Key facts
* Currency: the €uro.
* GDP per capita $47,100 (2023 est)
* Unemployment 16.2% (Sept 2020)
* Inflation: -0.9%(Oct 2020)

Some important industries
* Industries: tourism, real estate and financial services.
* Leading companies include Banco Santander and BBVA in banking, Inditex (with its Zara brand) in clothing, Ferrovial (which runs airports in Spain and the UK) and Abertis in infrastructure, Iberdrola, Abengoa and Gamesa in alternative energy, and Mercadona, Spain's largest supermarket chain.
* Exports: machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other consumer goods
* Leading export markets: France, Germany, Italy, Portugal (2024 data)