Spain
Safe drinking water in Spain
Safe drinking water in Spain: 99.4% in 2000 and 99.6% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 99.6%
- Since 2000
- +0.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 24 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 99.6% in 2010, the lowest 99.4% in 2000.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 99.6 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 99.6 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 99.6 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 99.6 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 99.6 | 71 |
| 2017 | 99.6 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 99.6 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 99.6 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 99.5 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 99.6 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 99.6 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 99.6 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 99.6 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 99.6 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 99.6 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 99.6 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 99.5 | 64 |
| 2005 | 99.5 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 99.5 | 63 |
| 2003 | 99.4 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 99.4 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 99.4 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 99.4 | 60.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Spain in numbers
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- Military spending2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per person$839 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel199,000 people in 2020
- National power0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports341 million TIV in 2025