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28/10/2021 by

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Spain

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 40 775 USD (2021)
  • Government debt: 142.5% of GDP (2021)
  • Population: 47.4 million (2020)
  • General government investment: 13.1% of GFCF (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 67.54% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 90.3/100 (2019)
  • Internet access: 95.9% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 4.1t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 68/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Spain data

Long-term strategic vision for infrastructure

Fiscal sustainability, affordability, and value for money

Efficient and effective public procurement

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • Constitution of 1812 Bridge (GIH, 2021)

Related publications

  • Budgetary Governance in Practice: Spain
  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • Infrastructure, Transport and Housing Plan 2012-2024 (PITVI)
  • Spain’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (2021)
  • Strategic Projects for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE)

Links to useful data

  • 2020 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • 2018 OECD Governance of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Dataset
  • Spain – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of Spain, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Spain

Relevant public institutions

  • Ministry of Transports, Mobility and Urban Agenda
  • Ministry of Finance and Public Function
  • Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation

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