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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2003 to 2022
Period PortugalSpain
2022 – 20.2%
2021 16.4% 20.4%
2020 18.4% 21.7%
2019 16.2% 21.0%
2018 17.2% 20.7%
2017 17.3% 21.5%
2016 18.3% 21.6%
2015 19.0% 22.3%
2014 19.5% 22.1%
2013 19.5% 22.2%
2012 18.7% 20.4%
2011 17.9% 20.8%
2010 18.0% 20.6%
2009 17.9% 20.7%
2008 17.9% 20.4%
2007 18.5% 19.8%
2006 18.1% 19.7%
2005 18.5% 20.3%
2004 19.4% 20.1%
2003 20.4% 20.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1985 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources