Spain has some 40 million inhabitants or 78
inhabitants per square kilometre. The level of urbanisation is
average: 77,6%. Spain has some 40 million inhabitants or 78
inhabitants per square kilometre. The level of urbanisation is
average: 77,6%.
Spain has a GDP of 563 billion Euro or 14.100 Euro per inhabitant, which is below average to European countries. Economically, Spain is not very powerful to invest in stimulation of IST, on a National level as well as on an individual level, apart from pro-active IST stimulating policy.
The national Spanish ICT and Telecom industry is developed on average. The penetration of PC's at home some below average, as is the ISDN infrastructure. From a commercial and infrastructural perspective, Spain’s perspective towards the IST market is promising.
Rates of (mobile) telephony are average in Spain. Penetration of PC's at home is below average. The market needs still some investments and purchases of hardware before IST services can be successfully be introduced on a lager scale.
The wealth of an individual elderly person is some below average in Spain. Continuous education by 54-64 year old people is low compared to other countries. Related to the some below average penetration of PC's this could imply little knowledge and not yet clear interest of elderly people in the current supply of IST services.
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