State investment in 2025: Madrid leads, Catalonia receives 8.6%

In 2025, the Spanish state executed 15,369 million euros in regionalizable investments, with Madrid receiving the largest share at 20.9% (3,218 million euros). Catalonia, despite being Spain's second-most populous region and contributing 19% of GDP, received only 1,321 million euros (8.6% of the total), placing it fifth behind Valencia (11.3%), Andalusia (10.5%), and Galicia (10.3%) Source: La Vanguardia; Infobae.

Catalonia's chronic underinvestment

The figures, released by the Intervention General of the State Administration (IGAE), show that Catalonia's share is less than half its weight in population (17%) and GDP (19%) Source: La Vanguardia. Although the 1,321 million represent a 28.5% increase from 2023, they are 6.2% below the 1,409 million allocated in 2024. The low execution rate has been a longstanding complaint among Catalan business groups, unions, and political parties Source: La Vanguardia. Notably, half of the investment in Catalonia came from Adif, the railway infrastructure manager Source: La Vanguardia.

Disparities across regions

The state invested nearly 2.4 times more in Madrid than in Catalonia. Valencia, Andalusia, and Galicia also received larger absolute amounts Source: La Vanguardia. The data, which are usually published biannually by the IGAE, were sent directly to Congress political groups after years of requests from Catalan parties like Junts and ERC Source: La Vanguardia.