Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Spain
Spain: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 2.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 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 2.3% for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Spain peaked at 9.3% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2007.
Spain ranks 92nd 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.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 9.1% | — |
| 1985 | 9.3% | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 3.6% | -61.3% |
| 1993 | 5.0% | +38.9% |
| 1994 | 5.2% | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 5.4% | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 6.5% | +20.4% |
| 1997 | 5.1% | -21.5% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | -33.3% |
| 1999 | 2.8% | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 2.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | -38.0% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | +26.6% |
| 2010 | 3.1% | +15.5% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | +15.4% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -27.6% |
| 2018 | 3.2% | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | +16.2% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | -35.4% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.2% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.6% | 2.8% | 6.5% | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 1.9% | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More poverty & inequality data for Spain
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Spain?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Spain was 2.3% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3% in 1985.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2007.
- How does Spain rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Spain ranks 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.