Distillers Spain
A one-page guide to Spain for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Madrid
- Official languages
- Spanish (Castilian), Catalan/Valencian, Galician, Basque and Aranese are co-official in their regions
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 CET (UTC+2 summer); Canary Islands UTC+0 (UTC+1 summer)
- Area
- 505,992 km²
People
- Population
- 49.5 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.0% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 80.5%
- Aged under 15
- 12.6%
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.6%
- Life expectancy
- 83.9 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$1.91 trillion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$38,595 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 2.6% (2025)
- Inflation
- 2.7% (2025)
Climate
Mostly Mediterranean, with warm to hot dry summers; inland Andalusia and central Spain are hottest, the north and north-west are cooler and rainier (oceanic), and the south-east is semi-arid. The Canary Islands stay above 18 C in their coolest month.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18 (regional laws differ in detail)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 11.9 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Business France - spirits in Spain (data Sept 2026); Wikipedia - Spain (basics, climate); IMF DataMapper WEO (GDP, population, growth, inflation; retrieved 26 Oct 2026); UN Comtrade (HS 2208); WHO Global Health Observatory; Wikipedia - Legal drinking age; BusinessCoot - Spanish spirits market; Alimarket - gin leaders 2016. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.