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Spain: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
19.50% of people
EU 16.23 · +3.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2025 · 19 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+101.54
39.30
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2+89.74
37.00
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3+42.05
27.70
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4+36.92
26.70
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5+34.36
26.20
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6+33.33
26.00
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7+32.82
25.90
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8+17.44
22.90
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9+1.54
19.80
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10-5.64
18.40
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11-11.79
17.20
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12-17.95
16.00
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13-26.67
14.30
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14-28.72
13.90
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15-30.26
13.60
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16-34.87
12.70
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17-36.92
12.30
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18-40.51
11.60
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19-52.31
9.30
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Spain performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Spain
In Spain, Poverty risk is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 19.5% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 3.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Spain, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 21.00% in 2020 to 19.50% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 19.70% in 2024, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in Spain
In Spain, regional differences in Poverty risk are pronounced. Across 19 comparable regions, Ciudad de Melilla records the highest value (39.3%) and País Vasco the lowest (9.3%), a gap of 30 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Spain, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.