Spain is the 23 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Spain averaged 31.62 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 42.00 in 2011 and a record low of 23.00 in 2019. source: World Economic Forum



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Bankruptcies 3897.00 3614.00 Companies Jan 2026
Business Confidence -2.60 -3.10 points Feb 2026
Capacity Utilization 80.10 79.80 percent Mar 2026
Car Production 1480.00 1367.00 Hundred Units Jan 2026
Car Registrations 97082.00 73103.00 Units Feb 2026
Cement Production 1405.64 1261.69 Thousands of Tonnes Feb 2026
Changes in Inventories 2433.00 2540.00 EUR Million Dec 2025
Composite Leading Indicator 101.58 101.32 points Feb 2026
Corruption Index 55.00 56.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 49.00 46.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Price 9.04 0.44 EUR/MWh Mar 2026
Electricity Production 25904.78 23687.88 Gigawatt-hour Jan 2026
Industrial Production YoY 0.30 -0.30 percent Jan 2026
Industrial Production Mom -0.40 -2.40 percent Jan 2026
Manufacturing Production -1.30 -0.80 percent Jan 2026
Mining Production -3.20 -12.90 percent Jan 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 35.83 35.83 TWh Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Injection 82.47 82.47 GWh/d Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 20.12 20.03 TWh Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal 0.00 0.00 GWh/d Mar 2026
New Orders -7.30 -8.80 points Jan 2026
New Passenger Car Registrations YoY 7.50 1.10 percent Feb 2026
New Car Sales YoY 97082.00 73103.00 Units Feb 2026


Spain Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
23.00 26.00 42.00 23.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly