As of June 2024, roughly 23 percent of the Spanish population believed that Spain's main current problem is related to the political issues. Unemployment, which was reported as the largest worrying factor in 2024, emerged as the third biggest problem in the country for the Spaniards, at approximately 20 percent.

Spanish economy

In 2023, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Spain was 1,462 billion euros. Spain suffered a steep decrease in its GDP during the COVID-19 pandemic when its value dropped 0.128 billion euros from 2019 to 2020. However, since then the value has been in constant growth. In 2021, the expenditure of Spanish households on consumption represented approximately 55 percent of the GPD.

Unemployment in Spain

Spain was the country with the highest unemployment rate in the European Union in August 2023. This economic problem impacts mostly the Spanish youth with 43 percent of the population aged between 16 and 19 years being unemployed, followed by nearly 26 percent of Spanish citizens in the age group of 20 to 24 years. As of the third quarter of 2023, there were over 2.9 million people unemployed in the country.

A survey determined that mental health was ranked as the biggest health care concern facing people in Spain among selected issues, with around ** percent of respondents considering it the main sanitary problem as of August 2024. Moreover, cancer and stress ranked second and third among the leading health concerns that year, as indicated by ** and ** percent of interviewees, respectively. As of 2023, Spain was among the countries with the highest share of people considering mental health as one of the biggest health problems in their country within a selection of 34 nations.

According to a survey carried out in 2021, access to the job market and the quality of employment were the major concerns of the Spanish youth. That year, the unemployment rate exceeded 50 percent for young workers aged 16 to 19 years, and 30 percent for those between 20 and 24 years old. Moreover, the share of young workers in Spain with involuntary part-time jobs or who are overqualified for their position is considerably large, two of the many issues impacting the quality of employment in the country.

In a survey between September and October 2022, around **** percent of the respondents in Spain stated that air pollution was the main environmental issue in the country. Only *** percent of the interviewees expressed that climate change itself was a main environmental problem. Nonetheless, some climate change effects were a matter of concern, like droughts and wildfires.

Unemployment Rate in Spain increased to 11.36 percent in the first quarter of 2025 from 10.61 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Spain Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Control of Corruption: Standard Error in Spain was reported at 0.16452 in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Spain - Control of Corruption: Standard Error - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

This statistic shows which were the main difficulties Spanish women have to confront in 2019. According to the survey, published by Ipsos, ** percent of those surveyed considered sexual violence and sexual harassment as the two major problems that women in Spain had to deal with, ahead of labor inequalities or physical violence.

Graph and download economic data for Net Issues of International Debt Securities for All Issuers, All Maturities, Nationality of Issuer in Spain (IDSGAMNINIES) from Q2 1967 to Q1 2025 about issues, Spain, maturity, debt, securities, and Net.

Territorial politics has remained an essential point of contention in Spain, with the accommodation of geographically concentrated minorities being one of the most unresolved challenges in this multinational state. The recent conflict in Catalonia, and the constitutional and democratic crisis resulting from it, illustrate the deficiencies of the institutional system that regulates the territorial distribution of power in Spain. Indeed, several issues, such as the recognition of national minorities or the fiscal treatment of regions, remain unresolved forty-five years after the inception of the Spanish autonomic system. To assess attitudes towards territorial issues among Spaniards, we conducted an online survey in Spain in June 2021 (drawing on a representative sample of the voting-age population) where we embedded a conjoint experiment.

Graph and download economic data for Net Issues of International Debt Securities for Issuers in General Government Sector, All Maturities, Residence of Issuer in Spain (IDSGAMRINIES) from Q1 1977 to Q3 2024 about issues, Spain, sector, maturity, debt, residents, securities, Net, and government.

Graph and download economic data for Net Issues of International Debt Securities for All Issuers, All Maturities, Residence of Issuer in Spain (IDSAMRINIES) from Q2 1967 to Q4 2024 about issues, Spain, maturity, debt, residents, securities, and Net.

