Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Spain
Spain: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 38.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 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
Spain recorded 38.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Spain peaked at 89.3% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 38.6%, in 2023.
Spain ranks 97th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 88.3% | — |
| 1985 | 89.3% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 80.4% | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 73.0% | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 73.2% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 74.4% | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 73.2% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 70.9% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 66.2% | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 63.4% | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 59.1% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 54.5% | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 55.2% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 52.1% | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 52.6% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 41.7% | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 40.4% | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 40.9% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 44.8% | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 46.9% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 49.7% | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 51.6% | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 51.4% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 49.6% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 46.8% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 45.7% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 45.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 42.1% | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 42.5% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 40.8% | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 40.3% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 38.6% | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 88.8% | 88.3% | 89.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 71.8% | 63.4% | 80.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 49.6% | 40.4% | 59.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 47.4% | 42.1% | 51.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.6% | 38.6% | 42.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More poverty & inequality data for Spain
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Spain?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Spain was 38.6% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 89.3% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.6% in 2023.
- How does Spain rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Spain ranks 97th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.