Spain’s coastline is 2.1 times as long as South Korea’s

South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)

Spain’s highest peak towers 1,768 m above South Korea’s

South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Spain, versus 16% of South Korea

South Korea: 16% (2024) · Spain: 49.3% (2024)

South Korea has 5% more people than Spain

South Korea: 51.7 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)

South Korea is 5.4 times as densely populated as Spain

South Korea: 530 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Spain is 0.42 years older than in South Korea

South Korea: 44.5 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)

Women in Spain have 0.4 more children on average than in South Korea

South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 20% in South Korea

South Korea: 20.3% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)

Spain hosts 121 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Spain has produced 1.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

South Korea: 0.6 (2026) · Spain: 1.4 (2026)

South Korea and Spain are practically level

South Korea: 1 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)

Spain’s economy is 2% larger than South Korea’s

South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 5% more per person than Spain

South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Spain than in South Korea (Gini 0.5 points higher)

South Korea: 32.9 (2021) · Spain: 33.4 (2023)

0.8% of people in Spain live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in South Korea

South Korea: 0.1% (2021) · Spain: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 2.7% in South Korea

South Korea: 2.7% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)

South Korea and Spain are practically level

South Korea: 2.6% (2025) · Spain: 2.1% (2025)

Spain’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

South Korea: 13.3% (2024) · Spain: 14.9% (2024)

Spain’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× South Korea’s

South Korea: 57% (2025) · Spain: 65% (2025)

South Korea and Spain are nearly identical here

South Korea: $3,137 (2024) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)

A baby in Spain is 13% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Spain has 65% more doctors per person than South Korea

South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 4.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Spain

South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 3.3 times that in Spain

South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023)

19% of adults in Spain are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

South Korea: 7.5% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

South Korea: 18.6% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)

People in Spain rate their lives 0.50 points higher than in South Korea

South Korea: 6.04 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)

Adults in Spain drink 46% more alcohol than in South Korea

South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)

Spain has 20% more meat per person than South Korea

South Korea: 84 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)

South Korea has 53 kcal more food per person per day than Spain

South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 272 more hours a year than in Spain

South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 2 years longer than in Spain

South Korea: 12.7 years (2023) · Spain: 10.8 years (2023)

Spain welcomed 6.1 times as many tourists per resident as South Korea (2019)

South Korea: 0.32 (2024) · Spain: 1.92 (2024)

Spain has 33 more World Heritage sites than South Korea (50 against 17)

South Korea: 17 (2026) · Spain: 50 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Spain 195

South Korea: 409 (2026 edition) · Spain: 195 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 96% in Spain

South Korea: 98% (2024) · Spain: 96% (2024)

Home internet in Spain is 9% faster than in South Korea

South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026) · Spain: 324 Mbps (2026)

South Korea and Spain are practically level

South Korea: 100% (2024) · Spain: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 81% in Spain

South Korea: 81% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Spain 130

South Korea: 173 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)

Spain’s railway network is 3.7 times as long as South Korea’s

South Korea: 4,309 km (2021) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)

Airlines from Spain fly 29% more passengers per resident than those from South Korea

South Korea: 1.48 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 38% of Spain

South Korea: 64.4% (2024) · Spain: 38.2% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 2.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Spain

South Korea: 11.3 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)

56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

South Korea: 10.4% (2025) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Spain

South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 45% more likely to be murdered in Spain than in South Korea

South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in South Korea are 40% deadlier than in Spain

South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023)

Spain is on average 1.7 °C warmer than South Korea

South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 90% more rain than Spain

South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)