Overview
- Health officials reported 2,547 deceased donors in 2025, equal to 51.9 donors per million people, reaffirming Spain’s global lead.
- Donation after circulatory death rose to 1,416 donors, accounting for 56% of all donors and enabling broader organ use through advanced preservation.
- Heart transplants increased 12% to an all‑time high of 390, with circulatory‑death donors contributing about 35% of those procedures.
- Madrid’s Hospital 12 de Octubre performed four heart transplants in 63 hours, while regions reported strong activity, including Catalonia’s 1,356 transplants and Galicia’s record 429; Cantabria led in donor rate at 103.4 p.m.p.
- Authorities flagged persistent pressures, including 5,163 people on waiting lists and rising family refusals in parts of Catalonia (27.6%), as they roll out the ONT’s 2030 plan to expand capacity and access.