![Prostitution and drugs boost Spain’s GDP by €9bn Prostitution and drugs boost Spain’s GDP by €9bn](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/000_dv1652566.si_-310x168.jpg)
Prostitution, drug trafficking and other illegal activities have finally been included in Spain’s gross domestic product, boosting it by 9 billion euros according to the latest statistics.
Latest data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) reveals the drug trade, prostitution, illegal weapon sales and gambling contributed some €9 billion, or 0.87 percent of country’s total GDP in 2013.