{"iso2":"ES","iso3":"ESP","slug_es":"espana","slug_en":"spain","name_es":"España","name_en":"Spain","region":"Europe & Central Asia","capital":"Madrid","lat":40.4167,"lon":-3.70327,"income_level":"High income","currency":"EUR","stats":{"population":48352528,"population_year":2023,"gdp_usd":1619481980719.64,"gdp_year":2023,"young_share_pct":13.2586507610337,"adult_share_pct":86.74134923896631,"fx_lcu_per_usd":0.924839558470698,"stats_year":2023,"stats_source":"World Bank WDI"},"national_status":"NO_UBI","local_status":"PILOT_COMPLETE","summary_es":"España no tiene RBU nacional estricta (universal + individual + incondicional + periódica + efectivo + permanente). Lo más parecido actualmente es «Ingreso Mínimo Vital» (related): Ingreso relacionado con RBU. Es lo más parecido a escala nacional en España, pero NO es RBU: no es universal, no es incondicional y se calcula por hogar. El IMV no debe llamarse piloto de RBU. Pilotos/experimentos: B-MINCOME (Barcelona). Otros ingresos relacionados: Renta Garantizada de Ciudadanía (Cataluña). Ningún dispositivo cumple a la vez las seis banderas de RBU estricta a escala nacional permanente.","summary_en":"Spain has no strict national UBI (universal + individual + unconditional + periodic + cash + lasting). The closest current instrument is “Minimum Vital Income (IMV)” (related): UBI-adjacent income. Closest nationwide cash floor in Spain, but NOT UBI: not universal, not unconditional, household-based. Do not call IMV a UBI pilot. Pilots/experiments: B-MINCOME (Barcelona). Other adjacent income: Catalonia Guaranteed Citizenship Income. No scheme simultaneously meets all six strict-UBI flags at lasting national scale.","ubi_features":{"universal":false,"individual":false,"unconditional":false,"periodic":true,"cash":true,"national":true},"program_ids":["es-imv","es-bmincome","es-rgc"],"proposals":[{"id":"es-debate-parlamento","es":"Mociones y debates parlamentarios reiterados sobre RBU, sin ley de RBU nacional.","en":"Repeated parliamentary motions on UBI without a national UBI law.","status":"DEBATE"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2017-10-01","es":"Arranca B-MINCOME en Barcelona.","en":"B-MINCOME starts in Barcelona.","status":"PILOT_ACTIVE"},{"date":"2017-10-01","es":"B-MINCOME (Barcelona) (PILOT_COMPLETE).","en":"B-MINCOME (Barcelona) (PILOT_COMPLETE).","status":"PILOT_COMPLETE"},{"date":"2020-06-01","es":"Entra en vigor el Ingreso Mínimo Vital.","en":"IMV enters into force.","status":"RELATED_ACTIVE"},{"date":"2020-06-01","es":"Ingreso Mínimo Vital (RELATED_ACTIVE).","en":"Minimum Vital Income (IMV) (RELATED_ACTIVE).","status":"RELATED_ACTIVE"}],"sources":[{"id":"wb-wdi-2023","publisher":"World Bank","title":"World Development Indicators","url":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country","source_class":"A","published_at":"2023","checked_at":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"boe-imv","publisher":"BOE","title":"RDL 20/2020 IMV","url":"https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2020-5493","source_class":"A","published_at":"2020","checked_at":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"bmincome","publisher":"Ajuntament de Barcelona","title":"B-MINCOME","url":"https://www.barcelona.cat/","source_class":"B","published_at":"2019","checked_at":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"rgc","publisher":"Generalitat","title":"RGC","url":"https://web.gencat.cat/","source_class":"A","published_at":null,"checked_at":"2026-08-26"}],"checked_at":"2026-08-26","canonical":true,"decision":"allow","indexable":true,"programs":[{"id":"es-imv","country_iso2":"ES","name_es":"Ingreso Mínimo Vital","name_en":"Minimum Vital Income (IMV)","kind":"related","status":"RELATED_ACTIVE","level":"national","start":"2020-06-01","end":null,"amount":null,"amount_note_es":null,"amount_note_en":null,"currency":"EUR","frequency":"monthly","eligibility_es":"Hogares en situación de vulnerabilidad; condicionado a renta, patrimonio y, en tramos, a itinerarios. No es individual universal.","eligibility_en":"Households in vulnerability; means-tested on income and assets. Not individual-universal.","institution":"Seguridad Social / Ministerio de Inclusión","sample":null,"design":null,"results_es":null,"results_en":null,"ubi_flags":{"universal":false,"individual":false,"unconditional":false,"periodic":true,"cash":true,"national":true},"sources":[{"id":"boe-imv","publisher":"BOE","title":"Real Decreto-ley 20/2020","url":"https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2020-5493","source_class":"A","published_at":"2020","checked_at":"2026-08-26"}],"classification_es":"Ingreso relacionado con RBU. Es lo más parecido a escala nacional en España, pero NO es RBU: no es universal, no es incondicional y se calcula por hogar. El IMV no debe llamarse piloto de RBU.","classification_en":"UBI-adjacent income. Closest nationwide cash floor in Spain, but NOT UBI: not universal, not unconditional, household-based. 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Adjacent, not UBI."}]}