06 Feb The agri-food sector maintains its weight in the Canarian economy in 2022 but down in terms of employment

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias The agri-food sector represents a 4,9 percent of the gross value added of the Canary Islands (VAB)
for that period. This is a similar percentage to previous years.. Instead, las 61.749 people who
are busy in this sector represent the 7,1 percent of the total in the Canary Islands. This percentage is
slightly lower than that of 2021 (7,4%) and maintains a downward trend since 2015.

En el año 2022, aumentó un 17,4 percent the contribution of the agri-food sector to the value
gross added (VAB). This contribution grew to the same extent as the total GVA of the Canary Islands,
motivated by the general increase in prices. Within the sector, the contribution of sections grew
like trade (20,3%), the food industry (18,4%) and the primary sector (15,3%) .

In terms of employment, The contribution of the agri-food sector grew by 1,6 percent with respect to
2021. This increase is lower than the global employment rate in the Canary Islands, que aumentó en 2022 en un
6,6 por ciento.

In this publication the figures appear updated to adjust them to the statistical review
carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) in the Regional Accounting of Spain in
2024.

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05 Feb The number of deaths in the Canary Islands decreases in 2023 for the lowest number of deaths from covid

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias En 2023 was 17.830 deaths of residents in the Canary Islands, which represents a decrease in 4,7% con
about 2022. For large groups of diseases, the one that decreased the most was that of infectious diseases
(section that includes covid), with a decrease greater than 57 por ciento. En 2022 was
1.342 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic, for the 408 that were counted in 2023, a
69,5% less.

Diseases of the circulatory system (26,7%), Tumors (26,5%) and the diseases of the
respiratory system (12,3%) were the three main causes of death. This distribution
of diseases is based on the International Classification of Diseases (CIE) and, en concreto,
the large groups, which groups diseases into 20 generic categories.

There was a total of 9.313 deaths of men in the Canary Islands in 2023. As the first causes of
Tumors had death (2.676, a 28,7% of same-sex deaths), las
Enfermedades del sistema circulatorio (26,4%) y del sistema respiratorio (12,6%). among women
se produjeron 8.517 deaths in this period. The two main causes of death are
they invest, since the diseases of the circulatory system are the first (2.301, a 27%),
followed by tumors (24,1%). Finally, Diseases of the respiratory system caused a
11,7% of women's deaths in 2023.

Other causes of death were, in the case of men, external causes of morbidity and
mortality (accidents or drowning, among others) (6,2%) and digestive system (5,6%). En el
women's case, mental and behavioral disorders are found (5,9%) and of the system
highly strung (5,7%).

Por islas, It is observed that the proportion of deaths due to diseases of the circulatory system was
major in Gran Canaria (28,5%) y La Palma (27,7%), while the proportion due to tumors was higher
in Fuerteventura (34,3%) y Lanzarote (33,9%).

trachea tumor, bronchi and lung, the one that caused the most deaths

Un total de 975 people died in the Canary Islands from a trachea tumor, bronchi and lung in 2023.
In the case of men, this was the first cause of death (el 6,9% of the total), followed by
acute myocardial infarction (5,7%). among women, The first cause was heart failure
(6,2%) and second, organic mental disorders, senile and presenile (5,8%). En 2022, la
The disease that caused the most deaths in both men and women was covid, with a total
de 1.342 deaths.

On the other side, within the external causes of morbidity and mortality, was 241 suicides in
Canary Islands in 2023, a 3,43% rather than 2022; el 77% they were men.

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04 Feb The average number of affiliations in the Canary Islands of the month of January 8.200 people

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias Medium affiliation dropped so much in women (-1,1%) as in men (-0,7%). By regimes, He went down so much
In the general regime as in the autonomous. The affiliations went down, above all, In the sector
servicios, But also under construction and industry and remained in agriculture in figures
similar to December 2024.

Although the month of January ended with 925.668 afiliaciones, nails 13.800 less than at the close of 2024,
It should be noted that in a year there has been a 3,3% of growth in affiliations to
Seguridad Social

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04 Feb The registered strike rises slightly at the beginning of 2025

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias By sex and with respect to December 2024, Registered unemployment fell in men and rose in women,
although both variations around half a percentage point. By age groups, unemployment figures
rose in all groups until 39 years old, and they went down from 40 years old.

Registered unemployment fell in construction, remained at similar figures in agriculture and
industry, but it rose in the service sector. The group of people without previous employment fell by
nails 700 people. In the commercial activity, the rise in unemployment in this month of January was 879
people, which led to an increase in 3,5%. Por islas, Registered unemployment fell in La Gomera and in
El Hierro and rose in La Palma and Lanzarote, maintaining similar figures in the rest of the
islas.

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04 Feb Canary Islands closes the year with an increase in the number of tourists

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias Regarding the same month of 2023 There has been an increase in 6,67 por ciento. En términos reales
It supposes 104.648 more tourists. Decade 10 tourists who arrived in the Canary Islands, 9 They came from abroad.
This sector increased a 7 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. The
residentes en España, In this case in a 3%.

United Kingdom remains the most important issuing market. Of the total tourists who came to
Canarias, a 31,8 percent did from the British islands, implying 532.714 people.
Germany and residents in the rest of Spain contributed a 19% y un 7,8% de los turistas,
respectivamente.

Tenerife was the island that received a greater number of tourists with 679.244 implying 4 decade 10
tourists who arrived. They are followed by Gran Canaria (27,6%) y Lanzarote (17%)

El 64,6% of the tourists who arrived in December were between 1 and 7 nights in the archipelago.
Por el contrario, el 2,4% made stays of more than 31 days. The main reason for the trip was the
Vacation.

Almost half of the tourists who arrived in the Canary Islands did it with a tourist package
hired, that is to say, with a service that includes at least transport and accommodation and that has a
indivisible price. Specifically the 49,6 percent of tourists arrived with this service
hired.

By types of accommodations, Hotels and apartments are still preferred by tourists. En
These establishments lodged the 78 percent of tourists who arrived in the Canary Islands in
diciembre.

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31 Jan Las ventas al por menor en Canarias aumentaron un 6,5% on December 2024 with respect to the same month of 2023

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias anarias se sitúa en primera posición dentro del ránking de variaciones de este índice (6,5%),
seguida por Murcia (4,9%), Cataluña (4,7%) and Andalusia (3,9%). On the other side, the minors
variaciones se produjeron en Aragón (0,2%), Castile and León (0,5%) and Ceuta (0,5%). Taking into account the
evolution of sales by groups in the Canary Islands, these went up a 2,3% en alimentación y un 10,5% en
the rest.

Por su parte, employment in Canarian retail trade has increased by 3,7% in the last twelve
meses, while at the national level it has increased 1,7%. En este concepto, Canarias (3,7%) this
positioned in the first position among the group of autonomous communities and cities, followed
by the Balearic Islands (3,4%), Madrid (2,9%) and Andalusia (2,8%), while the lowest rates of variation
have occurred in La Rioja (-1,2%), Ceuta (-0,5%) and Asturias (-0,4%).

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