Between 2008 and 2015, the share of the population living with less than 40 percent of the median rent per consumption unit in Spain increased significantly, from 7.4 to 11.2 percent. The downward trend experienced since 2015 ended in 2020, when the share of the population living in severe poverty was 9.5 percent, up from 9.2 percent the two previous years. In 2023, 8.3 percent of the population lived in severe poverty.

Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate was 19.70% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on December of 2025. Historically, Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate reached a record high of 22.30% in December of 2016 and a record low of 19.70% in December of 2024.

During the period of time under consideration, the share of population at risk of poverty increased moderately, growing from 19.8 percent in 2009 to 20.2 in 2023. That same year, the age group at the highest risk of poverty was that under 16 years.

Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 25 to 49 years was 18.80% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 25 to 49 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on October of 2025. Historically, Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 25 to 49 years reached a record high of 23.20% in December of 2014 and a record low of 18.30% in December of 2023.

Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate for pensioners: Males was 13.70% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate for pensioners: Males - last updated from the EUROSTAT on December of 2025. Historically, Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate for pensioners: Males reached a record high of 17.40% in December of 2010 and a record low of 9.70% in December of 2014.

Historical dataset showing Spain poverty rate by year from 1980 to 2022.

Poverty rate of Spain plummeted by 27.36% from 1.2 % in 2013 to 0.8 % in 2014. Since the 67.64% surge in 2011, poverty rate sank by 26.58% in 2014. Population below $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices.

Spain - Persistent-at Risk of Poverty rate: From 50 to 64 years was 10.10% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Spain - Persistent-at Risk of Poverty rate: From 50 to 64 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on November of 2025. Historically, Spain - Persistent-at Risk of Poverty rate: From 50 to 64 years reached a record high of 16.40% in December of 2020 and a record low of 7.60% in December of 2011.

Spain Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 16.900 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 17.900 % for 2020. Spain Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 16.900 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2021, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.900 % in 2013 and a record low of 14.200 % in 1990. Spain Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

In 2024, the at-risk-of-poverty rate for the country's female population was **** percent. That is *** percentage points more than what was registered for the male population.

The distribution of the population at risk of poverty in Spain reveals a disparity between the Northern and Southern regions. The poverty rate of all Northern regions is below the national average of **** percent. In contrast, Andalusia, Extremadura, and the autonomous cities of Melilla and Ceuta had the highest percentage of population, exceeding ** percent, at risk of poverty.

Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people: Less than 65 years was 20.40% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people: Less than 65 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on December of 2025. Historically, Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people: Less than 65 years reached a record high of 24.60% in December of 2014 and a record low of 20.40% in December of 2024.

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data was reported at 3.300 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.200 % for 2020. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 3.750 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2021, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.600 % in 2014 and a record low of 3.000 % in 2012. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Multidimensional Poverty Measure. The Multidimensional Poverty Measure includes three dimensions – monetary poverty, education, and basic infrastructure services – to capture a more complete picture of poverty.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

ES: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Children: % of population aged 0-17 data was reported at 33.100 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 31.200 % for 2020. ES: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Children: % of population aged 0-17 data is updated yearly, averaging 31.650 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2021, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35.400 % in 2014 and a record low of 28.800 % in 2018. ES: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Children: % of population aged 0-17 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

Table of INEBase Risk-of-poverty rate of persons in work by period in EU (population aged 18 years old and over). Annual. National. Women and Men in Spain

Spain ES: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Male: % of male population data was reported at 26.700 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 25.600 % for 2020. Spain ES: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Male: % of male population data is updated yearly, averaging 26.400 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2021, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.400 % in 2014 and a record low of 24.600 % in 2019. Spain ES: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Male: % of male population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

In 2024, people from countries outside the European Union were most at risk of experiencing poverty or social exclusion in Spain, **** percent. In contrast, **** percent of the Spanish population was at risk.

Since 2008, the at-risk-of-poverty and social exclusion rate for the country's older population has fallen considerably despite the sudden increase experienced in 2020, when it increased from 15.7 percent to 20.5 percent. In that 12-year span, the elderly passed from having the second highest rate to the lowest. However, it should be noted that the income received by the elderly population (pensions) is fairly stable, and that variations in poverty rates experienced by this group may be related to changes in the threshold of poverty more than to changes in their income.The age group made up of people aged between 16 and 29 years experienced the opposite trend: while they had one of the lowest poverty risk rates at the beginning of the studied period (22.8 percent), between 2012 and 2024 (with the exception of 2020), they became the age group with the largest share of the population at risk of poverty and social exclusion, reaching its peak in 2015 at 38.2 percent. As of 2024, the share of population at risk for both this group and those aged bellow 16 years was above 33 percent.

Spain ES: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: Annualized Average Growth Rate data was reported at -1.530 % in 2015. Spain ES: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: Annualized Average Growth Rate data is updated yearly, averaging -1.530 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2015, with 1 observations. Spain ES: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: Annualized Average Growth Rate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.World Bank: Poverty. The growth rate in the welfare aggregate of the total population is computed as the annualized average growth rate in per capita real consumption or income of the total population in the income distribution in a country from household surveys over a roughly 5-year period. Mean per capita real consumption or income is measured at 2011 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet). For some countries means are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The annualized growth rate is computed as (Mean in final year/Mean in initial year)^(1/(Final year - Initial year)) - 1. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported. The initial year refers to the nearest survey collected 5 years before the most recent survey available, only surveys collected between 3 and 7 years before the most recent survey are considered. The final year refers to the most recent survey available between 2011 and 2015. Growth rates for Iraq are based on survey means of 2005 PPP$. The coverage and quality of the 2011 PPP price data for Iraq and most other North African and Middle Eastern countries were hindered by the exceptional period of instability they faced at the time of the 2011 exercise of the International Comparison Program. See PovcalNet for detailed explanations.; ; World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) circa 2010-2015 (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).; ; The comparability of welfare aggregates (consumption or income) for the chosen years T0 and T1 is assessed for every country. If comparability across the two surveys is a major concern for a country, the selection criteria are re-applied to select the next best survey year(s). Annualized growth rates are calculated between the survey years, using a compound growth formula. The survey years defining the period for which growth rates are calculated and the type of welfare aggregate used to calculate the growth rates are noted in the footnotes.

Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate: Males was 18.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate: Males - last updated from the EUROSTAT on December of 2025. Historically, Spain - At Risk of Poverty rate: Males reached a record high of 22.60% in December of 2016 and a record low of 18.40% in December of 2008.