Talk:Economic indicators (COVID-19 monograph)

The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. First wave: from the first cases to the end of June 2020

Monographs from the National Atlas of Spain. New content

Thematic structure > Social, economic and environmental effects > Economic indicators and productive sectors > Economic indicators

Companies deemed as being essential National classification of economic activities Companies deemed as being essential % Workers % Nacional total 67.3 74.1 Crop and animal production,hunting and related service activities 99.7 99.6 Forestry and logging 100.0 100.0 Fishing and aquaculture 100.0 100.0 Manufacture of food products 100.0 100.0 Manufacture of beverages 100.0 100.0 Manufacture of textiles 88.1 88.8 Manufacture of wearing apparel 34.1 29.5 Manufacture of leather and related products 74.1 75.0 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork; except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 20.0 32.6 Manufacture of paper and paper products 63.5 83.0 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 61.1 99.6 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 90.0 91.7 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 100.0 100.0 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 88.9 86.4 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 92.0 95.0 Manufacture of electrical equipment 70.8 69.1 Manufacture of furniture 77.6 70.9 Other manufacturing 66.3 68.5 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 64.7 42.5 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 98.1 97.0 Water collection, treatment and supply 100.0 100.0 Sewerage 100.0 100.0 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery 100.0 100.0 Remediation activities and other waste management services 100.0 100.0 Civil engineering 3.6 3.9 Specialised construction activities 41.8 50.1 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 68.1 54.3 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 49.5 59.5 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 54.2 62.2 Land transport and transport via pipelines 96.6 70.3 Water transport 18.2 36.6 Air transport 22.3 3.2 Warehousing and support activities for transportation 69.7 74.1 Postal and courier activities 100.0 100.0 Food and beverage service activities 30.1 57.7 Publishing activities 6.8 31.0 Programming and broadcasting activities 100.0 100.0 Telecommunications 100.0 100.0 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 100.0 100.0 Information service activities 77.7 59.3 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding 8.3 94.6 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 90.2 98.9 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities 100.0 100.0 Legal and accounting activities 100.0 100.0 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 13.3 22.5 Scientific research and development 62.9 95.1 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 57.6 71.5 Veterinary activities 100.0 100.0 Rental and leasing activities 21.9 32.2 Security and investigation activities 67.5 99.7 Services to buildings and landscape activities 66.0 81.1 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 95.1 90.1 Human health activities 100.0 100.0 Residential care activities 52.8 52.1 Social work activities without accommodation 30.7 33.1 Repair of computers and personal and household goods 31.1 47.0 Other personal service activities 88.5 89.1 Source: Central Business Register. National Statistics Institute

The state of alarm enacted on 14 March 2020 ushered in a general lockdown and in the suspension of all non-essential economic activities. This decision had an immediate and distressing impact on economy. However, which activities were deemed as being ‘essential’?