Spain is a failing country. Their economy is in shambles and the government has ceded internet control to a private corporation who runs football games.
But it's among the fastest growing in the EU? Granted, part of this is starting from a low base, but it's hardly "in shambles"
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG?locat...
The figures I cited are for GDP per capita, which accounts for population growth. Moreover immigration should have the opposite effect of depressing per-capita GDP, because immigrants typically take lower skilled jobs, dragging overall productivity down. So if anything, the figures are artificially depressed, not inflated.
Technically you can say that they have been in a depression for the last 4 years and counting as their functional growth rate (accounting for inflation of the Euro) is negative over that period (down about 10% inflation adjusted).
That conclusion does not seem to check out just by eyeballing the charts.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD?location...
It shows a divergence from the EU back in the 2010s, but afterwards is recovering at the same pace or even faster than the EU. Could be better, but not "in shambles" either.
> The Spanish economy shrank by 8% in 2023
The Spanish economy grew by 2.5% in 2023 - https://www.idealista.com/en/news/financial-advice-in-spain/...
> So all those gains in the last couple of years are just catching up to 2023
Since there was no drop, there was no "catching up". 3.2% growth in 2024 (https://www.caixabankresearch.com/en/economics-markets/recen...) and estimated 2.8% in 2025 (https://tradingeconomics.com/spain/full-year-gdp-growth)
> Add in inflation and the average Spaniard has lost 10% of their income over that period (2023-now).
You're right that there was high inflation in 2022-2023 (like everywhere in Europe). However, wages grew and even outpaced inflation in 2024 (https://santandertrade.com/en/portal/analyse-markets/spain/e...), real incomes did not collapse by 10% over 2023–2025. Another fun fact, employment has been growing strongly, unemployment has been falling.
> The median citizen losing 10% of their income in real economic terms does qualify for the vaunted "shambles" title.
Not really, Spain is "outperforming peers" (https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/03/26/the-spanish-eco...) and is currently outperforming major EU economies like Germany and France.
Before trying to respond with some more outrageously incorrect claims, please learn to provide any sort of source before embarrassing yourself further.
I think most people care more about these things than the GDP statistics tbh.