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General profile: Spain

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2022
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
47.559 Millions
0.950 EUR/US$
1 415 874 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 499 557 km²
8.32 %
5.77 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+9.3 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2022
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Merchandise exports
192 644
254 418
282 274
415 462
Merchandise imports
288 786
327 016
311 851
494 259
Merchandise trade balance
-96 141
-72 598
-29 578
-78 797
Export structure by product group in 2022
(as % of total exports)
2 %2 %68 %68 %9 %9 %4 %4 %17 %17 %
Top 5 partners in 2022
(exports, millions of US$)
63 13139 36033 75733 14225 14763 13139 36033 75733 14225 147
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Services exports
(e) 92 857
114 502
121 511
168 267
Services imports
(e) 59 789
65 492
62 218
87 137
Services trade balance
(e) 33 067
49 010
59 292
81 130
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Transport
-
-
11.5
13.4
Travel
56.0
51.4
51.4
43.3
Other services
-
-
(e) 34.0
(e) 39.1
TRADE INDICES
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10510499106105106105100949186878377838582959810298979910110097979597101105100104104
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+5.8 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2022
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2022
GDP, current
1 153 257
1 420 722
1 195 676
1 415 874
GDP per capita, current US$
26 399
30 505
25 751
29 771
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
3.65
0.16
3.84
5.77
Current account balance, % of GDP
-7.28
-3.68
2.02
0.54
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
0.950
GDP by expenditure in 2021
(as % of total GDP)
56.221.221.634.233.256.221.221.634.233.2
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+2.8 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2022
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2022
FDI inflows
25 020.18
39 872.51
14 435.81
34 811.07
FDI outflows
41 829.47
37 843.80
46 700.32
39 443.40
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.34
0.40
0.56
0.66
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
9 253.69 408.57 699.28 038.98 253.67 383.56 475.16 716.07 468.67 525.06 170.05 876.75 668.55 287.16 039.05 189.44 133.73 876.53 457.83 197.32 646.52 413.32 234.834 81121 95717 94817 84258 06323 50329 65414 43623 30828 10025 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
2022
Balance, % of GDP
(e) -4.81
-1.02
3.04
1.33
Balance, % of imports
(e) -16.16
-3.79
9.94
3.34
Normalized balance
(e) -0.088
-0.019
0.047
0.016
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
816760676867646464626159534756585655
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2022
(% of population)
Urban 81%Urban 81%Rural 19%Rural 19%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.086 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2022
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2022
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
2 655
2 555
1 857
1 905
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
12 500 043
14 288 388
17 161 676
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
3.73
2.20
1.25
1.37
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
7.23
6.62
5.05
4.33
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
(r) 3.94
..
..
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).
e
Estimated.
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
r
Number of persons employed in full time equivalent units.Total business economy includes repair of computers, personal and household goods; except financial and insurance activities.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
Not available or not separately reported
_
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: 11 April 2024