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France vs Spain

196 shared metrics.

FranceLeads in 110

vs196 shared

SpainLeads in 86

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France

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Identity

Formal name: French Republic.

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France spans many time zones because its overseas territories sit across multiple oceans.

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Spain

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Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Spain.

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Curated stat

Spain has one of the OECD's highest life expectancies, well above the OECD average.

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Analysis

France leads in 110 of 196 shared metrics, while Spain leads in 86.

France's Firms Making Informal Payments is 11.8x that of Spain (11.61% of firms vs 0.91% of firms).

France's Foreign Patents is 9.9x that of Spain (1.4K vs 126).

France's Domestic Patents is 9.2x that of Spain (13.4K vs 1.3K).

France's Nobel Laureates Born per Million People is 4.8x that of Spain (0.86 per 1M people vs 0.15 per 1M people).

France's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 4.3x that of Spain (289 gold medals vs 55 gold medals).

Key Comparisons

Firms Making Informal PaymentsFrance leads

France

11.61% of firms

Spain

0.91% of firms

Foreign PatentsFrance leads

France

1.4K

Spain

126

Domestic PatentsFrance leads

France

13.4K

Spain

1.3K

Nobel Laureates Born per Million PeopleFrance leads

France

0.86 per 1M people

Spain

0.15 per 1M people

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsFrance leads

France

289 gold medals

Spain

55 gold medals

All-Time Olympic MedalsFrance leads

France

557.73 TWh

Spain

280.39 TWh

99% higher

Comparison of France and Spain across 196 metrics
				Winner
Firms Making Informal Payments	11.61% of firms	0.91% of firms	1181% higher	France
Foreign Patents	1.4K	126	990% higher	France
Domestic Patents	13.4K	1.3K	923% higher	France
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.86 per 1M people	0.15 per 1M people	482% higher	France
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	289 gold medals	55 gold medals	425% higher	France
All-Time Olympic Medals	977 medals	195 medals	401% higher	France
Firms Asked for Bribes	1.6% of firms	0.43% of firms	268% higher	France
Border Neighbors	10	3.0	233% higher	France
Airports	1.2K	365	226% higher	France
Tourist Arrivals	117.11M	36.41M	222% higher	France
Nuclear Electricity Share	64.8%	20.3%	219% higher	France
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	29.75 per 100k people	10.43 per 100k people	185% higher	France
Long Work Hours	6.0% of employees	2.3% of employees	160% higher	France
High-Tech Exports (%)	23.14%	9.3%	149% higher	France
Depression Rate	10.8% of adults 15+	4.8% of adults 15+	125% higher	France
Food Waste per Person	139 kg/person/yr	65 kg/person/yr	114% higher	France
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	6.0 per 1k	2.9 per 1k	107% higher	France
Land Border Length	4.0K km	2.0K km	103% higher	France
Loneliness	10.77% of adults 16+	5.4% of adults 16+	99% higher	France
Electricity Generation	557.73 TWh	280.39 TWh	99% higher	France
Extreme Temperature Exposure	1.1% of population	38.07% of population	97% lower	Spain
Overcrowded Housing	7.4% of households	3.8% of households	96% higher	France
Homicide Rate	1.3 per 100k	0.69 per 100k	93% higher	France
Capital Elevation	48 m	663 m	93% lower	Spain
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	23.88 per 1M people	12.35 per 1M people	93% higher	France
Suicide Rate	16.58 per 100k	8.7 per 100k	90% higher	France
GDP (Nominal)	$3,160,442,622,465.08	$1,725,671,652,742.19	83% higher	France
