Digital Spain 2025

July 2020

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Strategies and Action Plans

Digital Spain 2025 is a national strategy aimed at promoting Spain’s digital transformation in alignment with European Union initiatives. The plan is structured around ten strategic axes and focuses on increasing productivity, reducing inequalities, and making Spain a leading digital economy while respecting constitutional and European values. The plan also emphasises sustainability, with efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by 10% through digital transformation and to support Spain’s ecological transition alongside digital advancements​.

Some of the key goals are:

  1. Digital connectivity: Ensuring 100% of the population has access to fast internet (100 Mbps) by 2025, bridging the digital divide between urban and rural areas.
  2. 5G deployment: Spain aims to lead in 5G deployment, ensuring 100% of the radio spectrum is ready for 5G by 2025. This will enhance productivity and territorial cohesion.
  3. Digital skills: Improving digital literacy is a central focus, with the goal of equipping 80% of the population with basic digital skills by 2025 and ensuring gender balance in digital education.
  4. Cybersecurity: The strategy seeks to position Spain as a leading country in cybersecurity, with plans to train 20,000 new specialists in cybersecurity, AI, and data.
  5. Digital public services: By 2025, 50% of public services will be accessible via mobile apps, facilitating easier access for citizens.
  6. Business digitalisation: Special attention is given to the digitalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a target of 25% of SME revenues coming from e-commerce.
  7. Sectoral digitalisation: The strategy supports key industries such as agriculture, health, and mobility in leveraging digital technologies to enhance productivity and sustainability.
  8. Investment in the audiovisual industry: Spain aims to become a hub for audiovisual production, aiming for a 30% increase in audiovisual output by 2025.
  9. AI and data economy: Fostering an AI-driven economy, with the goal that 25% of companies use AI and big data in their processes by 2025.
  10. Digital rights: Spain will adopt a National Charter of Digital Rights to ensure privacy and security in the new digital landscape.