The economy in Spain

Now it is time to study how the population works and how we can study the population focusing on their jobs.

In the video and the following link you can review some concepts about the economy like: population, primary sector, secondary sector....

Order the differents jobs which appear in the video:

Works and professions

As you know things related with Economy in Spain are changing a lot nowadays. When we talk about the active population is decreasing and the unemployed people is increase. Let's check in the internet what the unemplyed rate is at the moment. Unemployment rate 2014 (Febraury)

PRIMARY SECTOR in Spain:

Agriculture: dry crops such grain, grapes and olives. And also Fruit and vegetables are grown in Murcia or Valencia.

Livestock farming: Cows, sheep, pigs and poultry.

Fishing: has declined, but it still continues in some areas.

Mining: In the north as León or Asturias, but it has declined.

SECONDARY SECTOR in Spain:

Manufacturing: Specially automobile, chemical, textile,food and telecommunications.

Construction: It increased a lot in the last years but nowadays has declined, it is one of the industries with more unemployment people.

SERVICE SECTOR in Spain:

This is now one of the most important sector in the Spanish economy. The main services are tourism, trade and transport.

LET'S REVIEW AND CHECK YOUR LEARNING WITH THIS LINK:

Economic Activities