Spain
EDRIX Score
3.75
Tier
Untapped Potential
EDRIX Pillar Scores (normalized 0–10)
Raw metrics
The underlying values before min-max normalization across the EU27.
| GitHub developers (per-capita index) | 2.60 |
| Linux share on desktops and laptops | 4.01% |
| Sovereign browser share (Firefox + Opera) | 11.15% |
| Domain sovereignty rating — all (national TLD) | 0.390 |
| Domain sovereignty rating — public sector | 0.556 |
Spain scores 3.91, with no standout strength and no catastrophic weakness — Spanish numbers cluster around the bottom quartile across all four pillars.
Strengths
- Public Sector Health at 5.56 — close to the EU27 median; Spanish government domains are predominantly EU-hosted.
Weaknesses
- Low per-capita developer density — 2.60; one of the lowest in the EU27 for a country of Spain's size.
- Bottom-tier grassroots adoption — sovereign browser share 11.15%, Linux 4.01%.
- Mid-low private-sector hosting —
.esraw rating 0.44.
Outlook
Spain's positioning is shaped by limited domestic IT sector size relative to population. With 47M inhabitants, Spain should have more developers per capita than countries half its size; the fact that it doesn't suggests a talent-export economy rather than a domestic-build one. No single lever fixes this — structural workforce development is the long game.
Historical context
2020 baseline
In 2020, Spain was a "contender," a powerful example of a country whose world-class open source framework elevated its overall standing despite an underdeveloped top-down strategic sovereignty agenda.
2024 progression
Spain's use of OSS continues to advance, especially at regional and municipal levels. The Law 40/2015 provides the legal framework, mandating reuse and interoperable repositories. The government has launched major initiatives like ALIA, a public AI infrastructure with open source models.
Historical reference
OSOR Fact Sheet (PDF, 2024) — the country-level Open Source policy report used by the retired Public Policy pillar in EDRIX 1.0.