Job Insecurity	3.1% of earnings at risk	15.81% of earnings at risk	81% lower	Spain
Railway Length	27.9K km	15.5K km	80% higher	France
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	75% lower	Spain
Solar Electricity Share	5.6%	21.85%	74% lower	Spain
Railway Network	27.7K km	16.0K km	74% higher	France
Electricity Carbon Intensity	41.44 gCO2/kWh	153.6 gCO2/kWh	73% lower	Spain
Health Spending Per Capita	$4,865.18	$2,910.84	67% higher	France
GDP Growth Rate	1.2%	3.5%	66% lower	Spain
Gender Gap in Work	26.99 min/day	77.29 min/day	65% lower	Spain
Lack of Support	12.69% of adults 15+	7.8% of adults 15+	63% higher	France
Irrigated Land	14.2K km²	38.0K km²	63% lower	Spain
Shipping Traffic	6.47M	17.16M	62% lower	Spain
Wind Electricity Share	8.2%	20.41%	60% lower	Spain
Firms Hit by Power Outages	29.49% of firms	18.79% of firms	57% higher	France
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	1.4% of GDP	56% higher	France
Long-Term Unemployment	1.7% of workforce	3.8% of workforce	55% lower	Spain
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	23.08% of GDP	15% of GDP	54% higher	France
Housing Cost Burden	11.25% of households	24.11% of households	53% lower	Spain
Water Stress (%)	12.21%	26.1%	53% lower	Spain
Armed Forces Personnel	304.0K	199.0K	53% higher	France
Researchers	5.2K per 1M	3.4K per 1M	53% higher	France
Birth Rate	10.88 per 1k	7.2 per 1k	52% higher	France
Unpaid Work Hours	7.2% of adults 15-64	14.61% of adults 15-64	51% lower	Spain
Relationship Dissatisfaction	4.8% of adults 16+	3.2% of adults 16+	50% higher	France
Political Corruption Index	0.06	0.11	50% lower	Spain
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.89% of firms	13.45% of firms	48% higher	France
Milk Consumption per Person	241.31 kg/person/yr	164.29 kg/person/yr	47% higher	France
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	20.02 per 100k	13.75 per 100k	46% higher	France
Population	68.51M	47.28M	45% higher	France
Beer Consumption	2.4 L/person/yr	4.2 L/person/yr	44% lower	Spain
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	44% higher	France
Obesity Rate	10.92%	19.17%	43% lower	Spain
Nurses & Midwives	9.4 per 1k	6.5 per 1k	43% higher	France
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	1.4% of GDP	43% higher	France
Poverty Rate	8.3% of population	13.75% of population	40% lower	Spain
Child Mortality	4.3 per 1k births	3.1 per 1k births	39% higher	France
Spirits Consumption	2.2 L/person/yr	1.6 L/person/yr	37% higher	France
Energy Use (Per Capita)	3.1K kg oil eq/person	2.3K kg oil eq/person	37% higher	France
Renewable Energy (%)	16.47%	25.86%	36% lower	Spain
GNI Per Capita	$45,160	$33,550	35% higher	France
Unemployment Rate	7.4%	11.39%	35% lower	Spain
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.6% of GDP	2.5% of GDP	34% lower	Spain
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.7 per 100k	3.5 per 100k	34% higher	France
Fuel Poverty	11.8% of adults 16+	17.5% of adults 16+	33% lower	Spain
Homicide Rate	0.80 per 100k	0.60 per 100k	33% higher	France
Poor Health	9.7% reporting poor health	7.3% reporting poor health	33% higher	France
Low Adult Literacy	3.4% of adults	5.0% of adults	32% lower	Spain
Population Density	126.86 /km²	96.76 /km²	31% higher	France
Air Passengers	64.64M	94.10M	31% lower	Spain
Infant Mortality	3.4 per 1k births	2.6 per 1k births	31% higher	France
Insufficient Physical Activity	29.74% of adults	22.64% of adults	31% higher	France
Low Reading Skills	16.8% of students	12.88% of students	30% higher	France
Low Math Skills	16.8% of students	12.88% of students	30% higher	France
Low Science Skills	16.8% of students	12.88% of students	30% higher	France
Credit Card Ownership	39.76% of adults	56.61% of adults	30% lower	Spain
Inflation Rate	2.0%	2.8%	29% lower	Spain
