Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Spain
Spain: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 23.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Spain stood at 23.2%. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Spain peaked at 78.6% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 23.2%, 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 $30 a day in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 77.1% | — |
| 1985 | 78.6% | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 62.1% | -21.0% |
| 1993 | 56.1% | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 54.9% | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 56.3% | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 55.5% | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 51.8% | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 47.8% | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 43.3% | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 39.8% | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 33.9% | -14.9% |
| 2004 | 35.6% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 33.0% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 33.3% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 25.2% | -24.1% |
| 2008 | 24.3% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 24.7% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 28.5% | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 31.1% | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 33.1% | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 35.0% | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 34.1% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 33.3% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 30.8% | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 29.1% | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 26.1% | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 27.3% | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 24.9% | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 24.2% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 23.2% | -4.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 23.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Spain's 23.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 57% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 77.8% | 77.1% | 78.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 53.5% | 43.3% | 62.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 31.2% | 24.3% | 39.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 31.0% | 26.1% | 35.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.9% | 23.2% | 27.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More poverty & inequality data for Spain
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Spain?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Spain was 23.2% 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 $30 a day recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 78.6% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.2% in 2023.
- How does Spain rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Spain ranks 97th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.