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Values for 2025
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% of total population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.3% | 20.7% | 22.0%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 24.1% | 20.4% | 21.6%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 23.9% | 20.1% | 21.3%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 23.6% | 20.0% | 21.1%ep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 23.2% | 19.6% | 20.9%bep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 22.7% | 19.5% | 20.6%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 22.2% | 19.3% | 20.3% |
| 2018 | 21.8% | 19.1% | 20.0%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 21.3% | 18.9% | 19.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 20.9% | 18.7% | 19.4%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 20.4% | 18.4% | 19.1%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 20.0% | 18.1% | 18.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 19.5% | 17.7% | – |
| 2012 | 19.2% | 17.4% | 18.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 18.7% | 17.1% | 17.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 18.3% | 16.8% | 17.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 18.0% | 16.6% | 17.4% |
| 2008 | 17.7% | 16.4% | 17.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 17.5% | 16.5% | 17.1% |
| 2006 | 17.4% | 16.6% | 16.9% |
| 2005 | 17.2% | 16.6% | 16.7% |
| 2004 | 16.9% | 16.8% | 16.4% |
| 2003 | 16.7% | 17.0% | 16.2% |
| 2002 | 16.6% | 17.0% | 16.0% |
| 2001 | 16.3% | 16.8% | 15.8%b (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.