Only 4.5% of households in Lanzarote consider that their economy improved during the first three months of 2026, according to data provided by the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (ISTAC). 65.7% of Lanzarote residents believe it remains the same and 29.7% that it is worse.
The average of the optimists of the archipelago about the improvement of their family economies rose to 9.5%, more than double the figure registered among the Lanzarote population. At the Canary Islands level, 60.1% believe it remains the same and 30.3% that it has worsened.
The highest figure was recorded in La Palma, where 10.7% of the surveyed households responded that their economy improved in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the last quarter of last year.
Next, the households of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, where around 10% considered that their economy had improved between January and March of this year.
In Fuerteventura and El Hierro the figure rose to 8.5% and 8.1% respectively. The closest figure to Lanzarote's results was obtained in La Gomera, where only 4.7% believe their economic situation has improved.
Looking ahead, the rabbit island is more pessimistic than Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria
Looking to the future, 17.5% of Canary Islanders believe their household economy will improve, 54% that it will remain the same, and 28.4% that it will worsen.
In Lanzarote, those who believe it will get worse are 24%, while those who consider there will be no changes are 65.7% and those who believe it will get better amount to 14.3%.
Greater optimism was registered among residents in Tenerife, where about 20% considered that their family economy will improve in the coming months, as well as in Fuerteventura (18.3%) and Gran Canaria (16.4%).
In La Gomera (14.1%), La Palma (13.7%), and El Hierro (10.9%), figures were recorded lower than those of Lanzarote with respect to a possible improvement in household economies in the second quarter of the year.
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