Overview
- FOESSA and Cáritas report that 19.6% of Madrileños—about 1.3 million people—face social exclusion, down 2.5 points since 2021 yet still above pre-pandemic levels with 230,000 more affected than in 2018.
- Housing emerges as the main driver, affecting 23% of the population, with rents up 24% since 2018 and more than one million people in insecure or inadequate homes, including 400,000 in insecure tenure and 700,000 in overcrowded or insalubrious conditions.
- More than half of rental households spend over 30% of their budget on housing, and one in six households—around 390,000—falls below the severe poverty threshold after paying basic expenses.
- Employment has grown 15% since 2018 and unemployment has fallen to about 9%, yet 11% of households face employment-related exclusion due to severe instability, involuntary part-time work or joblessness.
- Vulnerability is concentrated among minors (27%), migrants (45%) and single-parent households (39.9%), while the national Minimum Vital Income reaches only 42% of people in severe poverty in Madrid.