Andorra Retail Sales Up 1.5% Nominally in November 2025, Down 0.9% Real
Andorra's large commercial surfaces saw nominal sales rise driven by food, but constant-price figures showed a 0.9% decline, with non-food dropping.
Key Points
- Nominal sales +1.5% YoY, constant prices -0.9% (index 96.7 vs 97.6).
- Food sales +1.9% real, +3.9% nominal; non-food -4.1% real, -1.5% nominal.
- MoM sales +10.6% from October; employment +0.5% YoY, 63.8% women.
- Highlights steady food demand despite non-food volume contraction.
Sales at Andorra's large commercial surfaces rose 1.5% in November 2025 compared to the prior year on a nominal basis, driven mainly by food products, though constant-price data revealed a 0.9% decline overall.
The Department of Statistics released the data on Monday. At constant prices—excluding inflation effects—the sales index reached 96.7, down from 97.6 in November 2024. Food sales increased 1.9% in real terms, while non-food products dropped 4.1%. Nominal figures captured price shifts, with food up 3.9% and non-food down 1.5%.
Month-over-month, sales climbed 10.6% from October, linked partly to seasonal year-end patterns. Employment rose 0.5% year-on-year and 6.8% from the previous month. Women accounted for 63.8% of the workforce, with 91.6% in full-time roles.
The data underscore steady food demand amid weaker non-food performance, where inflation obscured an underlying volume contraction.
Original Sources
This article was aggregated from the following Catalan-language sources:
- Bon Dia•
Les vendes de les grans superfícies s'incrementen un 1,5% al novembre
- Diari d'Andorra•
Les vendes de les grans superfícies augmenten un 1,5% al novembre
- ARA•
Les vendes de les grans superfícies creixen un 1,5% al novembre gràcies a l’alimentació
- Altaveu•
Retrocés de les vendes a les grans superfícies comercials durant el novembre