Brazil vs Spain: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day
Brazil
0.4%
in 2024
Spain
0.5%
in 2023
Brazil rank
35th
Spain rank
32nd
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day over time
- Brazil
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Brazil, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 35th and Spain ranks 32nd of 120 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.8% | 0.0% | 5.8% | Brazil |
| 1990s | 4.5% | 0.6% | 3.9% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.6% | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day, Brazil or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day between Brazil and Spain?
- 0.1%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Spain?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Spain rank globally for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day?
- Brazil ranks 35th and Spain ranks 32nd of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1 per day.