SPAIN

Capital Madrid
Area (km2) 505 992
Total population (thousands, 2023) 48 353
Population density (per km2) 96
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.ine.es
National Institute of Statistics
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2020 19%
   hourly wage, 2023 9%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 21%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 55%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 33%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 42%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 86.7
   males, years 81.3
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 23.9
   males, years 19.8
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.1
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 4.3
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 31.5
 
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-4.4
2.6
3.8
3.3
2.3
2.7
Unemployment rate
 (%)
15.5
14.9
13.0
12.2
11.4
10.5
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
38.3
35.0
29.7
28.7
26.5
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 2 783 125
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 56 965
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 36.6
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 32.9
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 42 533
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2024 0.573
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 37
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 26

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 16 217
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 15 886
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 2 762
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 37
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 38 038
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 9 349
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2015 366 092
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 271 584