Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2017, Spain's population change decreased by 4.5% compared to 2016, reaching 8.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.7.

Spain ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.4% (from 9.7 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.