Severe poverty rate in Spain 2008-2022

Between 2008 and 2015 the share of the population living with less than 40 percent of the median rent per consumption unit in Spain increased significantly from 7.4 to 11.2 percent. The downward trend experienced since 2015 ended in 2020, when the share of the population living in severe poverty was 9.5 percent, up from 9.2 percent the two previous years. In 2022, 8.9 percent of the population lived in severe poverty.

Share of population living in severe poverty in Spain from 2008 to 2022

Characteristic	Percentage of population
2022	8.9%
2021	10.2%
2020	9.5%
2019	9.2%
2018	9.2%
2017	10.5%
2016	10.7%
2015	11.2%
2014	10.6%
2013	9.3%
2012	9.6%
2011	8.6%
2010	8.8%
2009	8.1%
2008	7.4%

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

Spain

Survey time period

2008 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The source defines people living in severe poverty as those living in households which earn less than 40 percent of the median rent per consumption unit. As of 2020, that included those living in a household whose total income per consumption unit was bellow 6,417.3 euros per year (535 euros per month). In the case of a family formed by two adults and two children, for example, that would imply a total income of 1,124 euros per month for the whole household.

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