Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and in Spain
Spain: Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and was 28.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and in Spain, 1995–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and in Spain is 28.4%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and in Spain peaked at 38.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 21.0%, in 1999.
Spain ranks 11th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and in Spain, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 29.0% | — |
| 1996 | 32.0% | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 32.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 33.0% | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 21.0% | -36.4% |
| 2000 | 23.0% | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 27.0% | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 24.3% | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 24.2% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 28.7% | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 30.6% | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 27.0% | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 26.7% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 31.0% | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 29.2% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 35.5% | +21.6% |
| 2013 | 34.9% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 34.5% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 38.7% | +12.2% |
| 2016 | 32.8% | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 35.2% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 30.9% | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 32.4% | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 30.6% | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 33.8% | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 28.8% | -14.8% |
| 2023 | 29.7% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 28.2% | -5.1% |
| 2025 | 28.4% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.4% | 21.0% | 33.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 26.4% | 23.0% | 30.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 33.5% | 29.2% | 38.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.9% | 28.2% | 33.8% | 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 relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and in Spain?
- Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and in Spain was 28.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 38.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.0% in 1999.
- How does Spain rank for relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and?
- Spain ranks 11th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - eu-silc and rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. 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 Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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