Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Spain
Spain: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 2.26 in 2023. βΌ Falling
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Spain, 1980β2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Spain stood at 2.26.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Spain peaked at 9.3 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1.94, 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.62 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.57 | 1.94 | 3.13 | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.56 | 2.92 | 4.31 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.56 | 2.19 | 3.4 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More poverty & inequality data for Spain
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.21 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,786 (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 revenues vs income inequality 36.42 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.043 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Spain?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Spain was 2.26 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3 in 1985.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.94 in 2007.
- How does Spain rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Spain ranks 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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