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General profile: Spain

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
47.911 Millions
0.924 EUR/US$
1 721 000 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 499 557 km²
..
3.10 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+0.4 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
192 644
254 418
282 274
424 234
Merchandise imports
288 786
327 016
311 851
471 912
Merchandise trade balance
-96 141
-72 598
-29 578
-47 677
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
2 %2 %69 %69 %6 %6 %4 %4 %19 %19 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
58 67340 50133 73833 23024 40458 67340 50133 73833 23024 404
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
92 649
113 720
121 109
220 300
Services imports
59 789
65 464
61 801
111 598
Services trade balance
32 860
48 256
59 308
108 702
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
-
13.2
11.5
9.1
Travel
56.1
51.3
51.6
48.3
Other services
-
35.5
33.9
40.8
TRADE INDICES
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9192949693101102104104100989591939086929693949492961009898100101100100101101103109114109113113
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+3.1 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
1 154 668
1 427 989
1 206 165
1 721 000
GDP per capita, current US$
26 267
30 486
25 837
35 921
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
3.55
0.09
4.06
3.10
Current account balance, % of GDP
-7.21
-3.58
2.04
3.07
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
0.924
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
55.419.621.038.134.155.419.621.038.134.1
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+2.9 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
25 020.18
39 872.51
13 889.94
30 542.60
FDI outflows
41 829.47
37 843.80
47 270.61
49 235.30
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.10
0.11
0.22
0.36
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
6 265.05 328.24 285.83 949.73 063.43 206.83 331.73 004.72 632.22 673.43 130.43 035.82 093.91 714.31 596.01 524.61 840.41 676.51 281.61 135.31 011.3900.3745.3699.7648.630 54346 65653 58343 72214 91718 34957 0145 94919 70813 89024 91125 92525 69628 37939 87310 40776 99364 26430 80225 02024 76125 81939 22328 40839 575FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
-4.82
-1.07
3.02
4.29
Balance, % of imports
-16.22
-3.98
9.96
12.98
Normalized balance
-0.088
-0.020
0.047
0.061
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
7072796759666766636463626158534756585655
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 82%Urban 82%Rural 18%Rural 18%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.072 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
2 655
2 555
1 857
1 691
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
12 500 043
14 288 388
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
3.59
1.52
1.23
1.56
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
7.14
5.89
5.00
4.74
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
2.04
..
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025