As of November 2023, roughly 22.8 percent of the Spanish population believed that Spain's second main current problem is related to the economic crisis and economic related problems. Unemployment, which was reported as the largest worrying factor in 2022, now emerged again as the biggest problem in the country for the Spaniards, at approximately 23 percent.
Spanish economy
In 2022, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Spain was 1,328 billion euros. Spain suffered a steep decrease in its GDP during the COVID-19 pandemic when its value dropped 0.128 billion euros from 2019 to 2020. However, since then the value has been in constant growth. In 2021, the expenditure of Spanish households on consumption represented approximately 55 percent of the GPD.
Unemployment in Spain
Spain was the country with the highest unemployment rate in the European Union in June 2023. This economic problem impacts mostly the Spanish youth with 46 percent of the population aged between 16 and 19 years being unemployed, followed by nearly 26 percent of Spanish citizens in the age group of 20 to 24 years. As of the first quarter of 2023, there were over 3.1 million people unemployed in the country.
Public opinion on the main problem currently facing Spain as of November 2023
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Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (November 10, 2023). Public opinion on the main problem currently facing Spain as of November 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382610/spain-population-opinion-main-problem/
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