12th highest life expectancy83.9 years · #12 of 210 · 2024
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Surprising facts about Spain
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Spain’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Spain among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Spain sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Spain across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Spain
vs Andorra 
vs France 
vs Gibraltar 
vs Portugal 
vs Morocco