Country: Spain

Country summary

eID Since 2014, Spain has used Cl@ve, a platform for identification, authentication and electronic signature in the public sector. It serves as a horizontal and interoperable system that avoids public administrations having to implement and manage their own systems for authentication and signature, and citizens having to use different methods of identification when interacting with the administration electronically. A digital proxy service is made available through the Electronic Power of Attorney Register (Registro Electrónico de Apoderamientos).

ePayment The Pasarela de Pagos platform allows public administrations to implement telematic payment in the applications that manage procedures involving the payment of fees.

Messaging The service Notifica allows citizens and businesses to receive online administrative notifications and correspondence, contributing to the elimination of official paper-based notifications.

Transparency The Citizen Folder (Carpeta Ciudadana) offers citizens the possibility to access information on the status of ongoing services as well as the personal data available to the public administration.

General Digital Services Citizens can access digital services and realise transactions using the portals of the relevant public administrations. No systematic measurement of user satisfaction has been found.


The Digital Government MetaMonitor shows high data completeness, uptake frequency and machine readability regarding the uptake of the eID. This is thanks to DATAOBSAE, a public dashboard of electronic administration metrics based on data from horizontal services or external sources. It also provides data on indicators measured in the categories ePayment and Messaging. For the categories Transparency and General Digital services, no data is currently available.

Country Statistics

Source: Eurostat 2020
Indicator Value
Number of businesses 3,062,989
Population over 15 years old 40,441,195
Total users 43,504,184
Number of central/federal government organisations 376
Number of municipalities 8,117
Number of other administrations 50
Number of public and private service providers 3,071,551
Number of public service providers (total) 8,562
Number of regional public authorities 19

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Overall uptake 0.67

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
Activated eID accounts (total) 17,288,039 Monthly
eID transactions (total) 1,138,872,403 Monthly
eID app downloads 454,657 Monthly
eID app installations NA NA NA
eID-powered services (total) NA NA NA
eID-powered organisations 7,606 Monthly

Personal uptake 1.00

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
Activated eID accounts (personal) 17,288,039 Monthly
eID transactions (personal) 1,138,872,403 Monthly
Digital proxy registrations 68,535 Monthly

Business uptake 0.00

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
Activated eID accounts (business) NA NA NA
eID transactions (business) NA NA NA

Public sector uptake 0.88

Private sector support 0.00

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
eID providers NA NA NA

Overall uptake 0.50

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
ePayment transactions 805,047 Monthly
ePayment value NA NA NA

Public sector uptake 0.20

Private sector support 0.00

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
ePayment providers NA NA NA

Overall uptake 0.50

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
Digital mail app downloads 77,992 Monthly
Digital mail app installations NA NA NA

Personal uptake 0.50

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
Digital mail registrations (personal) 4,000,000 Yearly
Government SMS registrations (personal) NA NA NA

Business uptake 0.00

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
Digital mail registrations (business) NA NA NA

Public sector uptake 0.88

Personal uptake 0.00

Indicator Value Machine Readable Update Frequency
Digital form submission NA NA NA
User satisfaction NA NA NA