Interesting Facts About Spain

Spain (officially the Kingdom of Spain) is a country in southwest Europe. Here are some interesting facts about Spain.

Interesting Facts About Spain

Spain has the ninth largest economy in the world.
40% of Spanish people aged between 17 and 24 smoke.
In Spain, you drive on the right hand side of the road.
Spain is the 28th largest country (by population) with over 46 million people.
Spain joined the European Union in 1986. Spain is also a member of the United Nations, NATO and the World Trade Organization.
Team sports are not played at schools in Spain.
Spain remained neutral (didn’t fight) in both world wars.
76% of the population identify themselves as Roman Catholics. However, only about 20% of the population regularly go to church.
Due to the global recession, the unemployment rate is expected to hit 16% in 2009.
Spain is aiming to have over 1 million electric cars on the road by 2014.
There are just over 60,000 Jewish people living in Spain.
In Spain, lunch is eaten at about 2pm and dinner is eaten at about 9pm.
People in Inner Spain (Castile and Madrid) enjoy eating hot, thick soup and bread. Coastal Spanish cities use a lot of seafood in their cooking and have cold soup.
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Spain. Other popular sports are Formula 1 racing, cycling, handball, tennis, basketball and motorcycling. The 1992 Summer Olympics were held in the Spanish city of Barcelona.

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2 Comments for Interesting Facts About Spain

1. Quinn | January 26th, 2010 at 1:47 am

Very good information thank-you
2. Jim Yang | April 9th, 2010 at 1:32 pm

Very nice information for me to learn.