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In Spain 11th November 2025

Spain Has Highest Child Poverty Rate in Europe (29.2%)

Spain has the highest child poverty rate in the European Union, standing at 29.2% compared to the EU average of 19.3%. It is followed by Bulgaria (28.2%) and Romania (26.2%). The countries with the lowest rates are Denmark (10.1%), Slovenia (10.7%), and Finland (11.6%). The study, Child Poverty in Spain: Recent Evolution and Policies, published by Funcas, highlights that Spain’s position is deeply concerning, especially considering that the country ranks…

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In Europe 4th September 2025

Spain remains among top five European countries with highest levels of severe material and social deprivation

Severe material and social deprivation continues to affect a significant portion of the Spanish population and keeps Spain in a comparatively unfavorable position within the European Union. The improvement seen between 2023 and 2024, when the percentage of the Spanish population in this situation dropped from 9% (the highest figure since this indicator has been measured) to 8.3%, is modest in both a temporal and comparative perspective, according to Eurostat…

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In Spain 5th June 2025

Poverty in Spain: 12.5 million suffer deprivation, 4.1 million very severe, 34% of children at risk of poverty

“Child poverty is a significant structural challenge that undermines upward social convergence and future competitiveness. More than one in three children are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.” Brussels confirms this harsh reality in its report on Spain for the European Semester, published yesterday. Eurostat data indeed shows the rate reaching 34%, and furthermore, no other Eurozone country surpasses the Spanish figure. The second is Greece, with a figure…

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Spanish economy 13th June 2024

Spain becomes eurozone country with highest poverty risk for first time

Macroeconomic data continue to surprise on the upside, but there is no trace of euphoria among the population. GDP growth and record employment are overshadowed by the inflationary crisis, job insecurity and rising tax burdens. Household finances are not keeping pace with GDP and what is happening is that the number of families struggling to make ends meet has increased New data from the Arope indicator (risk of poverty or…

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In Spain 8th November 2023

8.1 % of Spaniards, 3.8 million people, suffer severe poverty, according to Cáritas Española report

Housing has become a “great bottomless pit” for three million families in Spain, who have to spend more than six out of every ten euros (63 %) on household expenses, supplies and food. According to the report “Income and expenses: an equation that conditions our quality of life” presented this Tuesday by Cáritas Española and the Foessa Foundation, 16.8% of families fall below the severe poverty threshold once housing and…

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Spanish economy 11th October 2021

Spaniards In Severe Poverty Rises From 4 Million To 6 Million

In Spain, four million people were living in severe poverty in 2018. Now there are more than six million. According to the Caritas and Foessa Foundation report, the impact of the pandemic is “devastating” and more than 11 million people now live in a situation of “social exclusion”. By contrast, the number of households without such problems, which totalled 49.3% in 2018, has declined to 41.2%. “There has been a…

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Spanish economy 26th November 2020

Wage Inequality And Poverty Effects Of Lockdown And Social Distancing In Europe

Juan C. Palomino, Juan G. Rodríguez, Raquel Sebastian (ICAE) | Lockdown measures are likely to worsen cohesion in Europe both between countries and, especially, within countries. Our decomposition exercise shows that between-countries inequality will increase in Europe between 2.5% and 4.0%, while within-countries inequality will increase between 5.0% and 12.1%. In general, we find a greater increase of both poverty and inequality in Eastern and Southern Europe than in Northern and Central Europe.

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Spanish economy 26th October 2020

Poverty In Spain Could Rise By More Than 1.1 M People Due To The Pandemic, Warns Oxfam Intermon

The socio-economic consequences of the pandemic could increase the number of people living in poverty in Spain by more than 1.1 million if no further measures are taken, according to new estimates by Oxfam Intermón. With this increase, the total number would reach 10.9 million people, rising from 20.7% of the population before COVID-19 to 23.07% after the impact of the pandemic. At an international level, the organization highlights that for the first time in 20 years, extreme poverty will increase.