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Cultural Distance

Location:
Spain is located in
southwestern Europe
and India is located in
the south of the Asia

Languages: Different
Neither Spanish
people dont speak
Hindi nor do many
Indians speak Spanish.
Only 22% Spanish
speak English and
only 10% population
of India speak
English, so there is a
great language barrier.

Family: India is home


to many joint families.
Spain has mostly
nuclear families
living.
Politics: Both
countries have
political parties of
centre-left or centreright.
The governments of
both are stable.
Law system: Spain

Administrative
/ Political
Distance
Colonial ties:
No colonial ties
between India
and Spain.

Currency:
Spains
currency is
Euro whereas
Indias is INR.

Political
Instability:
Catalonia in
Spain to
become a
separate
constitution,
social security
system and
treasury.
Recently
Telangana was
awarded
separate state

Geographical
Distance

Economic
Distance

Distance: Spain is
7,937 kms away
from India.

Population:
Spain has a
population of
46.77 million
whereas India has
a population of
1.252 billion.

Borders: Both
countries have
their borders
touching different
sea and ocean.
Spains border
touches Atlantic
Ocean while
Indian border
touches Indian
Ocean.

Time Zones:
Spain
is in the
Central European
Time Zone. India
is 4.5 hours ahead
of Spain.

GDP(nominal):
Spain has the
fourteenth
largest economy
by nominal GDP
in the world with
USD 1.406
trillion.
The Economy
of India is
the seventh
largest in the
world by nominal
GDP with USD
2.182 trillion

In both countries,
contribution from
Climate: India is a the services
hot tropical
sector to GDP has
country except for been the highest.
few states in
north / northeast
GDP per capita:
which are cooler.
In Spain it is
Spain has 3 kinds- USD 25,617.55,
Mediterranean cli
which is 203% of
mate, maritime
worlds average.

follows civil law


system with regional
variations and India
follows a common
law legal system
Tax System:
Both countries have
different taxes.

climate and
African climate.
Geographic Size:
Spain has an area
of 504,782 sq km.
India has an area
of 3,288,000 sq
km.

There are different


rates for tax on
personal income as the
income varies. As the
level of income goes
high, the tax also
increases.
In Spain, along with
such tax called State
tax, there is also
Regional tax which
varies as per the
region and income
level.

Religion: About 70%


Spanish citizens are
Roman Catholics and
80% Indian citizens
are Hindus.

India English speaking: 2010 India Human Development Survey

In India, GDP per


capita is USD
1,688.
Unemployment
Rates:
In Spain, average
unemployment
rate in 2015 is
21.18%. In India,
the rate is 4.9%.

Spain family: http://www.csudh.edu/global_options/375StudentsSp96/Spain/FAM.HOUSE.HTML


http://www.tradingeconomics.com/spain/gdp-per-capita
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/spain/unemployment-rate
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/india/unemployment-rate
http://www.spainaccountants.com/rates.html

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