Barcelona as a business place (slightly old...)

While browsing through old newspapers, I found these figures for Barcelona as a business place in comparison with other cities (El País, October 10, 2010, i.e. 10/10/10):

Best cities for business: ranked 4th (1st: London; 2009)

Entrepreneurial activity: rank 7 (1st: Mexico [country]; 2008)

Export business perspectives: rank 8 (1st: Lisbon [sic!]; 2010)

DFI projects: rank 6 (1st: London; 2008)

Trade fair organization: rank 5 (1st: Singapur, 2008)

Employees in Science&Tech: rank 5 (1st: Paris; 2008)

Scientific output: rank 15 (1st: Beijing; 2009)

Airport passengers: rank 9 (1st: London Heathrow; 2009)

Hotel beds: rank 4 (1st Paris; 2008)

Cruise ship passangers: rank 1 (2008)

Employee's quality of life: rank 1 (2009)

CO2 emissions: rank 1 (year ?)

Cost of life: rank 38 (1st Tokyo; 2009)

Cost of renting an apartment: rank 31 (1st NYC; 2009)

Cost of renting an office: rank 40 (1st London; 2009)

Cost of renting industrial grounds: rank 6 (1st London; 2009)

Salary levels: rank 24 (1st Zurich; 2008)

Unemployment levels: rank 37 (1st Prague; 2008)


As you see, these figures are already a little old; maybe they have newer figures on the city's website, here.