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Table 12.2
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE SERVICES SECTOR (annual average)
% variation % total
2021 2022 2022/2021 2022
Commerce and motor vehicle repairs (etc.) 8,174 8,872 8.5 24.8
Hotels & catering 3,640 5,194 42.7 14.5
Transport, storage & communications 1,164 1,327 14.0 3.7
Financial system 1,765 1,716 -2.8 4.8
Real estate & rental activities; business services 5,630 6,503 15.5 18.2
Public administration, defence & mandatory social security 4,675 4,652 -0.5 13.0
Education 622 622 -0.1 1.7
Health & veterinary activities, social services 2,405 2,414 0.4 6.7
Other social activities & community services; personal services 2,765 3,298 19.3 9.2
Households employing domestic staff 1,071 1,040 -2.9 2.9
Extraterritorial bodies 12 12 -1.4 0.0
Domestic work for the community 196 180 -8.4 0.5
Total 32,118 35,828 11.5 100

Source: CASS (Andorran Social Security System) / Department of Statistics.

Box 12.1
RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
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2022 was a year of change in legislation and environmental As for the waste balance, in Andorra in 2022, more
regulations affecting waste management. Specifically, than 149,590 tonnes (t) were generated: 27% were
on 30 June, the General Council passed Law 25/2022, treated inside the country and 73% were exported for
on the circular economy (LEC); on 9 November, the final management outside the country. This amount
National Strategy for the Circular Economy (ENEC) was includes all waste generated in the country, such as
passed, and on 22 November, the new Horizon 2035 household waste (municipal waste and similar waste
National Waste Plan (PNR) was passed. from commerce, industry and institutions, including
selective collection) and all waste exported directly
The PNR has been integrated into the ENEC as a by waste managers to recovery and/or disposal
separate, strategic focus, in which a diagnosis of the plants. Not included is earth and stone waste from
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current waste situation has been made, targets have construction, of which 223,647 t were exported for
been set to be considered with the 2035 horizon (65% recovery, a figure that represents an increase of 2%
recycling of municipal waste), and programmes and since the previous year. In comparison with 2021,
actions have been defined for the first five years (2023- 11,858 t more waste were generated, in a context
2027), as well as the communication plan to support characterised by the economic recovery after the
it. The preparation of all these documents seeks pandemic. This has resulted in an increase in some
alignment with the latest European waste directives. types of municipal waste, due to greater economic
This will enable the Andorran legal framework to be activity, such as municipal solid waste (MSW), which
compatible with that of its neighbouring countries. rose 7.7% (28,084 t in 2022, compared with 26,081
For example, from January 2023, single-use plastics t in 2021). On the other hand, in the case of non-
are prohibited in Andorra, such as plastic cups, cutlery municipal waste, there were also major increases
and straws. In this way, the Principality is aligned with related to construction, in particular an increase of
European directives regulating this matter (Directive 5,978 t of rubble (+9.7% since the previous year).
2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain
plastic products on the environment, focusing on In the last review of the PNR for 2017-2020, the
single-use plastics). recycling target for 2020 was 50% (including