UK-Spain Fact sheet
Population
Spain has three-quarters of the UK’s population but is twice as big geographically
Spain 47 million people
UK 62 million people
504,030 km
243,610 km
Tourism
£ 905 million
2
Partnerships The UK and Spain are partners in numerous international organisations including:
European Union NATO United Nations OECD Council of Europe WHO
2
195,364 sq. miles
UK
27 26
€11.3 billion
Spanish airports offering flights to the UK
1675 flights per week between Spain and the UK
In 2013-14
24% of all tourists to Spain were British residents totalling
16.5 million -
British Consulates
the most from of any country
Alicante, Barcelona, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Madrid, Malaga, Las Palmas and Tenerife
Some
Providing consular services
Honorary Consuls
UK airports with direct flights to Spain
over
spent by UK residents on tourist visits to Spain in 2013
8
13
500 years
94,060 sq. miles
spent by Spanish resident visitors to the UK in 2013
Spain was 6th most important tourism market for in 2013
They share a common trans-atlantic history and have enjoyed diplomatic relations for over
Almeria Andorra Jerez
Denia Gerona Lanzarote
Military co-operation The UK and Spain have been NATO allies since 1982, working together on operations such as ISAF (Afghanistan) and the anti-piracy Operation Atalanta off the Horn of Africa
300,000
British nationals are registered at town halls as living in Spain Menorca Murcia Santander
Sevilla Tarragona
They are also engaged in major collaborative projects such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, A400M aircraft and the RAF’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft, as well as a number of bilateral personnel exchange programmes
1.71 million visits by Spanish residents to the UK in 2013
Valencia Vigo
In 2013: some
1800
25
British Armed Forces personnel
warships visited
undertook training exercises in Spain
Royal Navy
and there were more than
322
UK military
overflights or landings in Spanish airspace
Creativity and design A number of leading British architects are well represented in Spain
Richard Rogers designed Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas Airport
Norman Foster designed Bilbao’s Metro stations and the Bankia skyscraper in Madrid
David Chipperfield was lead architect for the America’s Cup Building in Valencia and Ciudad de la Justicia in Barcelona
Trade
Spain was the UK’s tenth largest export market in 2013 receiving
In 2013 Spain exported
£13.5 bn
of UK exports
£21.9 bn of goods and services to the
Spain’s share of UK exports (2.6%) is higher than India and Brazil’s combined (1.6% and 0.8% respectively)
UK
Investment
700 UK
companies
6
th largest
Spanish companies are registered in the
UK
are investing in Spain
including BP, Barclays, BA, Diageo, easyJet and Vodafone
SAGE, with 1500 staff,
Education Some
9,000
Spanish students
40,000
Some
400
90 accredited British schools
Santander and owns
Alliance & Leicester Bradford & Bingley
owns Ferrovial
in Spain, of which 55 are members of
the National Association of British Schools in Spain (NABSS)
36,000
t he UK’s second largest services company (AMEY PLC) and 25% of Heathrow airport I n 2013 it generated
42%of their £6.2bn revenue in the UK
The Education Ministry’s bilingual project with which the British Council collaborates reaches
(FDI stock)
1300 branches
are doing English language courses There are
investor in the UK
is among the largest UK employers/investors in Spain
study in British universities and
Spain is the
has committed
Iberdrola
41% of its
total Investment between 2014-2016 to the UK and total amount could exceed
£10bn by 2020
students
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operates
Bilingual projects in Spain
(run by the autonomous regions) reach a total of
220,000 students
Gestamp
5 automotive
production plants in the UK
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