Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Spain
- Data from June 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables. Planned article update: August 2017.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Spain.
Source: Eurostat, see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 indicators
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
Main statistical findings
Source: Eurostat, see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 indicators
In 2012, Spain exceeded its national target on GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors by 5.6 percentage points. The country also surpassed its target on primary energy consumption and narrowed the gap to its target on renewable energy to 3.8 percentage points in 2014. By reducing the number of early leavers from education and training by 11.7 percentage points between 2008 and 2015, Spain made substantial progress towards its 2020 target. In contrast, the share of 30 to 34 years olds with tertiary education fell slightly in 2015, increasing the gap to the national target to 3 percentage points. Since 2008, the number of people people at risk of poverty or social exclusion has deteriorated sharply. Spain would need to lift some 4 million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion in order to meet its 2020 objective. The country’s employment rate also deteriorated in the first years of the crisis and in 2015 the gap to the national target was 12 percentage points – the second largest in the EU. R&D spending has also fallen, however, the distance to the national target was smaller than the distance of the EU as a whole to the EU target in 2014.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s growth and jobs strategy for the current decade, striving to pave the way to a smart, sustainable and inclusive future. The strategy envisages measures to overcome the economic crisis and move beyond it by addressing the structural weaknesses in the European economic model. The final objective is to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics