Poverty threshold risk. By household composition
| Households with one adult | Housholds with one adult and a child | Households with one adult and two children | Households with two adults | Households with two adults and a child | Housholds with two adults and two children | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,861.5 | 18,019.9 | 22,178.4 | 20,792.2 | 24,950.7 | 29,109.1 |
| 2024 | 13,311.2 | 17,304.6 | 21,298.0 | 19,966.9 | 23,960.2 | 27,953.6 |
| 2023 | 12,564.2 | 16,333.4 | 20,102.7 | 18,846.3 | 22,615.5 | 26,384.8 |
| 2022 | 11,840.6 | 15,392.8 | 18,945.0 | 17,760.9 | 21,313.1 | 24,865.3 |
| 2021 | 11,297.0 | 14,686.0 | 18,075.1 | 16,945.4 | 20,334.5 | 23,723.6 |
| 2020 | 11,365.6 | 14,775.3 | 18,185.0 | 17,048.4 | 20,458.1 | 23,867.8 |
| 2019 | 10,674.1 | 13,876.4 | 17,078.6 | 16,011.2 | 19,213.4 | 22,415.7 |
| 2018 | 10,981.4 | 14,275.9 | 17,570.3 | 16,472.2 | 19,766.6 | 23,061.0 |
| 2017 | 10,096.5 | 13,125.5 | 16,154.4 | 15,144.8 | 18,173.7 | 21,202.7 |
| 2016 | 10,054.4 | 13,070.7 | 16,087.0 | 15,081.6 | 18,097.9 | 21,114.2 |
| 2015 | 9,667.3 | 12,567.5 | 15,467.7 | 14,500.9 | 17,401.1 | 20,301.3 |
| 2014 | 9,767.4 | 12,697.6 | 15,627.8 | 14,651.0 | 17,581.2 | 20,511.4 |
| 2013 | 9,422.6 | 12,249.4 | 15,076.2 | 14,133.9 | 16,960.7 | 19,787.5 |
| Units: Euros. | ||||||
| Source: Idescat. Survey on Living Conditions. | ||||||
| Note: Household's annual net income corresponds to the calendar year before that of the survey. | ||||||
| Households with one adult | Housholds with one adult and a child | Households with one adult and two children | Households with two adults | Households with two adults and a child | Housholds with two adults and two children | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,220.4 | 15,886.5 | 19,552.6 | 18,330.6 | 21,996.7 | 25,662.8 |
| 2024 | 11,584.4 | 15,059.7 | 18,535.0 | 17,376.6 | 20,851.9 | 24,327.2 |
| 2023 | 10,989.5 | 14,286.4 | 17,583.2 | 16,484.3 | 19,781.1 | 23,078.0 |
| 2022 | 10,088.1 | 13,114.6 | 16,141.0 | 15,132.2 | 18,158.6 | 21,185.1 |
| 2021 | 9,535.2 | 12,395.8 | 15,256.3 | 14,302.8 | 17,163.4 | 20,023.9 |
| 2020 | 9,626.0 | 12,513.8 | 15,401.6 | 14,439.0 | 17,326.8 | 20,214.7 |
| 2019 | 9,009.2 | 11,712.0 | 14,414.7 | 13,513.8 | 16,216.6 | 18,919.3 |
| 2018 | 8,871.0 | 11,532.3 | 14,193.6 | 13,306.5 | 15,967.8 | 18,629.1 |
| 2017 | 8,522.0 | 11,078.6 | 13,635.2 | 12,783.0 | 15,339.6 | 17,896.2 |
| 2016 | 8,208.5 | 10,671.1 | 13,133.6 | 12,312.8 | 14,775.3 | 17,237.9 |
| 2015 | 8,010.9 | 10,414.2 | 12,817.4 | 12,016.4 | 14,419.6 | 16,823.0 |
| 2014 | 7,961.3 | 10,349.7 | 12,738.1 | 11,942.0 | 14,330.3 | 16,718.7 |
| 2013 | 8,114.2 | 10,548.5 | 12,982.7 | 12,171.3 | 14,605.6 | 17,039.8 |
| Units: Euros. | ||||||
| Source: INE. Survey on Living Conditions. | ||||||
| Note: Household's annual net income corresponds to the calendar year before that of the survey. | ||||||
Last update: February 5, 2026.
Methodological note
The concept of poverty used is that of relative poverty or the risk of poverty. It is based on the premise that the poor population or those at risk of poverty are all those whose income falls below a risk of poverty threshold. A central value of the income distribution, such as the median, has been considered as an indicator of the average standard of living. The threshold has been set at 60% of the median value of people's equivalent annual disposable income. The at risk of poverty rate is the percentage of people who fall below this threshold.
Risk of poverty thresholds for households depend on the size and composition of the households. To compare households of different sizes and compositions, equivalence scales are used to convert the number of resident members in the household into the number of units of consumption. The equivalence scale used is the modified OECD scale, which assigns a value of 1 to the first adult, 0.5 to the rest of adults, and 0.3 to those under 14 years of age.
The data for Catalonia comes from the Survey on Living Conditions. This is an annual statistical operation of INE, which Idescat uses to make a specific application of the results for Catalonia.
From 2016, as the result of an agreement signed with the INE to improve this statistic, Idescat carries out its own field work to extend the Survey with information from ore than 1,700 households; this means that the sample now includes more than 3,000 households and 7,300 individuals. The main objective of this extension is to improve the statistical validity of the results.
For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.