Broadband Access (%)	49 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	29% higher	France
Highest Elevation	4.8K m	3.7K m	29% higher	France
Youth Population (%)	16.51%	12.92%	28% higher	France
Teen Birth Rate	3.5 per 1k	4.8 per 1k	27% lower	Spain
Job Strain	25.79% of employees	35.01% of employees	26% lower	Spain
University Enrollment Rate	70.45%	93.73%	25% lower	Spain
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.4K kWh/person	5.1K kWh/person	25% higher	France
Total CO2 Emissions	274.45 Mt CO2e	220.08 Mt CO2e	25% higher	France
Road Deaths	4.6 per 100k	3.7 per 100k	24% higher	France
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.3 per 1k	4.3 per 1k	24% lower	Spain
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.89% of youth labor force	24.75% of youth labor force	24% lower	Spain
Smoking Rate	34.6%	28.4%	22% higher	France
Dependency Ratio	63% of working-age pop.	51.67% of working-age pop.	22% higher	France
Tobacco Use Prevalence	33.6% of adults	27.6% of adults	22% higher	France
Health Spending (% GDP)	11.88% of GDP	9.7% of GDP	22% higher	France
Corruption Perceptions Index	66 pts	55 pts	20% higher	France
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$43,435	$36,537	19% higher	France
Median Wealth	$177,350	$219,234	19% lower	Spain
Women in Parliament (%)	36.05%	44.29%	19% lower	Spain
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	4.5 vs bottom 20%	5.5 vs bottom 20%	18% lower	Spain
Meat Consumption per Person	83.05 kg/person/yr	100.26 kg/person/yr	17% lower	Spain
Seafood Consumption per Person	33.64 kg/person/yr	40.3 kg/person/yr	17% lower	Spain
Earnings Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 10%	2.5 vs bottom 10%	16% higher	France
Water Withdrawal	24.43 B m³	29.02 B m³	16% lower	Spain
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	16% higher	France
Electric Generating Capacity	151.46M kW	130.37M kW	16% higher	France
Political Voice	26.27% who feel heard by government	30.98% who feel heard by government	15% lower	Spain
Green Space Access	62.18% of urban pop.	73.41% of urban pop.	15% lower	Spain
Renewable Energy (%)	16.2%	19%	15% lower	Spain
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	22 days/yr	14% higher	France
CO2 Per Capita	4.0 t/person/yr	4.6 t/person/yr	14% lower	Spain
Freedom of Expression Index	0.96	0.84	14% higher	France
Forest Coverage (%)	32.48%	37.19%	13% lower	Spain
Alcohol Consumption	10.32 L/adult/yr	9.2 L/adult/yr	13% higher	France
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	55 sites	49 sites	12% higher	France
Average Earnings	$60,608.01	$54,564.41	11% higher	France
Voter Turnout	73.69% of votes	66.59% of votes	11% higher	France
Safety at Night	73% feeling safe at night	81.5% feeling safe at night	10% lower	Spain
Merchant Fleet Size	553	503	10% higher	France
Vehicles per 1,000 People	636.58 per 1k people	710.57 per 1k people	10% lower	Spain
Exports (% GDP)	33.89% of GDP	37.06% of GDP	9% lower	Spain
Home Internet Access	88.11% of households	95.91% of households	8% lower	Spain
Time Use Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 20%	3.1 vs bottom 20%	8% lower	Spain
Liberal Democracy Index	0.80	0.74	8% higher	France
Land Area	539.0K km²	499.7K km²	8% higher	France
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	117 per 100 people	127.72 per 100 people	8% lower	Spain
Government Debt (% GDP)	98.5% of GDP	107.3% of GDP	8% lower	Spain
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$61,290.42	$56,877.64	8% higher	France
Social Time	6.2 hrs/week	5.8 hrs/week	7% higher	France
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	7% higher	France
Science Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	7% higher	France
Median Age	41.8 years	44.9 years	7% lower	Spain
Internet Users (%)	88.65%	95.76%	7% lower	Spain
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.06% of adults	85.75% of adults	7% higher	France
