EU 20.40
· European ranking
6 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Spain: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
25.70% of people
EU 20.40 · +5.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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+70.04
43.70
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2+58.75
40.80
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3+35.02
34.70
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4+32.30
34.00
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5+26.46
32.50
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6+21.40
31.20
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7+19.46
30.70
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8+18.29
30.40
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9-6.23
24.10
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10-11.28
22.80
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11-12.84
22.40
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12-14.01
22.10
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13-17.12
21.30
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14-24.51
19.40
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15-25.29
19.20
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16-25.68
19.10
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17-35.80
16.50
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18-40.86
15.20
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19-42.80
14.70
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Spain performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a large 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 or exclusion stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 25.7% versus 20.4% in 2025, a large gap of 5.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Spain, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 27.00% in 2020 to 25.70% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 25.80% in 2024, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in Spain
In Spain, regional differences in Poverty or exclusion are pronounced. Across 19 comparable regions, Ciudad de Melilla records the highest value (43.7%) and País Vasco the lowest (14.7%), a gap of 29 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.