The Data Center of the Cabildo of Lanzarote has just published the report 'Lanzarote in figures 2023', a bilingual publication, aimed at the general public, which provides a global view with statistical information on the island in aspects such as population, society, tourism, employment, economy or the environment.
This is an annual document that serves to know the latest indicators of the island of Lanzarote, a work that has been valued very positively by the counselor herself. "It is impossible to decide what actions to take and, consequently, what direction to mark the future of the island, if we do not know the real situation from which we start. And this report gives us a photograph of objective data and figures with which to work. In that sense, I want to congratulate the entire work team of the Data Center for their work," said Ascensión Toledo.
Almost 3,000 more inhabitants than in 2022
As reflected in the document, the island has a population of law of 159,021 inhabitants this 2023, almost three thousand more than the previous year. In this regard, it must be said that in this last year the number of inhabitants has significantly increased again, after the stabilization that had been since 2020. In addition, another population aspect to highlight is that 23% of the residents on the island are of foreign nationality, mainly British, Colombian, Italian, Moroccan and German.
The publication dedicates a section to economic and employment indicators, perceiving in all of them an improvement compared to the previous year. In 2023 the number of companies increased by 2% and the growth recorded by affiliations to Social Security was 5%. Likewise, the number of unemployed people decreased by 11%, reaching 7,923 people in unemployment.
The document also includes the main tourist indicators, in which there were also substantial increases compared to the previous year. Thus, during 2023, 3.1 million tourists arrived in Lanzarote (half of them from the United Kingdom), the accommodation establishments registered an occupancy of 85% and had revenues of 873 million euros, which meant an increase of 18% compared to the previous year.
César Manrique Airport: 2.8 million passengers in 2023
In addition, 'Lanzarote in figures 2023' has a section dedicated to transport, highlighting the record figure of 8.2 million passengers who passed through the airport of Lanzarote. Similarly, the traffic of goods by sea registered a statistical behavior similar to that registered in 2019, the year before the pandemic.
The document also provides information on how the data have evolved in social aspects on the island, among which the uptick in figures of crime indicators and a decrease in crimes of gender violence stand out. The last section includes figures relating to energy, water consumption, waste and CO2 emissions, with an increase in all of them during 2023.
The publication 'Lanzarote in figures 2023' can be downloaded for free from the website of the Data Center of the Cabildo where you can also consult in depth the details of these statistics and many more, as well as all the statistics and more than two thousand documents about the island.
