Overview

• Make Mothers Matter and Kantar surveyed 9,600 mothers in 12 European countries, identifying Spain as having the highest levels of reported overload (78%).
• Spanish respondents reported elevated mental-health strain, with 42% experiencing anxiety and 21% burnout, both above European averages of 32% and 18%, respectively.
• Mothers in Spain shoulder about 64% of domestic tasks regardless of employment status, a burden linked to a drop in full‑time work from 79% to 52% after the first child, with 6% exiting work entirely.
• Only 53% of mothers in Spain feel society recognizes their role, and flexibility emerges as the top workplace need amid reports of rigid schedules and stalled career progression.
• Experts warn perinatal mental‑health services are scarce, and the report also flags childcare costs that exceed 20% of household income for roughly a third of families across the surveyed countries.