Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Spain
Spain: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 21.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 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 21.0% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Spain peaked at 24.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 17.2%, in 1990.
Spain ranks 33rd 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.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 19.5% | — |
| 1985 | 18.7% | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 17.2% | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 20.8% | +20.9% |
| 1994 | 21.3% | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 20.1% | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 22.2% | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 21.1% | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 20.2% | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 19.4% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 19.6% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 20.0% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 20.3% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 19.7% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 20.3% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 21.4% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 21.2% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 21.9% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 23.1% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 22.8% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 24.3% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 23.5% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 23.6% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 22.9% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 22.0% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 22.9% | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 21.8% | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 20.9% | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 21.0% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.1% | 18.7% | 19.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 20.3% | 17.2% | 22.2% | 8 |
| 2000s | 20.4% | 19.6% | 21.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 21.9% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 20.9% | 22.9% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Spain?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Spain was 21.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.2% in 1990.
- How does Spain rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Spain ranks 33rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.