Youth NEET Rate	12.52% of youth 15-24	13.38% of youth 15-24	6% lower	Spain
Self-Rated Health	66.2% reporting good health	70.1% reporting good health	6% lower	Spain
Wealth Concentration	49.93% of wealth	53.22% of wealth	6% lower	Spain
Low Adult Numeracy	22.63% of adults	24.1% of adults	6% lower	Spain
Agricultural Land (%)	52.5%	49.58%	6% higher	France
Forest Area	175.0K km²	185.9K km²	6% lower	Spain
Social Support	87.13% of adults 15+	92.17% of adults 15+	5% lower	Spain
Happiness Inequality	2.1 vs bottom 20%	2.2 vs bottom 20%	5% lower	Spain
Inequality (Gini)	31.8	33.4	5% lower	Spain
Electoral Democracy Index	0.86	0.82	5% higher	France
Women in Senior Management	38.71% of managers	36.95% of managers	5% higher	France
Elderly Population (%)	22.15%	21.15%	5% higher	France
Employment Rate (%)	77.16% of adults 25-64	74.17% of adults 25-64	4% higher	France
Low-Wage Workers	6.2% of workers	6.4% of workers	4% lower	Spain
Imports (% GDP)	34.22% of GDP	32.89% of GDP	4% higher	France
Leisure Time	16.2 hrs/day	15.75 hrs/day	3% higher	France
Adult Literacy	255.4 pts	248.94 pts	3% higher	France
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	3% higher	France
Numeracy Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	3% higher	France
Relationship Inequality	1.9 vs bottom 20%	1.9 vs bottom 20%	3% higher	France
Coal Electricity Share	0.31%	0.32%	3% lower	Spain
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	84.58 per 100k	87.12 per 100k	3% lower	Spain
Job Satisfaction	7.1 pts	7.3 pts	2% lower	Spain
Adult Numeracy	257.22 pts	251.72 pts	2% higher	France
Relationship Satisfaction	7.7 pts	7.9 pts	2% lower	Spain
Literacy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	2% lower	Spain
Coastline Length	4.9K km	5.0K km	2% lower	Spain
Average Weekly Work Hours	35.3 hrs/week	36.1 hrs/week	2% lower	Spain
Protected Land (%)	28.6%	28.1%	2% higher	France
Scientific Publications	65.9K	67.1K	2% lower	Spain
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.2%	99.9%	2% lower	Spain
Urban Population (%)	78.8%	80.32%	2% lower	Spain
Informal Employment Share	3.8% of employed people	3.8% of employed people	2% lower	Spain
Housing Affordability	79.68% of income	80.18% of income	1% lower	Spain
Science Skills	487.23 pts	484.53 pts	1% higher	France
Life Satisfaction	7.1 pts	7.2 pts	1% lower	Spain
Chronic Pain	34.5% of adults 15+	34% of adults 15+	1% higher	France
Time Dissatisfaction	16.89% of adults 16+	16.64% of adults 16+	1% higher	France
Low Life Satisfaction	6.9% of adults 16+	7.0% of adults 16+	1% lower	Spain
Women's Political Empowerment	0.93	0.94	1% lower	Spain
Hypertension Prevalence	29.6% of adults	29.4% of adults	1% higher	France
Sanitation Access (%)	98.64%	99.92%	1% lower	Spain
Death Rate	9.9 per 1k	10.0 per 1k	1% lower	Spain
Life Expectancy	82.9 years	83.9 years	1% lower	Spain
Life Evaluation Score	6.6 pts	6.5 pts	1% higher	France
Digital Payments Used	98.45% of adults	97.53% of adults	1% higher	France
Financial Hardship	21.8% of adults 16+	21.9% of adults 16+	equal	Spain
Gender Pay Gap (%)	6.2% of male wages	6.2% of male wages	equal	Spain
Time Satisfaction	6.6 pts	6.6 pts	equal	France
Reading Skills	473.85 pts	474.31 pts	equal	Spain
Math Skills	473.94 pts	473.14 pts	equal	France
Air Pollution Exposure	99.7% of population	99.21% of population	equal	France
Human Development Index	0.92	0.92	equal	France
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Spain
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.71%	99.46%	equal	France
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	9.6 µg/m³	9.6 µg/m³	equal	France
Lowest Elevation	-2 m	0 m	ranked lower	Spain
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Spain
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.4% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	ranked lower	Spain

