Spain reports 565 euthanasia cases in 2025

In 2025, 565 people in Spain received assisted‑death procedures, representing 0.13% of all deaths that year. The Ministry of Health presented provisional data marking the fifth anniversary of the euthanasia law, which has been in force since 2021. Since its start, 1,668 individuals have exercised the right and 3,716 requests have been filed, with 1,284 requests recorded in 2025 alone.

Catalonia recorded the highest regional request rate at 6.14 per 100,000 residents, followed by Navarra and the Basque Country. Neurological diseases accounted for 46% of the cases that resulted in assisted death, overtaking oncology, which made up about 30% of the final procedures. Most recipients (83.9%) were over 60 years old; 51% received the service in hospitals, 35% at home, and 14% in care facilities.

Of the 1,187 processes concluded in 2025, 374 (31.5%) ended with the applicant dying before the procedure could be carried out. A total of 157 requests were denied (13.2%) and 91 were voluntarily withdrawn (8%). Spain’s assisted‑death rate remains far below that of the Netherlands (5.96%), Canada (5.10%) and Belgium (4%).