Data Analysis & Investigative Reports
📰 Data analysis & investigative reports
While SpainFacts' core topic hubs keep Spain's structural series permanently visible, this section brings together in-depth investigations and cross-dataset analyses on specific questions in the public debate. Every piece follows the same standard: documented official sources, figures adjusted for population and inflation, and context without partisan spin.
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The housing gap: how many years of salary it takes to buy or rent a home
Comparing real wage growth against appraised house prices per square metre and median IRPF rents across Spain's 17 regions.
The great power shift: how solar and wind displaced coal in Spain
In fifteen years Spain phased out nearly all coal power and multiplied solar and wind generation, slashing grid emissions—while transport now accounts for nearly a third of all national CO₂.
Investigations on institutions, taxes and public services
🏘️ How many MPs are landlords?
Asset and income declarations of all 350 MPs broken down by party and compared with income-tax brackets.
🏝️ The municipal tax havens for car fleets
Why villages of fewer than 500 residents register tens of thousands of rental and company cars thanks to road-tax cuts.
🏥 Public and private in public services
Healthcare outsourcing, private health insurance, state-subsidised private schools, vocational training and private universities.
📜 Ruling by decree since 1977
How many royal decree-laws each Prime Minister passes per year in office and their share of total primary legislation.
📢 Institutional advertising and the media
How much central and regional governments spend on institutional advertising campaigns and how it is distributed.
🔭 Census of public observatories
How many public observatories exist in Spain, which administration created them and how many remain active.
📑 Public tenders, single bidders & minor contracts
Over 9% of GDP flows through public procurement: how much is awarded without prior publication or with a single bid.
💶 Public subsidies: competitive vs direct grants
How public grants are split between central, regional and local governments and what share is awarded directly.
🏗️ Why does Spain have so little social rental housing?
How Spain built hundreds of thousands of subsidised homes for sale while leaving its public rental stock among the lowest in Europe.
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