of open access homes started grew by 8,6 percent with
regarding the data of 2024, that is to say, 5,5 points less than in the Canary Islands.

Por provincias, in Las Palmas the beginning of 3.137 free development housing, a 25%
más que en el año anterior. On the other side, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife the construction of
1.529 free housing, which represents a decrease of one 3,2% with respect to 2024..

During the year 2025 The number of protected homes started has been 379. Since the year 2021 no
No protected housing had been started in the Canary Islands.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias