Extreme poverty rate in Spain
0.8% of people in Spain lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023.
Spain, 2023
0.8%
Change from 2022
0percentage points
World, 2023
10.5%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
0.4%
Extreme poverty rate in Spain over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | – |
| 2018 | 1.0% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1.3%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.
More for Spain
All statistics for Spain
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
20.2%
2022 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
2024 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
19.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
25.7%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
30.8 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
5.24 times
2025 · Eurostat