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Analysis

France leads in 110 of 196 shared metrics, while Spain leads in 86.

France's Firms Making Informal Payments is 11.8x that of Spain (11.61% of firms vs 0.91% of firms).

France's Foreign Patents is 9.9x that of Spain (1.4K vs 126).

France's Domestic Patents is 9.2x that of Spain (13.4K vs 1.3K).

France's Nobel Laureates Born per Million People is 4.8x that of Spain (0.86 per 1M people vs 0.15 per 1M people).

France's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 4.3x that of Spain (289 gold medals vs 55 gold medals).

Key Comparisons

Firms Making Informal PaymentsFrance leads

France

11.61% of firms

Spain

0.91% of firms

Foreign PatentsFrance leads

France

1.4K

Spain

126

Domestic PatentsFrance leads

France

13.4K

Spain

1.3K

Nobel Laureates Born per Million PeopleFrance leads

France

0.86 per 1M people

Spain

0.15 per 1M people

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsFrance leads

France

289 gold medals

Spain

55 gold medals

All-Time Olympic MedalsFrance leads

France

977 medals

Spain

195 medals

Firms Making Informal Payments

11.61% of firms

0.91% of firms

Foreign Patents

1.4K

126

Domestic Patents

13.4K

1.3K

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

0.86 per 1M people

0.15 per 1M people

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

289 gold medals

55 gold medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

977 medals

195 medals

Firms Asked for Bribes

1.6% of firms

0.43% of firms

Border Neighbors

3.0

Airports

1.2K

365

Tourist Arrivals

117.11M

36.41M

Nuclear Electricity Share

64.8%

20.3%

29.75 per 100k people

10.43 per 100k people

Long Work Hours

6.0% of employees

2.3% of employees

High-Tech Exports (%)

23.14%

9.3%

Depression Rate

10.8% of adults 15+

4.8% of adults 15+

Food Waste per Person

139 kg/person/yr

65 kg/person/yr

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

6.0 per 1k

2.9 per 1k

Land Border Length

4.0K km

2.0K km

Loneliness

10.77% of adults 16+

5.4% of adults 16+

Electricity Generation

557.73 TWh

280.39 TWh

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Making Informal Payments

Foreign Patents

Domestic Patents

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

Firms Asked for Bribes

Border Neighbors

Airports

Tourist Arrivals

Nuclear Electricity Share

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Long Work Hours

High-Tech Exports (%)

Depression Rate

Food Waste per Person

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Land Border Length

Loneliness

Electricity Generation

Extreme Temperature Exposure

Overcrowded Housing

Homicide Rate

Capital Elevation

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Suicide Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Job Insecurity

Railway Length

Time Zones Count

Solar Electricity Share

Railway Network

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Health Spending Per Capita

GDP Growth Rate

Gender Gap in Work

Lack of Support

Irrigated Land

Shipping Traffic

Wind Electricity Share

Firms Hit by Power Outages

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Long-Term Unemployment

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Housing Cost Burden

Water Stress (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Researchers

Birth Rate

Unpaid Work Hours

Relationship Dissatisfaction

Political Corruption Index

Firms with Female Top Manager

Milk Consumption per Person

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

Population

Beer Consumption

Fertility Rate

Obesity Rate

Nurses & Midwives

Military Spending

Poverty Rate

Child Mortality

Spirits Consumption

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Renewable Energy (%)

GNI Per Capita

Unemployment Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Fuel Poverty

Homicide Rate