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Comparison of France and Spain [S]ave

Attribute
Spain
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France
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Geography
Area (km²)505,370643,801
ContinentEuropeEurope
Land area (km²)498,980640,427
Water area (km²)6,3903,374
Land boundaries (km)1952.7-
Border countries
  • Andorra
  • France
  • Gibraltar
  • Morocco
  • Portugal
  • Andorra
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Monaco
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
Coastline (km)4,9644,853
Mean elevation (m)660375
Lowest point (m)0-2
Highest point (m)3,7184,810
People
Population50,015,79267,848,156
Official languages
  • Aranese
  • Basque
  • Castilian Spanish
  • Catalan
  • Galician
  • French
ReligionRoman CatholicChristian
Government
Long country nameKingdom of SpainFrench Republic
Short country nameSpainFrance
Long local nameReino de EspanaRepublique francaise
Short local nameEspanaFrance
Government typeParliamentary constitutional monarchySemi-presidential republic
CapitalMadridParis
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)1,778,000,000,0002,856,000,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)1,314,000,000,0002,588,000,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)32.3
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)38,40044,100
Gross national saving (% of GDP)2322.9
Labor force22,750,00030,680,000
Unemployment rate (%)17.29.4
Population below poverty line (%)21.114.2
Budget revenues (USD)498,100,000,0001,392,000,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)539,000,000,0001,459,000,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)0.921.84
1Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)37.953.8
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.1-2.6
Public debt (% of GDP)98.496.8
Inflation rate (%)21.2
Central bank discount rate (%)0.050
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)2.031.29
Stock of narrow money (USD)1,088,000,000,0001,465,000,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)1,088,000,000,0001,465,000,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)2,491,000,000,0004,334,000,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)787,200,000,0001,591,000,000,000
Current account balance (USD)24,740,000,000-14,830,000,000
Exports (USD)313,700,000,000549,900,000,000
Imports (USD)338,600,000,000601,700,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)69,410,000,000156,400,000,000
External debt (USD)2,094,000,000,0005,360,000,000,000
National currencyeuroseuros
National currency (code)EUREUR
National currency (symbol)
National currency rate to USD0.8850.885



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