International Rankings of Spain 2022, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Spain, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Spain, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	18	35	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	15	16.189 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	10	93 %	2020
Internet users - total	21	44.048 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	18	42	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	15	19.456 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	118.44	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	27	55.355 million	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	11	539.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	11	498.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	56	3.1 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	14	1.393 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	96	34.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	54	18.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	115	57.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	49	31.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	80	20.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	49	0.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	119	2.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	95	23.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	37	74.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	89	24 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	26	2.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	49	4 %	2017
Labor force	29	19.057 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	110	4.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	41	24 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	42	71.7 %	2009
Population below poverty line	83	20.7	2018
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	180	1.715 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	35	36200 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	46	37.9 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	26	35.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	11	34.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	17	34.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	36	16.743 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	29	72.582 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	18	191.299 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	45	4.918 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	17	2.083 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	28	4.857 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	59	546000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	29	1.187 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	19	233.267 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	13	14.649 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	15	17.928 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	12	115.837 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	18	23.999 billion kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	35	2.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	115	32.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	86	13.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	14	21.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	13	8.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	10	22.1 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	45	122.673 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	29	32.030 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	38	1.185 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	12	32.489 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - production	83	57.990 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	85	2.549 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	7	1.365 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	55	150.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	17	1.328 million bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	57	47200 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	17	562400 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	18	464800 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	14	1.361 million bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	21	244 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	45	36.94 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	167	9.48 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	51	54.1	2018
Land use - arable land	36	24.9	2018
Land use - forest	72	36.8	2018
Land use - other	151	9.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	31	9.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	72	20.1	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	92	0.02 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	60	111.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	22	20.360 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	17	5.966 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	20	4.890 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	145	0.24	2025
Urbanization - urban population	39	81.3	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	16	20.151 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	15	3.393 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	43	16.8 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	52	498980 sq km	0
Area - total	52	505370 sq km	0
Area - water	137	6390 sq km	0
Coastline	27	4964 km	0
Elevation - highest point	187	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	52	660 meters	0
Irrigated land	14	37593 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	84	1952.7 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	51	54.1	2018
Land use - arable land	36	24.9	2018
Land use - forest	72	36.8	2018
Land use - other	151	9.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	31	9.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	72	20.1	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	177	9.9	2498
Age structure - 25-54 years	40	43.61	5873
Age structure - 55-64 years	44	12.99	9823
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	12	4.67 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	47	0.19 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	37	2.34 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	15	10.72 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	14	3.52 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	195	7.13 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	48	62.1 %	2018
Current health expenditure	26	9.1 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	29	10.22 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	21	30.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	117	3.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	99	52.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	160	21.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	2	99.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	104	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	98	0.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	60	0.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	38	4.6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	40	3 beds/1,000 population	2018
Infant mortality rate - female	194	2.19 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	196	2.73 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	194	2.47 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	14	85.4 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	24	79.84 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	19	82.55 years	0
Literacy - female	14	98.2 %	2020
Literacy - male	10	99 %	0
Literacy - total population	12	98.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	110	4 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	19	45.1 years	2020
Median age - male	13	42.7 years	0
Median age - total	14	43.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	6	31.2	2020
Net migration rate	24	4.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	49	23.8 %	2016
Physicians density	17	4.44 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	29	47.163 million	2022
Population growth rate	129	0.13 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	112	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	92	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	4	19 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	2	18 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	4	18 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	26	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.66 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	12	26.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	66	28.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	32	27.7 %	2020
Total fertility rate	132	1.27 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	146	0.24	2025
Urbanization - urban population	39	81.3	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	26	35.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	11	34.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	17	34.8	0
Transportation
Airports	40	135	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	26	19	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	22	16	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	22	26	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	10	18	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	22	102	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	17	23	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	14	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	64	33	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	49	19	2021
Heliports	12	13	2021
Merchant marine - total	42	478	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	28	1.117 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	14	80.672 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	11	552	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	8	21	2020
Railways - standard gauge	32	2571	2017
Railways - total	18	15111 km	2017
Roadways - paved	6	683175 km	2011
Roadways - total	11	683175 km	2011
Waterways	60	1000 km	2012

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Spain on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Spain 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Spain 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.