Andorra Factbook

Andorra is dominated by wealth and materialism. Nearly all are listed as Roman Catholic but few actually practice. The occult influences many. In recent years, there has been growth in the number of evangelical believers and churches.

Andorra is located on the border between Spain and France in the Pyrenees Mountains. It's a small territory slightly more than twice the size of Washington D.C. It's a beautiful land of mountains and narrow valleys. It's comfortably cool in the summer and cold and snowy in the winter.

Approximately 70,000 people live in Andorra. About 1/4 of them are natives of Andorra. The remainder are foreigners with the largest group from Spain. Catalan (Spanish) is the official language.

Andorra is wealthy through tourism. Eighty percent of the GDP comes from tourism. Andorra also serves as a tax haven for many.

For more than seven centuries, Andorra was a co-principality of France and Spain. In 1993, Andorra adopted its own constitution and government. The ties to France and Spain remain, but their role now is largely titular.

The constitution guarantees freedom of religion. However, the Roman Catholic Church was the official state church until 1993 and still dominates with 90% of the population. Until the last 10 years, all evangelical believers were foreign. Now there are three known evangelical churches and several native Andorran believers. After years without a full time missionary, there are at least two in service.

The gospel has strong opposition. Being Catholic is part of the culture. Many in Andorra dabble in the occult, consulting mediums and spiritists. Wealth has given Andorra a worldly, materialistic society. Pray for those barriers to be broken down that they might see the beauty of the Lord Jesus.

Copyright 2006 by Brad Garrison

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