Overview
- Concern about appearance jumped from 20.5% in 2023 to 35.9% in 2025, with young women far more affected than men (about 44% vs. 27%).
- The share who have ever had suicidal thoughts eased to 43%, with frequent ideation down to roughly 7–7.6%; about 11% report having made plans and 6.2% report unsuccessful attempts.
- More than half experienced a mental-health problem in the past year despite a slight improvement, while anxiety and depression diagnoses reach about 18% and 16% and 26% used psychotropic drugs in the last year, some without a prescription.
- Most youths with mental-health issues do not seek professional help, citing cost and scarce public provision, with Spain averaging about seven clinical psychologists per 100,000 residents.
- Healthy habits strengthened, with roughly 43% exercising nearly daily and 56% caring for their diet, yet unwanted loneliness is widespread—about 9 in 10 felt it in the past year and 26.5% frequently—and risky driving tied to alcohol or drugs remains common.