Graph and download economic data for Production, Sales, Work Started and Orders: Permits Issued for Dwellings: Economic Activity: Construction of Buildings for Spain (ESPPERMITAISMEI) from 1995 to 2023 about issues, Spain, permits, and housing.

Government Effectiveness: Standard Error in Spain was reported at 0.26068 in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Spain - Government Effectiveness: Standard Error - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Net Issues of International Debt Securities for Issuers in Financial Institutions Sector (Banks), All Maturities, Nationality of Issuer in Spain (DISCONTINUED) (IDSGBAMNINIES) from Q2 1987 to Q2 2015 about issues, Spain, sector, maturity, financial, debt, securities, Net, banks, and depository institutions.

Graph and download economic data for Orders: Construction: Permits Issued: Dwellings and Residential Buildings for Spain (ODCNPI03ESQ657S) from Q2 1995 to Q4 2024 about issues, Spain, permits, residential, construction, and housing.

The dataset contains 150 Math Word Problems(MWP). Each problem consists of textual math problems that involve the application of first and second-degree mathematical equations for their resolution. To create this set, academic and educational sources containing first and second-degree math problems were selected, and some original problems were also included.

Each problem in the dataset is structured as follows:

"question": A textual description of the math problem in Spanish "mathml_equations": The corresponding equation for the problem, expressed in MathML format to facilitate processing and manipulation by machine learning models. "Difficulty": The number of variables in the equation. "Grade": The grade of the equation, with 1 indicating a linear equation and 2 indicating a quadratic equation. "Index: A unique identifier for each problem in the dataset. "Author": The creator or source of the problem. "Ref": The source or citation for the problem, if applicable.

Graph and download economic data for Net Issues of International Money Market instruments for All Issuers, Residence of Issuer in Spain (DISCONTINUED) (IMMIRINIES) from Q3 1993 to Q2 2015 about instruments, issues, MMMF, Spain, residents, and Net.

Spain Government Securities: Gross Issues: Local Govt: EUR Denominated: Long Term data was reported at 0.000 EUR mn in Oct 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 EUR mn for Sep 2018. Spain Government Securities: Gross Issues: Local Govt: EUR Denominated: Long Term data is updated monthly, averaging 0.000 EUR mn from Jan 1962 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 682 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 500.000 EUR mn in Jun 2006 and a record low of 0.000 EUR mn in Oct 2018. Spain Government Securities: Gross Issues: Local Govt: EUR Denominated: Long Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Spain. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.F016: Government Securities: Primary Market: New Emissions.

Graph and download economic data for Net Issues of International Bonds and Notes for All Issuers, Residence of Issuer in Spain (DISCONTINUED) (IBANRINIES) from Q2 1967 to Q2 2015 about issues, notes, Spain, bonds, residents, and Net.

A recent study performed in Spain in May 2023 found that a person's economic and employment context, and their attitude towards problems in life were the most commonly perceived factors influencing emotional wellbeing, as indicated by approximately ************** respondents. Moreover, perceiving support from family and friends was another relevant determinant of mental health, with approximately ** percent of interviewed adults agreeing with that statement.

Mental health is a major concern In recent years, the number of cases of anxiety disorder and depression has been rising in Spain, reaching more than *** million cases of anxiety and around *** million cases of depressive disorder attended by the primary healthcare services in 2022. These results align with recent studies showing that over half of Spaniards considered mental health a major health concern. Anxiety disorders are characterized by causing uncontrollable feelings of worry and fear that affect an individual's life, while people with depression might experience symptoms ranging from low mood or lack of motivation to irritability and sleep problems. Significant economic and social costs  As with any disease, mental health disorders entail several direct and indirect costs for health systems, businesses, and individuals. In Spain, spending associated with depression and anxiety increased in the last few years, reaching approximately **** billion euros in 2021, excluding productivity loss from companies. When considering expenditure type, nearly ** percent of costs related to anxiety and depression, or around *** million euros, corresponded to temporary sick leave costs, while spending for hospital admissions was valued at around ** million euros that same year.