Last year, 15.4% of people were in this situation, representing a decrease of 1.2 percentage points compared to 2023.

“The results of the 2025 Survey of Living Conditions and Income on the previous year’s income indicate that 15.4% of people were at risk of poverty in 2024, 1.2 percentage points less than in 2023. The poverty risk rate in 2024 corresponded to the proportion of inhabitants with an annual net monetary income per adult equivalent of less than €8,679 (€723 per month),” reports the statistics office.

Regarding the differences between age groups, the data show that the decrease in poverty was felt in general, “but more markedly for the elderly population (down 3.3 percentage points).”

Furthermore, the INE (National Institute of Statistics) indicates that the risk of poverty decreased for both the employed population (0.6 percentage points) and the unemployed population (down 1.7 percentage points).

Social transfers, "related to illness and disability, family, unemployment and social inclusion," contributed to a reduction in the risk of poverty of 5.4 percentage points (from 20.8% to 15.4%), a greater contribution than that recorded in the previous year.

The report also notes that inequality decreased in 2024. "The Gini coefficient registered a value of 30.9% (31.9% in the previous year) and the S80/S20 ratio decreased from 5.2 in 2023 to 4.9 in 2024," adds the INE.