SPAIN
Briana, Robert, Molly, Brett
Economy
• Gross Domestic Product: $1.556 trillion
• Annual growth rate: 1.3%.
• Per capita GDP: $33,100
• Average exchange rate 0.680 Euros=U.S.$1.
Economic System
•In the past, Spain had a very rural and agricultural
economy but has transformed because of the industrial
market and growth of their economy
•They are now a mixed economy because it has both
agricultural and industrial
•This means that Spain’s economy grew because of an
increase in job employment
•On the downside to this, Spain has made little productivity
gain and inflation is at a high of 4.1% and they are now
currently in recession as of the end of 2008
Continued…
• Spain's mixed economy supports a GDP that on a per
capita basis is becoming one of the largest west
European economies
•Industrial production continues to be the driving force
behind the Spanish economy, although in recent years
the service sector has gained importance
•Things such as data processing and shipbuilding are
important for the industries, but automobiles are still
the main exported item in Spain
•At the same time, investing, increased agricultural
exports, and construction are rapidly increasing
Timeline of Spain
•1100 BC. - Phoenician traders establish a colony at
Cádiz in southern Iberia which is later known as Spain
•1492. - Jews are forced to convert to Christianity; those
who refuse are expelled from Spain.
•1702-14 - War of Spanish Succession, the Bourbon
dynasty takes over
•1898- Five month long war with the United States, Spain
loses Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico
•1931 - Spain becomes a Republic
•1936-39 – Francisco Franco becomes victorious in
Spanish Civil War, dictatorship is also established
Continued…
1975 – Ruler Franco dies and Juan Carlos de
Borbon is declared king, also Spain becomes a
constitutional monarchy
1978 – Spain gets a revamped constitution and
establishes a parliamentary monarchy
1981 – Military Coup FAILS!
1982 – Spain joins NATO
1996 – Jose Maria Aznar becomes prime
minister
2002 – All currency replaced by Euro
2005 – Madrid car bombing kills 40
Products
• Primary Products: Almonds, Cereals, Coal, Cork, Copper, Cotton, Fruit, Fish, Grapes, Iron, Lead, Lignite, Mercury, Olives, Sugar Cane, Timber, Tin,
Tobacco, Tungsten, Vegetables, Zinc.
Industries
• Primary Industries: textiles and apparel food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, clay and refractory products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment
Spain's Impact on the World
• A Prime example of how Spain impacts others is SIEF
• The Spanish Trust Fund for Impact Evaluation (SIEF) is the largest trust
fund ever established in the World Bank
• This programs goal is to improve human development outcome
• Its important because it scales up its own development assistance, which
therefore improves aid effectiveness and promotes results, it manages in
its own agencies and partners with developing countries to help them out
Continued…• TOURISM TOURISM TOURISM!!!
• Spain the third most popular travel destination in Europe
• Numerous things go into affect because of tourism examples include:
accommodation, restaurants and bars, transportation, goods and others
• That all leads back to factors of production because the more one country
has of something the less another country has and this comes into play
because of natural resources, energy, and materials
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http://www.bankofireland.ie/html/gws/includes/business/pdfs/spain.pdf .• Encyclopedia of the Nations. 2008. <
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Europe/Spain-OVERVIEW-OF-ECONOMY.html>.
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• Spanish-Info.com. 2006. < http://www.spain-info.com/History/timeline.htm >.
• The World Factbook. 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/sp.html .
Works Cited..• U.S. Department of State. 2008.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2878.htm.
• World 66. 2007. http://www.world66.com/europe/spain/economy.
• World Atlas Travel. 2009. <• http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/estimeln.htm
>.
• Tourism Satellite Account. 2002. < http://www.ine.es/en/revistas/cifraine/cifrasine_satelit_en.pdf>.