Morocco vs Spain: Total shortfall from extreme poverty

Morocco
272.90 million international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2013
Spain
291.29 million international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2023
Morocco rank
44th
Spain rank
43rd

Total shortfall from extreme poverty over time

  • Morocco
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 291.29 million international-$ in 2021 prices against 272.90 million international-$ in 2021 prices in Morocco, a difference of 18.39 million international-$ in 2021 prices.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 44th and Spain ranks 43rd of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total shortfall from extreme poverty
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed

This is the amount of money that would be theoretically needed to lift the income or consumption of all people in poverty up to $3 per day. However, this is not a measure of the actual cost of eliminating poverty, since it does not take into account the costs involved in making the necessary transfers nor any changes in behavior they would bring about.