83.1% of Spaniards say that the concentration of wealth tends to increase

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The CIS (National Statistics Institute) has conducted a study on social inequalities and citizens' perceptions of them. 46.7% acknowledge that in Spain "inequalities exist in some aspects, but not in others," 40.9% affirm that "social inequalities exist," and only 7.7% say there are "few" inequalities. When asked whether inequalities exist in the world, 84% agree that they do, compared to 12.8% who indicate that "in some aspects they do, but not in others."

Regarding Spaniards' concern about inequalities, 87.5% say they are "very or quite a lot" concerned, and 10.7% say they are "a little or not at all."

In 10 years

52.8% say that "there are more inequalities now than 10 years ago," while 33% say that "there are fewer." Eleven percent say that "there are the same inequalities now." When asked whether there will be more or less inequalities in 10 years, the number of those who say there will be more (54.9%), with 25.9% saying there will be fewer, and 6.1% saying there will be the same.

Concentration of wealth

83.1% of Spaniards acknowledge that "the concentration of wealth tends to increase," compared to 11% who believe it tends to decrease.
Furthermore, 89.1% believe that governments "should act to prevent social and economic inequalities from increasing." Only 7.4% believe that governments should not act.

Spanish society

Those surveyed believe that the greatest inequality in Spanish society is between rich and poor, with a score of 7.99 out of 10. They also believe that there is great inequality between employers and workers (7.68) and between immigrants and those born in Spain (7.08).

66.6% of Spaniards say they are "very or fairly" satisfied with their lives, 29.2% say they are "slightly or not at all" satisfied, and 3.2% say they are average.

Regarding economic opportunities, 52.3% say they have had "much more or more" opportunities than their parents, compared to 40% who say "much less or fewer."

Democratic system and autonomous communities

44.8% say that the differences in prosperity or wealth between the different autonomous communities "will tend to increase over the next few years," 41% say that "they will remain more or less the same," and 10.1% say that "they will tend to decrease."

49.2% believe that the democratic system "rather favors the equitable distribution of wealth," compared to 39.8% who believe that it "rather harms."

These and other data are collected in the survey on social inequalities, which included a sample of 4,004 interviews and was conducted from June 12 to 19.