According to the report on \u2018Regional Economic Balance 2000 \u2013 2005\u2019 carried out by \u2018La Fundaci\u00f3n de las Cajas de Ahorros\u2019 (Funcas), Barcelona was the most expensive city in Spain in 2005 while Badajoz was found to be the least expensive. On average prices for goods and services were 24% more expensive in Barcelona than in Badajoz. Gerona, La Rioja, Vizcaya, Guip\u00fazcoa and L\u00e9rida were listed among the 10 most expensive regions while Soria, Cuenca, C\u00e1ceres, Salamanca and Ciudad Real were found to be the least expensive. The regions that consumed the most in relation to their income were Andaluc\u00eda, Asturias and Galicia while Valencia, Pa\u00eds Vasco and Navarra were found to be the regions that spent the least.<\/p>\n
Extremadura and Castilla and Le\u00f3n had the most public expenditure compared to Madrid, Baleares and Catalu\u00f1a which had the least. Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha and Galicia were the highest investors in training while Navarra, Pa\u00eds Vasco and Madrid were the lowest investors.<\/p>\n
The study carried out by Funcas also found that the rising number of immigrants settling in Spain accounted for the 14.9% growth in the Spanish population from 18 million to 21 million between 2000 and 2005. Gerona, Almer\u00eda and \u00c1lava registered the most growth in each case above 60% while Zamora, Orense and Asturias, registered the least growth (below 50%) in this respect.<\/p>\n
According to the study the number of unemployed went down by 2% which together with the number of immigrants means that the rate of employment has risen by 17%. The highest rise in employment was 19.8% in Almer\u00eda compared to 3.33% in Lugo. The highest rise was seen in the Mediterranean and the North East of Spain.<\/p>\n
Murcia, Madrid and Sevilla saw the highest economic growth registering more than the national average while Soria, Zamora and Lugo saw the lowest growth according to the study. Murcia grew by 4.26% in 2005 (the national average being 3.38%), followed by Madrid (4.10%) and Sevilla (3.94%). C\u00e1diz (3.83%), L\u00e9rida (3.80%), Almer\u00eda (3.67%), C\u00f3rdoba (3.64%) and Vizcaya (3.53%) were also among the 10 other provinces which experienced the highest economic growth in contrast with Soria which had the lowest growth at just 1.16%, followed by Zamora (1.94%), Lugo (2,29%), Baleares (2,31%), Teruel (2,35%), Orense (2,36%), \u00c1lava (2,39%) and Huesca (2.46%). According to these figures Soria and Zamora were the only provinces whose economies did not grow by more than 2%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
According to the report on \u2018Regional Economic Balance 2000 \u2013 2005\u2019 carried out by \u2018La Fundaci\u00f3n de las Cajas de Ahorros\u2019 (Funcas), Barcelona was the most expensive city in Spain in 2005 while Badajoz was found to be the least expensive. On average prices for goods and services were 24% more expensive in Barcelona than in Badajoz. Gerona, La Rioja, Vizcaya, Guip\u00fazcoa and L\u00e9rida were listed among the 10 most expensive regions while Soria, Cuenca, C\u00e1ceres, Salamanca and Ciudad Real were found to be the least expensive. The regions that consumed the most in relation to their income were Andaluc\u00eda, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-5956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria","tag-economic-and-business-news"],"yoast_head":"\n