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Official name:
Kingdom of Spain
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    General Information
    Region    Southern Europe
    Population (000, 2020)   46 755a
    Pop. density (per km2, 2020)   93.7a
    Capital city    Madrid
    Capital city pop. (000, 2020)   6 559.0c
    UN membership date    14-Dec-55
    Surface area (km2)   505 944b
    Sex ratio (m per 100 f)   96.6a
    National currency    Euro (EUR)
    Exchange rate (per US$)   0.9c
    Economic indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)1 420 7221 195 1191 419 735d
    GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)0.23.82.4d
    GDP per capita (current US$)30 272.625 606.830 405.8d
    Economy: Agriculturee (% of Gross Value Added)2.633.1d
    Economy: Industrye,f (% of Gross Value Added)25.222.122.1d
    Economy: Services and other activitye,g,h (% of GVA)71.774.873.9d
    Employment in agriculture (% of employed)4.24.14i
    Employment in industry (% of employed)2319.920.2i
    Employment in services (% employed)72.87675.8i
    Unemploymenti (% of labour force)19.922.113
    Labour force participation ratei (female/male pop. %)51.7 / 67.252.6 / 64.751.6 / 63.0
    CPI: Consumer Price Indexj (2010=100)100107111c
    Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)103105104k
    International trade: exports (million current US$)246 265276 959337 215c
    International trade: imports (million current US$)315 547304 708375 485c
    International trade: balance (million current US$)- 69 282- 27 750- 38 270c
    Balance of payments, current account (million US$)- 52 25024 10827 724c
    Social indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    Population growth ratea,l (average annual %)1.3-0.1~0.0
    Urban populationa (% of total population)78.479.680.6c
    Urban population growth ratea,l (average annual %)1.50.1...
    Fertility rate, totala,l (live births per woman)1.51.31.3
    Life expectancy at birtha,l (females/males, years)84.4 / 78.185.3 / 79.686.0 / 80.6
    Population age distributiona (0-14/60+ years old, %)14.8 / 22.214.9 / 24.014.4 / 26.3
    International migrant stocka (000/% of total pop.)6 280.1 / 13.45 891.2 / 12.66 104.2 / 13.1c
    Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)6.6m17.3149.1c
    Infant mortality ratea,l (per 1 000 live births)3.42.92.3
    Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)99.18.9b
    Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)33.23.9b
    Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)4.84.34.2k
    Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)103.6 / 104.4107.2 / 105.6103.6 / 101.9b
    Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)120.7 / 117.6124.6 / 125.3126.9 / 125.2b
    Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)84.2 / 68.193.2 / 78.397.0 / 81.1b
    Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)0.90.60.6d
    Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)36.641.144n
    Environment and infrastructure indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)65.8o78.7p86.1d
    Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)1.31.21.2d
    Threatened species (number)240551752
    Forested area (% of land area)36.536.936.9i,b
    CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)262.1 / 5.6247.1 / 5.3253.4 / 5.4b
    Energy production, primaryq (Petajoules)1 4191 3671 368b
    Energy supply per capitaq (Gigajoules)114106113b
    Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)52 67768 17582 773d
    Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)54.657.657.6c
    Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)95.8 / 95.396.5 / 96.696.6 / 96.7b
    Net Official Development Assist. disbursedr (% of GNI)0.430.120.19b
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