Poverty & Inequality in Spain 161 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Spain. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 24.8% 85th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 49.4% 129th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.21 live births per woman 2023 down 5.0% 214th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,786 kg per hectare 2024 up 16.5% 72nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 6.8% 167th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 72.8 % change on previous year 2024 up 468.9% 2nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 36.42 2023 up 10.6% 17th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 36.4% 2023 up 10.6% 17th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 7.0% 166th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year 2023 down 151.0% 124th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.043 2023 down 48.2% 154th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.7% 2023 up 4.8% 91st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0694 2023 down 3.1% 230th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0694 2023 down 3.1% 230th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0868 2023 down 4.1% 211th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 38.5% 73rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 down 25.0% 54th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2023 down 41.2% 79th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.3% 2023 down 45.2% 95th Prosperity gap 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 18.8% 89th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1918 2023 down 8.2% 121st Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 down 40.0% 74th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 16.6% 2023 down 17.0% 78th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2023 down 42.1% 91st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.819 2023 up 8.8% 33rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.819 2023 up 8.8% 33rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.819 2023 up 8.8% 33rd Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.8% 2023 down 38.5% 76th Three metrics of inequality 44.64 2022 down 1.7% 99th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4464 2022 down 1.7% 99th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 647.9 2023 up 0.3% 26th Income share held by second 20% 12.6% 2023 up 7.7% 42nd Income share held by third 20% 17.3% 2023 up 1.8% 24th Income share held by fourth 20% 23.4% 2023 down 1.3% 9th Income share held by highest 20% 40.2% 2023 down 4.1% 79th Income share held by highest 10% 24.5% 2023 down 5.4% 92nd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.2% 2023 up 22.2% 90th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.5% 2023 up 14.0% 86th Gini index 33.4 2023 down 7.7% 73rd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.9% 2023 down 16.3% 34th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 291.29 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 28.1% 43rd Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.6% 2023 down 30.7% 57th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 19.5% 2025 down 11.8% 11th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3441 2022 down 2.4% 92nd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 25.4% 2025 down 15.6% 17th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3441 2022 down 2.4% 92nd Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 15.4% 2025 down 5.5% 8th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 30,908 2017 up 0.1% 31st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 25.7% 2025 down 10.5% 10th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 8.1% 2025 up 9.5% 10th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 34.2% 2022 down 1.1% 95th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 12.5% 2022 up 2.8% 75th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 7.0% 2020 up 42.9% 14th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 26.4% 2020 up 1.1% 8th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 41.8% 2024 up 3.8% 4th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.8% 2023 down 37.9% 70th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3341 2023 down 7.7% 72nd Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 393,304 people 2023 down 35.5% 55th Page 1 of 3 Next →