Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Spain
Spain: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3341 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Spain, 1980–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Spain recorded 0.3341 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Spain peaked at 0.3647 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.318, in 2003.
That places Spain 72nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3446 | 0.3443 | 0.3449 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.3483 | 0.3202 | 0.3647 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.3356 | 0.318 | 0.3492 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.3542 | 0.343 | 0.3618 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3393 | 0.3341 | 0.3486 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 69 North Macedonia 0.3351 compare
- 70 Greece 0.3344 compare
- 71 Guinea-Bissau 0.3344 compare
- 73 Thailand 0.3332 compare
- 74 South Korea 0.3291 compare
- 75 Niger 0.3286 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Spain
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,786 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 36.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.043 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0868 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0694 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0694 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1918 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Spain?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Spain was 0.3341 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3647 in 1996.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.318 in 2003.
- How does Spain rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Spain ranks 72nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.