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Spain Health Survey (SHS). Year 2023 27 May 2025

74.0% of the Spanish population rated their state of health in the last 12 months as good or very good in 2023. A total of 16.6% of the population aged 15 and over claimed to smoke daily, 3.2 points less than in 2020.

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Spain Health Survey - Year 2023
Indicator Note Absolute value Relative value Variation
People aged 15 and more years with good or very good health 29,736.3 70.9 -1.48
Population with a disease or chronic health problem 23,870.9 57.7 10.02
Daily tobacco users 6,936.4 16.6 -12.12
Daily alcohol users 3,178.8 7.7 -36.91
  • Valor absoluto: miles de personas; Valor relativo: % sobre el total poblacional; Variación: % respecto a 2020
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Year 2023 Published: 27/05/2025
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The Spanish Health Survey (ESdE) is a survey aimed at the entire population residing in family dwellings throughout the national territory. Its main objective is to obtain data on health status, health service utilisation and health determinants.

It is conducted every three years, and provides information in a harmonised and comparable manner at European level, for the purpose of planning and evaluating health actions at both national and international level. The INE and the Ministry of Health are jointly responsible for the 2023 Spain Health Survey.

The 2023 survey covered approximately 37,500 households in 2,500 census tracts.