Inflation stifles savings in Andalucía: 64% of population suffers from rising cost of living

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With healthcare, housing and unemployment at the top of the general public's list of concerns, spending on food and basic supplies forces almost half of the region's population to cut back on leisure and travel

Héctor Barbotta

Seville

Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 11:29

Healthcare, difficulty accessing housing and unemployment are the top concerns for those residing in Andalucía today. What is often referred to in polling as a 'statistical tie' makes it impossible to state definitively that one of these concerns clearly takes priority over the others.

The latest barometer on population trends and more from the centre for Andalusian studies (Centra), a foundation dependent on the regional government's ministry of the presidency, estimates that these three areas are vying for first place - with minimal differences between them - among the issues that most concern people living in Andalucía.

According to this barometer, whose fieldwork was done just as the war in Iran began, when asked to identify the main problem in Andalucía, 21.8 per cent of respondents pointed to healthcare, 21.6 per cent to access to and price of housing, lastly 21.5 per cent to the lack of jobs. No previous barometer has shown such a marked parity between the main concerns.

Healthcare comes first

This virtual tie breaks down when respondents are asked which problem most affects them personally. On this point, healthcare takes the lead with 18.7 per cent of responses, followed by access to housing and housing prices at 14.2 per cent and unemployment at 12.8 per cent.

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