Spain

Official Name:

Kingdom of Spain (Spain)

Area:

504.782 km ²

Population (2007):

40.448.191 inhabitants

Coastline:

4.964 km

Capital:

Madrid

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Algeciras, Barcelona, Cartagena, Gijon, Huelva, La Coruna, Tarragona, Valencia

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 nm (applies only to the Atlantic Ocean)

Political divisions:

17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma)and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta*, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla*, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country) Note: the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania)

Language(s):

Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally

National holiday:

National Day, 12 October (1492); year when Columbus first set foot in the Americas

Nationality:

Spaniard(s)

Official time:

UTC 1. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October Note: Spain is divided into two time zones including the Canary Islands

Member of:

AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUC, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMEE, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.es

Economic Profile

Currency:

Euro (EUR)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD27.400 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 1.084.000.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

3,9% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 3,9%
• Industry: 29,4%
• Services: 66,7%

Labor force:

21.770.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2004):

• Agriculture 5,3%
• Industry: 30,1%
• Services 64,6%

Unemployment rate:

8,1% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

3,5% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

29,4% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD488.200.000.000
• Expenditures: USD475.300.000.000

Public debt:

39,9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -98.600.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 222.100.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other consumer goods

Exports - Partners:

France 19,3%, Germany 11,4%, Portugal 9,6%, UK 8,4%, Italy 8,4%, US 4,1% (2005)

Imports:

USD 324.400.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, measuring and medical control instruments

Imports - partners:

Germany 15,3%, France 14,7%, Italy 8,6%, UK 5,8%, Netherlands 5%, China 4,2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD17.000.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 1.591.000.000.000 (2006)