Agriculture
Total Area: 505,370 sq km
Land Area: 498,980 sq km
Water Area: 6,390 sq km
Climate description: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Terrain description: large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees Mountains in north
Arable Land Use: 24.75%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 9.29%
Irrigated Land: 34,700 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 111.5 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 32.46 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 698.7 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: periodic droughts, occasional flooding
Environmental Current Issues: pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas; water quality and quantity nationwide; air pollution; deforestation; desertification
Total Labor Force: 23.2 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 4.2%
Agricultural Products description: grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish
Land Area: 498,980 sq km
Water Area: 6,390 sq km
Climate description: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Terrain description: large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees Mountains in north
Arable Land Use: 24.75%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 9.29%
Irrigated Land: 34,700 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 111.5 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 32.46 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 698.7 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: periodic droughts, occasional flooding
Environmental Current Issues: pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas; water quality and quantity nationwide; air pollution; deforestation; desertification
Total Labor Force: 23.2 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 4.2%
Agricultural Products description: grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish