The percentage stands at exactly 24.9%, although it has improved compared with the previous year. In 2023, 25.7% of children were below this threshold, meaning the proportion fell by eight-tenths of a percentage point in one year. The indicator makes it possible to compare households’ economic situations by taking into account both their income and their composition.
TERUEL EXCEEDS 30% AMONG CHILDREN
The differences between the three provinces are significant. Teruel has the highest percentage, with 30.6% of children under 18 below the threshold, which means practically one in three. The province is therefore clearly above both the Aragonese average and the figures recorded in Huesca and Zaragoza.
In Huesca, the percentage reaches 25.4%, very close to the regional average, while Zaragoza records the lowest figure of the three provinces, at 24.1%. Despite the territorial differences, in all three provinces at least one in five children lives in households whose income is below this level.
Aragon nevertheless has a better situation than the country as a whole. In Spain, 28.3% of children under 18 are below 60% of the national median, 3.4 percentage points higher than the 24.9% recorded in the region. Teruel, however, is above the national average.
CHILDREN ARE THE AGE GROUP WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
The gap is also significant when children are compared with other age groups in Aragon. Among people aged 18 to 64, the percentage falls to 15.7%, while among those aged 65 and over it stands at 12.1%, less than half the level recorded among children and adolescents.
As a result, children account for a proportion 9.2 percentage points higher than the population aged 18 to 64 and 12.8 points higher than people over 65. The data thus show that households with children and adolescents are more heavily represented among low-income households than those made up of adults or older people.
The indicator used by the INE is not directly equivalent to the AROPE rate. It measures the percentage of the population whose income per consumption unit falls below certain relative thresholds, taking into account the composition and size of each household in order to compare different family situations.
