European ranking
11 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Gini coefficient in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Gini coefficient
Latest value
30.80 Index
European ranking
11 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
+1.3 puntos
Spain is 1.3 points above the European average.
EU: 29.50
Affected population
49.1M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Gini coefficient
Granularity: Regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
Spain performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
In Spain, Income inequality is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 30.8 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, with a gap of 1.3 index points.
In Spain, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 32.1 in 2020 to 30.8 in 2025. The latest step, from 31.2 in 2024 to 30.8 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
In Spain, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.