Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Spain
Spain: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Spain, 1980–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 0.5% for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in 2023.
The figure is up 11.0% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Spain peaked at 0.9% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1985.
That places Spain 32nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.2% | — |
| 1985 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | — |
| 1993 | 0.7% | +250.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9% | +28.6% |
| 1997 | 0.6% | -33.3% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -33.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -55.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +27.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +67.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +61.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -33.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +29.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -45.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +50.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -19.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +11.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 0.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 4.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Spain's 0.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 7.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +250.0% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More reference data data for Spain
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 11.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.898 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 11.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 10.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 6.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.06 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 52.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.89 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Spain?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Spain was 0.5% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1985.
- How does Spain rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day?
- Spain ranks 32nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1 per day.