Spain Poverty Headcount

Current and historical poverty headcount data for Spain, including latest value (20.2), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Spain
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Spain · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
75 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 16.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.7 / 20
External stability 12.9 / 15
Financial robustness 10.2 / 15
Structural stability 9.8 / 10
Future capacity 8 / 10
Demographic capacity 3 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2003–2022 20032022
2003 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

Spain · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

2003–2022
20.2 percent
20.4 percent
21.37 percent
19 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2022
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2 high
Kenya 39.8 high
Argentina 38.1 high
South Africa 37.9 high
Egypt 33.5 high
Ethiopia 33.1 medium
Colombia 31.8 medium
Mexico 29.6 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 14.8
France 15.6
China 0
India 21.9

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00

Spain Snapshot

country profile
Population 48.85 m
GDP 1725.67 bn
Debt/GDP 105.64%
Inflation 2.77%
Unemployment 10.38%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Spain Poverty Headcount: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Poverty Headcount for Spain. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: spain poverty headcount rate, poverty headcount data spain, spain poverty headcount statistics, spain percent.