Coronavirus pandemic pushed poverty in Spain to highest levels since the Great Recession

According to a survey from the National Statistics Institute, 7% of Spaniards were suffering severe material deprivation by the end of last year

Antonio Maqueda

Madrid - 16 Jul 2021 - 4:16 EDT

A man waits in line to collect food from charity Caritas in April 2021.INMA FLORES / EL PAIS

Poverty and inequality were gradually being corrected in Spain after the devastating effects of the Great Recession that began in 2008. But the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, and the economic effects it has had due to the restrictions that were put in place, have meant a serious setback to this progress. Severe poverty or material deprivation affected 7% of the population in 2020, around 3.3 million people. That’s according to the Living Conditions Survey published on Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

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