Latest reading: Nominal retail sales rose 0.6% in seasonally adjusted month-on-month terms in August, stable from the previous month’s reading...
Retail Sales in Spain
The Spanish economy recorded an average growth rate of 1.6% in retail sales over the decade to 2024, above Euro Area's average of 1.4%. In 2024, Spain's retail sales growth was 1.8%.
Spain Retail Chart
Note: This chart displays Retail Sales (ann. var. %) for Spain from 2023 to 2022.
Source: Macrobond.
Spain Retail Data
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Sales (ann. var. %) | -6.7 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
Retail sales contracts at sharpest pace since January in July
Latest reading: Retail sales fell 0.4% month-on-month in seasonally adjusted terms in July (June: +1.2% mom s.a.). The result marked the worst reading since January. The figure was largely due to a deterioration in large chain stores sales. In addition, single retail stores sales decelerated. On an annual basis, retail sales rose at a softer pace of 4.7% in July (June: +6.2% yoy). Meanwhile, the trend improved slightly, with the annual average growth of retail sales coming in at 3.5% in July, up from June's 3.4%.
Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years
How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Spanish retail projections for the next ten years from a panel of 3 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable retail forecast available for Spanish retail.
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