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Spain

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Key facts

  • currency: Euro
  • capital city: Madrid
  • region: Southern Europe
  • continent: Europe
  • land area: 499,733 km²
  • population: 48,373,336 people
  • political leader: Pedro Sánchez (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [40°0′N, -4°0′W]

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Summary

Spain is a country. The capital city is Madrid, located in the Southern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 499,733 km², a population of 48,373,336 people and uses the currency Euro. The President is Pedro Sánchez.

Environment

Spain is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Southern Europe and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 262,284.46 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 19.98 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 254.36 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 18.96 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 18.90 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 10.13 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 20.62 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 6.21 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 24.82 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 71.43 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.16 births per woman
  • Forest area: 185,764 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 72.96 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 328.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 40.80
  • Methane emissions: 49.96 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 20.64 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 24,662,475 people
  • Male population: 23,710,861 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 19.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 488,925.71 km²
  • Rural population: 8,923,913 people
  • Urban land area: 15,655.07 km²
  • Urban population: 39,449,423 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.37 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Spain by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Spain

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Spain

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Spain

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Spain

Spain relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Spain relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Spain

Spain relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Spain

Spain relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Spain

Spain relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Spain relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Spain relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Spain

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Spain

Evolution of historical land area in Spain

Evolution of historical median age in Spain

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Spain

Spain relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Spain relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Spain relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Spain relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Spain relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Spain relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Spain

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Spain

Spain relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Spain relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Spain relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Spain

Spain relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Spain

Evolution of historical male population in Spain

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Spain

Evolution of historical rural land area in Spain

Evolution of historical rural population in Spain

Spain relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Spain

Spain relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Spain

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Spain

Spain relationship between date and population over time

Spain relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Spain

Spain relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Spain relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Spain

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Spain

Spain relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Spain relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Spain relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Spain relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Spain relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Spain

Spain relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Spain relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Spain relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Spain relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Spain relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Spain relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Spain

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Spain

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Spain

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Spain

Distribution of sites in Spain by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Spain by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Spain

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Spain by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Spain

Cities in Spain

Sites in Spain

Wildfires in Spain

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Business

  • Central government debt: 104.79 % of GDP
  • Expense: 23.28 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 1,580,694,712,515.71 current US$
  • Inflation: 3.53 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 15.34 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 15.82 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 12.14 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 10.50 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Spain by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Spain

Evolution of historical expense in Spain

Evolution of historical GDP in Spain

Spain relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Spain

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Spain

Spain relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Spain

Evolution of historical unemployment in Spain

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Spain

Proportion of shops per country in Spain

Companies from Spain

Exchanges in Spain

Shops in Spain

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Health

  • Birth rate: 6.90 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 9.70 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 3,234.29 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 10.74 % of GDP
  • Hospital beds: 2.94 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 83
  • Suicide mortality rate: 7.70 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Spain

Spain relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Spain relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Spain relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Spain relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Spain relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Spain

Spain relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Spain

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Spain

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Spain

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Spain

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Spain

Spain relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Spain relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Spain

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Spain

Proportion of diseases in Spain by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Spain by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Spain

Evolution of historical deaths in Spain

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Spain

Diseases in Spain

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 199,000 people
  • Democracy score: 8.08
  • Democracy type: Full democracy
  • Military expenditure: 1.47 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 44.29 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Spain

Spain relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Spain relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Spain relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Spain relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Spain relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Spain relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Spain relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Spain

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Spain

Distribution of politicians from Spain by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Spain

Political parties in Spain

Politicians from Spain

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Spain by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Spain

Proportion of competitions per city in Spain

Proportion of competitions per country in Spain

Distribution of competitions in Spain by start date

Proportion of medals won by Spain in the Olympics

Athletes from Spain

Competitions in Spain

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Spain by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Spain

Geographical distribution of museums in Spain by visitors

Artists from Spain

Museums in Spain

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Spain by total students

Distribution of universities in Spain per foundation year

Universities in Spain

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In literature

There are 2746 books written about Spain in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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