Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Spain
Spain: Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day was 0.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Spain, 1980–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Spain is 0.8%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and down 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 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.
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.8% | — |
| 1985 | 0.5% | -37.5% |
| 1990 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | +133.3% |
| 1994 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 1.6% | +23.1% |
| 1996 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | -37.5% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | -36.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +28.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -36.8% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +54.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +72.1% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +28.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | -27.6% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +23.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -35.9% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +22.7% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -40.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More poverty & inequality data for Spain
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Spain?
- Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 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 of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1985.
- How does Spain rank for share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day?
- Spain ranks 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 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 of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.