Some 23.1% of Spain’s GDP is assigned to programmes for the care of elderly people, health, unemployment, disability, family, social exclusion and housing.

In Spain, 10% of women perform care work, by far exceeding the 5% of male carers.

Some 34.8 of grandparents in Spain regularly care for their grandchildren, a figure much higher than the European average.

Contradicting a fairly widespread idea, delaying exit from the labour market does not reduce youth employment, but could actually boost it.