Latest reading: Retail sales grew 0.5% month-on-month in seasonally adjusted terms in July (June: +0.9% mom), in line with market...
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 growth speeds up in June
Latest reading: Retail sales increased 1.1% month-on-month in seasonally adjusted terms in June (May: +0.3% mom s.a.). Looking at the details of the release, June's pickup was broad-based, with the large chain stores, single retail stores and small chain stores sub-sectors all gaining steam. On an annual basis, retail sales increased 6.2% in June, which was better than May’s 5.0% expansion and marking the best result since January 2022. Accordingly, the trend improved sizably, with the annual average growth of retail sales coming in at 3.4% in June, up from May's 2.7%.
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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