Latest reading: Retail sales increased 3.3% on a year-on-year basis in January, following a 5.0% rise in the prior month....
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 2014 to 2025.
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 contract in December
Latest reading: Retail sales fell 0.8% in working day and seasonally adjusted month-on-month terms in December, following a 1.0% increase in the prior month. December's reading was the weakest since January 2025. Relative to the prior month's figures, readings in December worsened for large chain stores (-0.6% on a working day and seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis vs +2.6% in November) and small chain stores (-1.7% vs +1.5% in November). Finally, the variation in single retail stores was the same as in the prior month (-0.4% in December and November). In annual terms, retail sales increased 2.9% in December, following a 6.0% rise in the prior month.
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 4 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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