Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Spain
Spain: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) was 39.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Spain, 1980–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Spain is 39.9%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Spain peaked at 89.0% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 39.8%, in 2008.
Spain ranks 95th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 88.5% | 88.0% | 89.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 71.2% | 62.7% | 79.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 48.9% | 39.8% | 58.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 46.6% | 41.1% | 51.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.7% | 39.9% | 41.6% | 2 |
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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.7% (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)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1918 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Spain?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Spain was 39.9% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.8% in 2008.
- How does Spain rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Spain ranks 95th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.