Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines in Spain
Spain: Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines was 0.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 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 0.8% for share in poverty relative to different poverty lines in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and down 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share in poverty relative to different poverty lines in Spain peaked at 1.6% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1985.
Spain ranks 70th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 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)
- 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 share in poverty relative to different poverty lines in Spain?
- Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines in Spain was 0.8% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share in poverty relative to different poverty lines recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest share in poverty relative to different poverty lines recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1985.
- How does Spain rank for share in poverty relative to different poverty lines?
- Spain ranks 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share in poverty relative to different poverty lines rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.9%. 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 Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.