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🇪🇸 Spain in official data

How Spain is doing across 22 areas of society, from the economy to health, housing and education: the latest official figures from Eurostat, the OECD and national statistics offices, as shown on NationPulse.

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Where it stands in the EU

• Life expectancy at birth: Spain has the highest value in the EU (84.0 years, 2024).
• In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate: Spain has the 2nd highest value in the EU (11.2 %, 2025).
• Youth unemployment rate: Spain has the 2nd highest value in the EU (24.9 %, 2025).
• Early leavers from education and training: Spain has the 3rd highest value in the EU (12.8 %, 2025).
• Temporary employees: Spain has the 3rd highest value in the EU (14.9 %, 2025).
• Non-fatal accidents at work: Spain has the 3rd highest value in the EU (2,241 /100k, 2024).

Brain: Education, research & innovation

Eyes: Information & Digital Access

Ears: Civic Participation

Jaw: Justice & Institutions

Neck: Government & Public Administration

Heart: Economy & Financial Stability

Left lung: Healthcare

Right lung: Environment & Climate

Stomach: Cost of Living

Liver: Poverty & Social Welfare

Left kidney: Housing

Right kidney: Essential Utilities

Left arm: Employment

Right arm: Job Quality

Left hand: Youth Opportunities

Right hand: Workplace Safety

Left leg: Roads & Transport

Right leg: Public Transport & Mobility

Left foot: Regional Accessibility

Right foot: Digital Infrastructure

Skin and body outline: Public Safety & Social Inclusion

Researched context (not official statistics)

For conditions with no official series, published figures from other credible sources, checked against the linked pages:

• Educational inequality by social background: In PISA 2022, students’ social background mattered a little less in Spain than on average in the OECD: the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students was smaller, and more disadvantaged students reached the top quarter in mathematics.
• Scientific research outcomes: Spanish scientific publications are cited a little less often than the EU average: Spain is 14th in the EU on the share of its publications among the world’s most cited.
• Public voice: CIVICUS, a global civil-society alliance, rates civic space in Spain as "narrowed": the second-best of its five levels.
• Media freedom: Reporters Without Borders ranks Spain 29th of 180 countries for press freedom in 2026, down from 23rd in 2025, citing political polarisation in the media.
• Access to justice: The World Justice Project places Spain 25th of 143 countries for the rule of law, and 30th for civil justice, which includes whether people can access and afford it.
• Court efficiency: Spanish courts take longer than most in the EU to resolve cases at first instance: an estimated 423 days for civil and commercial disputes in 2024, against 124 in the Netherlands, 434 in France and 584 in Italy.
• Public service effectiveness: The World Bank scores the effectiveness of Spain’s government at 75.5 out of 100 in 2025, roughly unchanged since 2022.
• Transport infrastructure: Spain’s infrastructure is rated among the better ones internationally: business executives placed its roads 11th of 141 countries in 2019, and the World Bank gives its trade and transport infrastructure 3.8 out of 5.
• Commuting: In 2019 a one-way commute in Spain took 25 minutes on average, the same as the EU average. By 2021, 63% of people travelling to work or study used a car or other private transport.
• Access to services: Most people in Spain can reach work or study without a car: 70.7% can get there within an hour by public transport, cycling or walking, close to the EU average.

Data retrieved 2026-10-21. Every value links to its official source.

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