Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Spain
20.2% of people in Spain lived below the national poverty line in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 2007.
Spain, 2022
20.2%
Change from 2021
−0.2percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022
18.2%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Spain over time
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Spain
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.2% |
| 2021 | 20.4% |
| 2020 | 21.7% |
| 2019 | 21.0% |
| 2018 | 20.7% |
| 2017 | 21.5% |
| 2016 | 21.6% |
| 2015 | 22.3% |
| 2014 | 22.1% |
| 2013 | 22.2% |
| 2012 | 20.4% |
| 2011 | 20.8% |
| 2010 | 20.6% |
| 2009 | 20.7% |
| 2008 | 20.4% |
| 2007 | 19.8% |
| 2006 | 19.7% |
| 2005 | 20.3% |
| 2004 | 20.1% |
| 2003 | 20.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 20.4% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 20.4%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
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Poverty or social exclusion rate
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Income inequality (Gini)
30.8 (0 to 100)
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
5.24 times
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Severe material and social deprivation
8.1%
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