the canary islands in figures 2005 index pg presentation 3 territory 4 population 6 livestock and agriculture 14 industry commerce 18 construction public works 20 tourism 22 transport communication 26 education 30 health 32 labour market 34 consumption 38 investment 40 external trade 42 prices wages 44 financial sector 46 48 macroeconomic indicators 50 symbols published by canarian institute of statistics istac department economy finance government http www gobiernodecanarias org legal deposit gc 212 2006 print run 25 000 copies data not available ha hectares a advance km kilometres p provisional mwh megawatts hr eu european union one main objectives is to make statistical information about at large as way it easier understand situation our autonomous community this publication provides general nature for previous years on different aspects related areas demography pre sented an attractive easy read format with graphs assist reading interpreting