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IndicatorESPSpainEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.94rank #10
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile62.3rank #46
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.69rank #22
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.7rank #21
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #39
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile72.9rank #37
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.94rank #10
Military spending% GDP1.4%rank #84
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.57rank #19
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile65.8rank #104
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile64.7rank #54
Rule of Law0-100 percentile73rank #43
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.95rank #20
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.82rank #17
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.74rank #20
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile76.9rank #28
Women in parliament% seats44.3%rank #17
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.94rank #4
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment3.4%rank #140
Agriculture value added% GDP2.7%rank #114
Annual working hours per workerhours1,638rank #98
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker570,348.3rank #11
Current account balance% GDP2.9%rank #23
Employment-to-population ratio%51%rank #131
FDI net inflows% GDP1.5%rank #56
GDPcurrent US$1.91Trank #12
GDP growth%2.8%rank #111
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$38,627.2rank #30
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $49,318.1rank #31
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $46,008.4rank #37
Government expenditure% GDP34%rank #27
Gross capital formation% GDP21.4%rank #82
Gross savings% GDP24.3%rank #30
High-technology exports% manuf. exports9.3%rank #61
Human capital indexindex3rank #55
Industry value added% GDP19.6%rank #116
Inflation%2.7%rank #80
Labour force participation rate%56.5%rank #129
Personal remittances received% GDP0.36%rank #75
R&D expenditure% GDP1.5%rank #28
Researchers in R&Dper million3,653.8rank #28
Tax revenue% GDP14.9%rank #60
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.85rank #24
Trade openness% GDP69.5%rank #82
Unemployment% labor force10.4%rank #148
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%9.7%rank #147
Vulnerable employment% employment10.1%rank #40
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2424.7%rank #152
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2422.9%rank #147
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.9%rank #18
Basic sanitation access% pop99.9%rank #9
Child mortalityper 1000.32rank #10
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,377.2rank #40
DTP3 immunization coverage%94%rank #6
Health spending% GDP9.2%rank #42
Infant mortalityper 1k births2.6rank #11
Life expectancyyears83.9rank #12
Maternal mortalityper 100k3rank #3
Measles immunization% children97%rank #3
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Physiciansper 1k4.3rank #20
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m310.1rank #46
Road traffic deathsper 100k3.9rank #13
Smoking prevalence% adults27.6%rank #102
Suicide mortality rateper 100k8.7rank #112
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k7.9rank #36
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births3.2rank #20
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%99.7%rank #4
Education spending% GDP4.6%rank #65
Expected years of schoolingyears17.8rank #17
Mean years of schoolingyears10.8rank #78
Primary completion rate% relevant age98.5%rank #35
Primary enrollment% gross102.9%rank #42
Secondary enrollment% gross118.5%rank #11
Tertiary enrollment% gross93.8%rank #9
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0006.5rank #192
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.1rank #189
Median age of populationyears44.9rank #13
Net migration rateper 1,0002.5rank #60
Populationpeople49.36Mrank #32
Population growth%1%rank #100
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years87.1rank #12
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands44,928.6rank #48
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age51.3rank #141
Urban population%80.5%rank #44
Climate
CO₂ emissionst220.34Mrank #29
CO₂ per capitat4.6rank #71
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0.32%rank #8
Electricity from hydro% generation11.4%rank #45
Electricity from solar% generation21.9%rank #6
Electricity from wind% generation20.4%rank #14
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita5,196.1rank #25
Forest area% land37.2%rank #82
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita5.6rank #108
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh153.6rank #25
Renewable electricity%55.9%rank #30
Renewable energy share%19%rank #100
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e271.3rank #159
Society
Asylum seekerspeople713rank #67
Extreme poverty% pop0.8%rank #9
Female labor participation%52.8%rank #96
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10039.2rank #24
Gender Development Indexratio0.99rank #35
Gender Inequality Index0-10.04rank #14
Gini indexindex33.4rank #19
Homicide rateper 100k0.69rank #13
Human Development Index0-10.92rank #22
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.82rank #28
Internet users% pop95.8%rank #19
Life satisfaction0-106.5rank #39
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.82rank #2
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #112
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #61
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #52
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #51
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people511,079rank #17
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people186rank #39
Youth NEET rate%10.3%rank #34
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year3rank #3
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102.3rank #18
Human hazard & exposure0-100.4rank #5
INFORM risk score0-102.6rank #15
Lack of coping capacity0-102.4rank #16
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-100.5rank #2
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104rank #19
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.9rank #26
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year2rank #3
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.4rank #5
Vulnerability0-103.2rank #21
Vulnerable groups0-105.3rank #48
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