Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Spain
Spain: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 0.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Spain, 1980–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty gap index at $3 a day in Spain is 0.6%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Spain peaked at 1.0% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1985.
Spain ranks 57th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
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)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0694 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0694 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0868 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.7% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1918 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap index at $3 a day in Spain?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Spain was 0.6% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1985.
- How does Spain rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Spain ranks 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).