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Spain

Falling behindEuropeHigh income Power #14 / 50Per-capita #25

Cognitive Power

40.9

of 100 · #14

CPI

40.9

55.7

ADI

59.4

CDI

0.544

AIR

55.1

AIX

37.4

CRI

46.8

41.8

3.3%

Primary · absolute lens

Cognitive Power

40.9 · #14/50

Total national capacity — AI capital, compute, models & robotics. Strongest in research output (total), researchers (total), economic mass.

Per-capita lens

Cognitive Coefficient

55.7 · #25/50

How deep infrastructure runs per person — rewards intensity, like GDP-per-capita or the HDI.

Agentic Deployment Index — the army of agents

Spain's agentic capacity

59.4

ADI · #26/50

How many capable, autonomous agents this society can field, how intelligent they are, and what they are permitted to do — across citizens, business and government. An automated army of agentic problem-solvers may be the single clearest near-term lever of cognitive advantage.

Agent capability (intelligence)70.0

Access — citizens58.0

Autonomy & reach (what agents can do)64.0

Business deployment46.0

Government deployment52.0

CC projection to 2040 — Baseline

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Monte-Carlo band (P10–P90) around the median path. Dashed = illustrative historical reconstruction.

Median (P50)P10–P90 bandReconstruction

Pillar profile

Country report · generated from Spain's indices & economy

Spain — cognitive standing in full

Spain is the world's #12 economy by GDP ($1,906bn) and ranks #14/50 on absolute Cognitive Power and #25/50 on per-capita intensity. Its standout strength is Cognitive Power Index (40.9, Strong); its trajectory is Falling behind — growing more slowly than the frontier. It carries no single binding weakness across the headline indices.

Economic & scale context

The economic base AI capacity is built on — and how its scale interacts with the cognitive indices.

GDP (total)

$1,906bn

#12 of 50

GDP / capita

$59,868

High income · PPP

Population

49M

AI investment

$2.0bn

#20 globally

R&D intensity

1.44%

of GDP

Index-by-index read

For each index: what it means when high (the value) versus low (the risk), and Spain's own standing.

Index	Value	Standing	What a high vs low value means — and where Spain sits
CPI Cognitive Power Index	40.9	Strong · #14/50	High here — great-power scale: the country can shape the frontier, attract capital and talent, and set standards others follow. ▲ high: great-power scale: the country can shape the frontier, attract capital and talent, and set standards others follow · ▼ low: limited absolute weight: a price-taker that depends on capacity built elsewhere
CC Cognitive Coefficient	55.7	Moderate · #25/50	Mid-pack. High would mean deep capability per person: broad productivity gains and a well-equipped workforce; low would mean thin per-person depth: gains stay concentrated and most of the workforce is under-equipped. ▲ high: deep capability per person: broad productivity gains and a well-equipped workforce · ▼ low: thin per-person depth: gains stay concentrated and most of the workforce is under-equipped
ADI Agentic Deployment Index	59.4	Moderate · #26/50	Mid-pack. High would mean an automated-agent workforce multiplier is already in place across society; low would mean agents are under-deployed — the clearest near-term productivity lever is being left on the table. ▲ high: an automated-agent workforce multiplier is already in place across society · ▼ low: agents are under-deployed — the clearest near-term productivity lever is being left on the table
CDI Cognitive Development Index	0.544	Moderate · #25/50	Mid-pack. High would mean broad, balanced development with no single dimension dragging it down; low would mean imbalance or underdevelopment — at least one dimension is a binding weakness. ▲ high: broad, balanced development with no single dimension dragging it down · ▼ low: imbalance or underdevelopment — at least one dimension is a binding weakness
AIR AI Readiness	55.1	Moderate · #21/50	Mid-pack. High would mean institutions and infrastructure are ready to convert capability into real deployment; low would mean governance, data or infrastructure gaps will slow how fast AI can actually be used. ▲ high: institutions and infrastructure are ready to convert capability into real deployment · ▼ low: governance, data or infrastructure gaps will slow how fast AI can actually be used
AIX Augmentation Index	37.4	Moderate · #27/50	Mid-pack. High would mean AI is actively in use across the workforce, so capability is being turned into value; low would mean access without adoption — the tools exist but are under-used, so the value is unrealised. ▲ high: AI is actively in use across the workforce, so capability is being turned into value · ▼ low: access without adoption — the tools exist but are under-used, so the value is unrealised
CRI Cognitive Resilience Index	46.8	Moderate · #22/50	Mid-pack. High would mean strategic autonomy: a broad home-grown base that is hard to cut off or coerce; low would mean dependency risk: heavy reliance on frontier infrastructure others control — a strategic vulnerability. ▲ high: strategic autonomy: a broad home-grown base that is hard to cut off or coerce · ▼ low: dependency risk: heavy reliance on frontier infrastructure others control — a strategic vulnerability
CM Cognitive Momentum	41.8	Moderate · #26/50	Mid-pack. High would mean investment and pipeline favour sustained improvement — today's position is likely to compound; low would mean a weak pipeline — the current position may stall or erode without new investment. ▲ high: investment and pipeline favour sustained improvement — today's position is likely to compound · ▼ low: a weak pipeline — the current position may stall or erode without new investment
CV Cognitive Velocity	3.3%	Moderate · #27/50	Mid-pack. High would mean improving quickly relative to a moving frontier; low would mean slow improvement — at risk of drifting backwards in relative terms as the frontier advances. ▲ high: improving quickly relative to a moving frontier · ▼ low: slow improvement — at risk of drifting backwards in relative terms as the frontier advances

Trajectory & growth potential

Falling behind

Spain's trajectory is Falling behind — growing more slowly than the frontier. Risk: the relative gap is widening — a compounding disadvantage that can pull capital and talent toward leaders and deepen dependency. The clearest call to act.

Momentum (CM): 41.8 #26/50 Velocity (CV): 3.3% #27/50 Closing the gap: -1.64 pts/yr vs the frontier Projected CC by 2040: 73.3 (now 55.7, P50 · scenario not forecast)

Strengths to build on

Cognitive Power Index (40.9, Strong) — great-power scale: the country can shape the frontier, attract capital and talent, and set standards others follow.

Risk factors

Relative trajectory — Falling behind: Risk: the relative gap is widening — a compounding disadvantage that can pull capital and talent toward leaders and deepen dependency. The clearest call to act.
Utilization lags even modest readiness — AIR 55.1 but AIX 37.4: take-up trails what the country's (still limited) readiness would support, so even the available capacity is not converting to value.
Affluent but under-utilizing — a high-income economy (GDP/cap $59,868 PPP) whose AI utilization (AIX 37.4) lags its means.

Recommended priorities

Prioritise the weakest pillar (AI Adoption) to lift the geometric-mean development index (CDI).
Convert access into utilization: workforce AI-skilling and agentic-workflow adoption.
Broaden the base (education + data governance) to raise resilience and reduce concentration risk.

▲

These are model outputs and scenarios, not forecasts of actual outcomes. This platform measures access to, utilization of, and leverage from cognitive infrastructure — not intelligence. No causality or certainty is claimed.

Pillars

AI Access66.6

AI Adoption33.4

Compute38.9

Data80.3

Education61.7

Digital Literacy68.9

Innovation43.6

Knowledge Infrastructure43.7

Agentic Deployment63.9

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