{"version":"1","article":{"id":"spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025","slug":"spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025?lang=en","title":"Spain’s quality-of-life indicator edges higher in 2025","summary":"INE’s experimental multidimensional quality-of-life indicator rose to 101.74 points in 2025 from 101.43 in 2024. Six of nine dimensions improved, while leisure and social relations and physical safety weakened.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics"],"published_at":"2026-10-25T15:16:56+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-25T15:16:56+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2025-12","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)","url":"https://www.ine.es/dyngs/Prensa/IMCV2025.htm","publishedAt":"2026-10-23","checkedAt":"2026-10-25"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025?lang=en"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"spain-imcv-national-annual-metrics","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"İspanya çok boyutlu yaşam kalitesi endeksi","en":"Spain multidimensional quality-of-life index"},"description":{"tr":"INE’nin deneysel IMCV ulusal bileşik sonuçları; temel yıl 2008=100.","en":"INE experimental IMCV national composite results; base year 2008=100."},"methodology":{"tr":"Endeks puanları INE tarafından yayımlanan 2008=100 ölçeğinden alınmıştır. IMCV deneysel ve çok boyutlu bir bileşik göstergedir; gelir, memnuniyet veya refahın tek başına ölçüsü değildir. 2025 temel haklar ve yönetişim boyutu güncellenmedi.","en":"Index points are taken from INE’s 2008=100 scale. The IMCV is an experimental multidimensional composite, not a standalone measure of income, satisfaction or welfare. The governance and basic-rights dimension was not updated in 2025."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.ine.es/dyngs/Prensa/IMCV2025.htm"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-25T11:34:45Z","items":[{"label":{"tr":"IMCV ulusal bileşik değeri, 2024","en":"National composite IMCV, 2024"},"value":101.43,"unit":"index points","period":"2024","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"spain-imcv-national-composite","unitCode":"index-point","geography":"spain","frequency":"annual","aggregation":"unspecified","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"IMCV ulusal bileşik değeri, 2025","en":"National composite IMCV, 2025"},"value":101.74,"unit":"index points","period":"2025","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"spain-imcv-national-composite","unitCode":"index-point","geography":"spain","frequency":"annual","aggregation":"unspecified","periodRole":"reference-period"}}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"spain-imcv-national-annual-metrics","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"spain-imcv-national-annual-metrics","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025/data/spain-imcv-national-annual-metrics?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/spain-quality-of-life-indicator-2025/data/spain-imcv-national-annual-metrics?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) released its 2025 Multidimensional Quality of Life Indicator (IMCV) on 23 October. The national composite index, measured on a 2008=100 basis, edged up to 101.74 points from 101.43 in 2024. INE described the change as slight. The indicator combines nine dimensions of living conditions; a small national movement does not show that conditions improved for every household.","Scores increased in six dimensions: material living conditions, work, health, education, environment and general life experience. Leisure and social relations, and physical and personal safety, declined. Governance and basic rights was not updated in 2025 because the Living Conditions Survey did not include its triennial quality-of-life module in that year’s wave. The overall increase therefore does not mean every component improved over the same period.","At regional level, Navarra, La Rioja and the Basque Country had the highest overall quality-of-life levels. This edition also added breakdowns by sex, education and nationality. INE reported that women scored higher than men in education and general life experience, while men recorded higher values in physical safety and environment and surroundings. The Spanish population scored higher than the foreign population in education and material living conditions. These are descriptive differences; the index does not establish their causes.","The index draws on indicators from INE’s Living Conditions Survey and other statistical sources to bring different aspects of life into a common framework. Some dimensions use annual data while others rely on less frequent observations or different sources; a score not updated in 2025 should not be treated as independent evidence that underlying conditions did not change. INE marks the indicator as experimental and provides detailed tables and methodological material. The national score of 101.74 is not a standalone measure of income growth, inflation or public-service performance."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"INE’s experimental multidimensional quality-of-life indicator rose to 101.74 points in 2025 from 101.43 in 2024. Six of nine dimensions improved, while leisure and social relations and physical safety weakened.\n\nSpain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) released its 2025 Multidimensional Quality of Life Indicator (IMCV) on 23 October. The national composite index, measured on a 2008=100 basis, edged up to 101.74 points from 101.43 in 2024. INE described the change as slight. The indicator combines nine dimensions of living conditions; a small national movement does not show that conditions improved for every household.\n\nScores increased in six dimensions: material living conditions, work, health, education, environment and general life experience. Leisure and social relations, and physical and personal safety, declined. Governance and basic rights was not updated in 2025 because the Living Conditions Survey did not include its triennial quality-of-life module in that year’s wave. The overall increase therefore does not mean every component improved over the same period.\n\nAt regional level, Navarra, La Rioja and the Basque Country had the highest overall quality-of-life levels. This edition also added breakdowns by sex, education and nationality. INE reported that women scored higher than men in education and general life experience, while men recorded higher values in physical safety and environment and surroundings. The Spanish population scored higher than the foreign population in education and material living conditions. These are descriptive differences; the index does not establish their causes.\n\nThe index draws on indicators from INE’s Living Conditions Survey and other statistical sources to bring different aspects of life into a common framework. Some dimensions use annual data while others rely on less frequent observations or different sources; a score not updated in 2025 should not be treated as independent evidence that underlying conditions did not change. INE marks the indicator as experimental and provides detailed tables and methodological material. The national score of 101.74 is not a standalone measure of income growth, inflation or public-service performance.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}