60.8% of Canary Islanders have difficulty making ends meet (34.4% report some difficulty and 26.4% report a lot), compared to 28% who claim to have some ease and 8.7% who have a lot of ease.
The data appears in the Consumer Confidence Index, which the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (Istac) prepares quarterly.
The residents in La Gomera are the ones who in a higher percentage affirm having economic difficulties, 71% of those surveyed, ahead of the neighbors of Tenerife (63.6%).
On the opposite pole, those who live in Lanzarote are the ones who most comfortably reach the end of the month (51.1% report no difficulties), ahead of La Palma (42.5%)Even so, these figures, which correspond to the close of 2025, represent an improvement compared to the third quarter of last year, with the percentage of those in difficulty decreasing by 5.2 points and by 7.2 points compared to the same period in 2024The Consumer Confidence Index also reflects the perception of Canarians about the situation of their domestic economy, which remains at the same values as in the third quarter of 2025, and their expectations six months ahead, which fall 4.2 points compared to 12 months earlier
That index rose in Lanzarote and Tenerife and fell in the rest of the islands, especially in La Gomera, where it was reduced by almost 14 points
The highest values are found in Fuerteventura (80.3), Lanzarote (76.3), and the south of Gran Canaria (71), and the lowest, in La Gomera (50.2), north of Gran Canaria (52.1) and the metropolitan area of Tenerife (59.6).
If we look at the data disaggregated by occupation, the confidence index improves among unemployed people (+3.1%) and inactive people (+1%), and worsens among employed people by 1.7 points and a little more than two points among self-employed workers.
A greater optimism is appreciated among men (68.6%) than among women (64.2%), although that gap has narrowed by almost six points; and among young people aged 18 to 34, while in the 55 to 64 age range it has fallen by 6.3 points
To the question of how the economic situation has evolved in the last six months, 34.9% of Canarians consider that it has worsened compared to 10.5% of households that think their situation is now better. 54.7% assure it has not varied.
