ES Spain
by impact geography: 39
Issues 5
- IssueMisuse of antibiotics and low public awareness accelerating resistance1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueObesity consolidating as a structural public health challenge tied to income1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueRisk that companion chatbots displace rather than complement human contact1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTrade-off between urban agglomeration gains and rural hollowing out1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueUrban air mobility awaits specific regulation and faces noise, airspace and cyber challenges1 trends · 0 signals
Trends 9
- TrendAI companionship chatbots as a response to unwanted loneliness3 signals
- TrendCities growing inward: redensification replacing urban sprawl2 signals
- TrendFloating solar panels on reservoirs that also curb evaporation2 signals
- TrendGrowth of rural municipalities near large metropolitan areas1 signals
- TrendNew building materials for a hotter Spain: transparent wood and passive cooling aerogels0 signals
- TrendRedefining old age by remaining life expectancy rather than a fixed 65 threshold2 signals
- TrendSpain's health risk factors diverging: less tobacco and alcohol, more obesity3 signals
- TrendSustaining employment with a shrinking and ageing European population5 signals
- TrendUrban air mobility with eVTOL taxis, drones and vertiports2 signals
Signals 25
Economy 5
Macroeconomy & Finance 2
Labor & Future of Work 3
Politics & Governance 1
Tech·Digital Policy 1
Society 17
Demographics & Migration 4
- SignalMunicipalities under 10,000 residents gained 150,000 people between 2019 and 2022
- SignalProspective old-age threshold in Spain rising from 65 (1970) to 76 (2050)
- SignalSpain Regularizes 500,000 Undocumented Immigrants to Counter Demographic Decline
- SignalSpain's population grew about 24 percent since 1990, sustained by immigration
Cities & Housing 3
Welfare & Health 10
- Signal10.5 percent of Spaniards aged 16+ reported unwanted loneliness in 2022
- SignalAmong Spaniards aged 15 to 24 in 2020, about 1 percent drank daily and 15 percent smoked daily
- SignalAntimicrobial resistance linked to 24,000 deaths in Spain and more than 4.5 million worldwide in 2023
- SignalAround 40 percent of Spaniards are sedentary in their main activity
- SignalDaily smoking 20 percent and daily drinking 9 percent in 2020, versus 32 and 20 percent in the 1990s
- SignalObesity affects 16 percent of Spanish adults and children, up from 7 percent in the late 1980s
- SignalOne in four Spanish children could live with obesity by 2050
- SignalSpain among Europe's largest antibiotic consumers, though 2023 use was below 2016
- SignalSpain could see about 45,000 resistance-related deaths a year by 2050
- SignalSpanish companion AI services in use: ZicoAsis for youth, Serenia for older people