Unemployment in Spain remains high (trending downwards), but nonetheless offers great potential for Swiss SMEs due to the many highly-qualified and young university graduates.
Spain's economy is still catching up in most areas due to the recent crisis.
- tourism
- ICT
- cleantech
- medtech
- textiles
- MEM
- food
- pharma/chemical
- even the real estate sector is taking off again
Particularly worth noting is that the number of innovative SmartCities in Spain has increased sharply. Accordingly, the digital economy plays a major role and shows great potential for growth. The situation with sustainable environmental technology is similar. To increase efficiency, municipal or state tasks will increasingly be awarded to Public Private Partnerships. This includes in particular waste management services or air improvement activities.