Spain The Kingdom of Spain is a parliamentary democracy headed by a constitutional monarch. The country has a bicameral parliament, known as the General Courts or National Assembly, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (lower house) and the Senate (upper house). The head of the largest political party or coalition in the Congress of Deputies usually is named to head the government as president of the Council of Ministers, the equivalent of prime minister. Observers consider the national elections to be free and fair. There were credible reports members of the security forces committed some abuses. The government took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.The overall score indicates that there are medium risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.: Provisions in the penal code that limit freedom of expression Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB Overall Score 76/100 Global Rights Index 70,0/100 (2) Human Development Index 91,1/100 (0,911) Kids Rights Index 74,0/100 (0,74) Children's Rights in the Workplace Index 77,0/100 (2,3) Global Slavery Index 90,0/100 (10,0) Trafficking in persons report 87,5/100 (T1) Global Gender Gap Index 79,1/100 (0,791) Rule of Law Index 72,0/100 (0,72) Fragile States Index 63,8/100 (43,5) Freedom in the World Index 90,0/100 (90) Environmental Performance Index 64,2/100 (64,2) Corruption Perceptions Index 60,0/100 (60) Equality Index 82,0/100 (82)
Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB