Median Equivalised Net Income in Spain (2025)
Spain's Median Equivalised Net Income: 20,367 EUR per person in 2025, +5.5% YoY, approximately 89% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20,367 | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 19,307 | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 18,316 | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 16,814 | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 15,892 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 16,043 | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 15,015 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 14,785 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 14,203 | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 13,681 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 13,352 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 13,269 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 13,524 | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 13,868 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 13,929 | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 14,605 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Spain's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 20,367 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 5.5% increase from 19,307 EUR in 2024, the second consecutive year of gains above 5% following a stronger +8.9% rise in 2023.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Spain's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Spain's median income of 14,605 EUR was actually marginally above the EU-27's 14,521 EUR. That parity did not last: the eurozone debt crisis pushed Spain's income down in four of the next five years, to a series low of 13,269 EUR in 2014, while the EU-27 average kept rising. By 2014 Spain's income had fallen to roughly 88% of the EU-27 figure — a gap that has typically persisted, holding in a fairly narrow 86%–90% band every year since, with 2025's 88.8% close to the middle of that range.
Growth since the crisis low has been fairly steady but uneven in pace. Spain's income rose from 13,269 EUR in 2014 to 20,367 EUR in 2025 — a gain of roughly 53.5% over 11 years — with the strongest single-year moves coming in 2020 (+6.8%, likely reflecting compositional effects from pandemic-era job losses concentrated among lower earners) and 2023 (+8.9%). By contrast, 2021 saw a small decline of -0.9%. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the 2022–2025 gains likely reflects nominal wage growth amid elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Spain's national statistical office (INE) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.