Social Development in Spain

173 indicators covering social development for Spain.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 713 2025 up 738.8% 115th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 689.0% 166th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 430.7% 168th
Political Rights Score 37 2025 down 5.1% 34th
Freedom Score 91 2025 down 4.2% 34th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 248,715 2025 up 2,156.3% 6th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.005 units per person 2025 up 2,022.2% 13th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 1,327.5% 46th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -63.97 % change on previous year 2025 down 355.9% 180th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -5.78 % change on previous year 2025 down 112.3% 103rd
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.81 2025 down 13.0% 40th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.976 2025 up 0.7% 14th
Political Corruption Index 0.113 2025 up 113.2% 144th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.113 2025 up 113.2% 144th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.64 2024 up 14.3% 13th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0026 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,846.1% 158th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.4088 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4,623.5% 19th
LGBT+ Rights Index 10.34 2019 up 14.8% 10th
Forcibly displaced people 759,794 2025 up 4,249.1% 38th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 49 years 2025 up 25.6% 42nd
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 56 2024 down 6.7% 47th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 12.07 2024 up 8.1% 12th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 11.29 2024 up 10.9% 8th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8753 2024 down 22.3% 64th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0953 2024 up 32.3% 155th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.54 2025 up 2.8% 40th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.54 2025 up 2.8% 40th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 41.5% 2024 up 4.4% 84th
Homicide rate 0.6909 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 7.2% 152nd
Homicides 331 homicides 2023 up 9.6% 67th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.6909 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 7.2% 152nd
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.6909 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 7.2% 151st
Age of electoral democracy 48 years 2025 up 26.3% 29th
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Citizen support for democracy 1.08 2020 up 55.9% 13th
Homicides 316 deaths 2023 up 0.3% 31st
Child homicide rate 0.1803 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 35.9% 79th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.2968 2020 down 413.0% 81st
Homicide rate 0.6535 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 3.3% 82nd
Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.6535 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 3.3% 82nd
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 244.78 deaths 2021 down 36.9% 104th
Homicide rate 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 37.3% 184th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.5168 2021 down 37.8% 177th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 9.18 million 2030 down 11.1% 20th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 11.03 2030 up 15.7% 18th