The percentage of empty shops in Wales has fallen since of the end of 2020 but remains among the worst in the UK.
In the final quarter of 2021, the Welsh vacancy rate decreased to 17.5%, from 17.7% in Q3 2021.
It was 1.2 percentage points lower than the same point in 2020 and 2% lower than the start of 2021. At the start of the pandemic the rate was 15.5%.
