Spain
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
76.4composite, 0–100
2 / 45rank · 2 of 27 in EU-27
+1.6change since 2015, time-varying indicators
SpainEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 86.8 | 3 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 68.0 | 10 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 77.8 | 7 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 59.0 | 19 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 10 / 16 |
| Financial | 90.5 | 2 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 76.4 | 2 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 40 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
SpainEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Estrategia Española de Economía Social 2023–2027 (EEES); regional plans (e.g. Basque PIES 2021–2024, Andalusia 2023–2026, Galicia EGAES) · source | 3/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Ministry of Labour and Social Economy; Secretary of State and Special Commissioner for the social economy; social dialogue with CEPES · source | 2/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 Additional Provision 4 of the Public Sector Contracts Law (DA 4ª LCSP, reserved contracts); National Public Procurement Strategy 2023–2026 ( · source | 2/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 Ley 5/2011 de Economía Social · source | 1/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Ley 5/2011, de 29 de marzo, de Economía Social (consolidated 2024); reform bill together with the 1999 Cooperatives Law and the Insertion Co · source | 2/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 No national support network described; regional/local tools (Barcelona Activa, Coop57 ethical-finance loans, Andalusia PIMESA technical assi · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 PERTE de Economía Social y de los Cuidados (PERTE ESYEC), ~€808m RRF/NextGenerationEU · source | 2/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 Ministry of Labour and Social Economy national-budget subsidy line (~€8m/yr); regional lines (Andalusia PIMESA €10.8m; Basque Country; Barce · source | 2/2 |
Policy composite 93.8 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Spain: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/spain/