[lbfkbsjcn73]

Out of interest i did a very rough calculation of what inflation-adjusted numbers might look like. I pulled 4% per year inflation out of my ear, and came up with:

    38.552 €bn * 1.04^(2016-2002)
    =>
    66.76 €bn

..which is uncannily close to your numbers. Inflation probably wasn't exactly 4% YoY, but if it is, then in real Euros, the expenditure per population has decreased.

[andrenth]

The average inflation was closer to 2% according to https://www.inflation.eu/inflation-rates/spain/historic-infl...

[ilikehurdles]

That plus a roughly 12% growth in population over that range.

[antr]

Please be a bit more serious, change rate between 2002-2016 is closer to 30%. If you want to make up numbers and conclusions be my guest. I'm not here to play Trump-mathematics