Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Spain

1.0% of people in Spain lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1980 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Spain, 2023 1.0% % of population
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 1.0%
World, 2023 19.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 0.6% Middle value of 24 countries

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Spain over time

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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 $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period SpainWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 1.0% 19.3%
2022 1.0% 20.5%
2021 0.9% 21.4%
2020 1.5% 22.1%
2019 1.2% –
2018 1.2% 22.3%
2017 1.1% 23.6%
2016 1.7% 24.9%
2015 1.5% 26.3%
2014 1.5% 27.9%
2013 1.7% 29.3%
2012 1.6% 32.0%
2011 1.7% 33.6%
2010 1.1% 35.8%
2009 1.1% 38.1%
2008 0.9% 39.3%
2007 0.7% 40.5%
2006 1.1% 42.2%
2005 1.1% 43.7%
2004 1.3% 45.4%
2003 1.2% 47.2%
2002 – 48.6%
2001 – 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 1.7%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2023 for Spain
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