Ecosystem mapping : Country factsheet
Spain 🇪🇸
Key facts
Population
Current population of Spain –
47,415,750
Data supplied by the World Bank
GDP
Current GDP of Spain –
1,427,380.68 ($ millions)
Data supplied by the World Bank
World Happiness Index
Spain currently ranks 6.476 out of 10.
Since 2002, the World Happiness Report has used statistical analysis to determine the world’s happiest countries. To determine the world’s happiest country, researchers analysed comprehensive Gallup polling data from 149 countries for the past three years, specifically monitoring performance in six particular categories: gross domestic product per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make your own life choices, generosity of the general population, and perceptions of internal and external corruption levels.

Read The European Social Enterprise Monitor Report, 2021 – 2022
The European Commission is proud to support this year’s European Social Enterprise Monitor (ESEM), the second edition covering the period 2021- 2022. This report builds on the seminal work of the first ESEM 2020-2021 and has impressively scaled from eight to 21 countries in just one year across the EU and the wider European neighbourhood. It provides key data and insights for policy-makers, investors, support organisations, academia and social entrepreneurs themselves.
Country factsheet: ESEM SEs in Spain
(Source: ESEM)
Perceived Political Support Grade
- 65.1% perceive national political support for social entrepreneurship to be low, very low or non-existent
Top 3 Business Sectors (UN ISIC)
- Human health and social work activities (32.5%)
- Education (18.8%)
- Professional, scientific and technical activities (16.3%)
Company Size (OECD)
- Micro enterprises 52.5%
- Small enterprises 21.3%
- Medium enterprises 11.3%
- Large enterprises 13.8%
Top 3 UN SDGs
#10 – Reduced inequalities (65.0%)
#8 – Decent work and economic growth (58.8%)
#5 – Gender equality (53.8%)
Impact Management & Measurement
- 61.1% currently measure their social/environmental impact; 23.8% plan to do so
- 61.3% refer to the UN SDGs in impact reporting; 16.3% plan to do so
Top 3 Beneficiaries (Persons)
- Women/girls (22.5%)
- Individuals with mental illness/health problems/psychological/neurological disabilities (22.5%)
- Long-term unemployed (22.5%)
Top 3 Sources of External Financing
- Public financing (50.0%)
- Private donations (30.0%)
- Bank loan (28.8%)
Funding Gap
On average, Spanish ESEM SEs only managed to secure enough funding to meet 59.0% out of 100% of their financing needs in the past 12 months. Gap = 41.0%.
Top 3 Key Barriers
- Poor understanding/awareness of social enterprises among the general public and customers (51.3%)
- A weak lobby for social entrepreneurship (50.0%)
- Too complex public financing (47.5%)
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Key Stakeholders & Members
EN Members
Fundación Acción, Bienestar y Desarrollo (ABD)
Type of organisation: Non-profit organisation
Website – www.abd.ong/en/abd/
ABD is a Barcelona-based NGO working for over 40 years supporting different population groups, providing social services and empowering individual and collective development. Driven by the principles of fairness and equality, ABD works towards a socially inclusive society eradicating inequalities and providing equal opportunities. ABD’s focus areas include:
- Drugs and Health
- Inequalities
- Childhood and family
- Dependency and elderly population
- Intellectual disability
- Gender equality

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Key Policies
Key Legal and Policy Framework Overview
Law 9/2017 on Public Sector Contracts
Law 5/2011 on Social Economy
Law 44/2007 (expanded by Law 31/2015) on EIs
Law 49/2002
Law 27/1999 on Cooperatives
Law 20/1990 on the fiscal regime of cooperatives
Law 13/1982 on CEEs
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