In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Spain
Spain: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex was 16.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
16.0%
Change on year
down 17.5%
World rank
10th
of 44 countries
All-time high
44.5%
in 2015
All-time low
10.5%
in 2007
Years of data
21
2004–2025
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Spain, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Spain stood at 16.0%.
The figure is down 17.5% on the previous year and down 64.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Spain peaked at 44.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 2007.
That places Spain 10th out of 44 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Spain, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 13.6% | — |
| 2005 | 16.4% | +20.6% |
| 2006 | 11.8% | -28.0% |
| 2007 | 10.5% | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 21.9% | +108.6% |
| 2009 | 27.7% | +26.5% |
| 2010 | 16.6% | -40.1% |
| 2011 | 20.2% | +21.7% |
| 2012 | 31.3% | +55.0% |
| 2013 | 12.3% | -60.7% |
| 2015 | 44.5% | +261.8% |
| 2016 | 33.8% | -24.0% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | -52.1% |
| 2018 | 32.1% | +98.1% |
| 2019 | 20.1% | -37.4% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | -47.8% |
| 2021 | 17.4% | +65.7% |
| 2022 | 22.3% | +28.2% |
| 2023 | 21.1% | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 19.4% | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 16.0% | -17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.0% | 10.5% | 27.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 25.2% | 12.3% | 44.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 17.8% | 10.5% | 22.3% | 6 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Spain
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 72.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 36.42 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 36.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Spain?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex in Spain was 16.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 44.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 2007.
- How does Spain rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex?
- Spain ranks 10th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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