The Economy of Catalonia

15,675 14,498 13,223
9,809
80,000
77,994
70,000
60,000
61,652
50,000
40,000
43,909 43,154
36,362 35,773 35,647
27,141 25,597
22,719
30,000
20,000
10,000
5,414
0
Source: EUROSTAT 2012.
Norway
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Austria
Ireland
Finland
Catalonia
UE 28
Spain
Portugal
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Figure 2. GDP per capita of the European Economic Region countries with a
population between 4 and 10 million inhabitants (year 2012)
would be higher than the amount that can be afforded by the wealth
generated
by the country, so that cuts elsewhere would be necessary, meaning that
the country could not be fully developed as independent State.
Figure 3 compares the number of workers in the public sector with the
total population. This table shows the number of public sector workers,
encompassing Public Administration, Education, Health and Social Services,
including both public and private sectors. That is to say, for example,
that a worker in a Voluntary Aided school is included as a worker in
the public sector. The study shows that Catalonia has the lowest number
of public sector workers after Bulgaria.
Next, that same number of public sector workers is compared again, but
this time with the total number of workers of the country (see figure 4).
Catalonia has the lowest proportion of public workers after Bulgaria and
the Czech Republic.
Structures of state and their impact on labour 119