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LIVESTOCK (adult heads)
Table 9.4
% var. % total
2020 2021 21/20 2021

Total cat le (bulls, cows) 1,502 1,502 0.0 31.1
Total horses (workhorses, studs, mares) 518 531 2.5 11.0
Total sheep (rams, ewes) 2,589 2,417 -6.6 50.1
Total goats (bucks, does) 350 372 6.3 7.7
Total livestock 4,959 4,822 -2.8 100.0

Source: Department of Agriculture.

financing the inspection, control and certification services required for conversion to organic
production and continued organic production.

Beyond the drive towards organic certification, the Government is also promoting the brand
Productes agrícoles i artesans d’Andorra (“Agricultural and Craft Products of Andorra”). Law
31/2022, of 21 July, for the development and diversification of the livestock and agricultural
sectors regulates, for example, the introduction of new crops, new infrastructures and innovative
initiatives to produce quality products, and considers the search for alternatives that would enable
new income sources to be generated through the development of complementary activities.

X. Industry
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In 2021, the industry and manufacturing GVA IN THE INDUSTRY AND
sector recorded a 6.4% increase in GVA, MANUFACTURING SECTOR Chart 10.1
which largely offset the decline seen in 2020 Variation rate in real terms
due to COVID-19 (-10.9%). The industry and
manufacturing sector as a whole represents
a minor part of the Andorran economy when
The Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | X. Industry
compared with its neighbouring countries,
as in 2021, it only represented 5.3% of total
GVA and 4.5% of employees. Moreover, it is
more volatile than other economic sectors,
because one of the main subsectors is energy
production and distribution, which has a rather
erratic component. In the two years before the
coronavirus crisis (2018-2019), the GVA of the Source: Department of Stat st cs.
industry sector saw positive values.

This increase in industrial activity was accompanied by an increase in electricity consumption,
while business and labour market indicators worsened slightly after the increases of the previous
year. In particular, the number of establishments in the sector reached 403, six less than in the
previous year and the same number as in 2018. Employment also fell 3.3%, to 1,693 employees,
57 less than in 2020. In contrast, average wages in the sector rose 4.7% and offset the decline
seen in 2020 (-3.5%). Specifically, the average wage in 2021 reached €2,362, but there is a major
difference between wages in the manufacturing industry branch (including extraction industry),
which are €2,243, and wages in the branch of production and distribution of electricity, gas and