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Spain

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Madrid

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

83.9years

Ranks 12 of 217 in 2024

12% above world median · 5% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

3.2per 1,000 live births

Ranks 20 of 196 in 2024

79% below world median · 18% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

3per 100,000 live births

Ranks 6 of 194 in 2023

94% below world median · 50% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

9.22% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

46% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.10births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

42% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2021 · 5 years old

99.7% of adults 15+

Ranks 4 of 44 in 2021

11% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 44 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

102.9% gross

Ranks 42 of 134 in 2024

4% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

4.59% of GDP

Ranks 65 of 164 in 2022

13% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

38,627current US$

Ranks 30 of 186 in 2025

3.9× above world median · 39% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

59,868international $

Ranks 32 of 185 in 2025

2.0× above world median · 18% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.8% of population

Ranks 27 of 57 in 2023

11% below world median · 1.0× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

33.4index, 0–100

Ranks 25 of 57 in 2023

about the same world median · 7% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

10.4% of labour force

Ranks 149 of 182 in 2025

1.0× above world median · 87% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

2.7% per year

Not ranked — no better end

11% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.43% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

10% below world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

99.5% of population

Ranks 27 of 148 in 2024

23% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

95.8% of population

Ranks 21 of 182 in 2024

17% above world median · 4% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

4.51t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

77% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

49.4mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

6.5× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Spain has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.