Living Conditions Survey (LCS) 
Main indicators. Evolution
Evolution (2004-2010) of difficulty making ends meet, by Autonomous Community.
Units: Vertical percentages

	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	
Persons	
    National total	
        With a great deal of difficulty	14.3	14.4	12.5	10.2	11.2	10.6	11.1	
        With difficulty	17.2	17.1	17.4	16.7	18.3	16.1	17.6	
        With certain difficulty	28.4	28.6	31.0	30.7	31.7	32.5	32.5	
        With certain ease	24.9	26.2	26.4	26.4	26.6	28.1	27.3	
        With ease	14.1	12.5	11.8	14.7	11.0	11.5	10.6	
        With a great deal of ease	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.8	
        No data recorded	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	
    Andalucia	
        With a great deal of difficulty	23.1	19.6	17.0	14.2	17.0	13.6	17.1	
        With difficulty	21.2	21.3	20.4	19.0	23.9	16.7	23.9	
        With certain difficulty	28.6	29.7	34.1	34.9	31.9	39.3	33.2	
        With certain ease	19.8	19.9	19.7	21.6	19.4	24.3	20.2	
        With ease	6.6	8.0	8.3	9.1	7.3	5.5	5.2	
        With a great deal of ease	0.6	1.5	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.6	0.4	
        No data recorded	0.0	..	..	0.1	0.1	..	0.0	
    Aragon	
        With a great deal of difficulty	4.3	3.9	2.2	3.1	5.4	5.7	3.8	
        With difficulty	10.0	8.4	8.2	8.7	11.3	12.7	11.7	
        With certain difficulty	24.9	18.7	27.8	21.8	20.6	22.7	22.4	
        With certain ease	37.5	42.0	40.2	36.4	38.8	36.5	37.9	
        With ease	21.2	23.9	21.0	28.4	23.2	19.8	23.1	
        With a great deal of ease	2.2	3.1	0.6	1.3	0.7	2.6	0.9	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.2	..	..	0.2	
    Asturias, Principado de	
        With a great deal of difficulty	5.0	6.5	4.2	7.5	2.8	4.3	6.3	
        With difficulty	10.9	12.2	9.0	12.1	12.1	11.6	11.7	
        With certain difficulty	26.8	29.5	31.2	24.2	31.5	30.7	35.6	
        With certain ease	40.3	37.9	38.7	35.3	39.4	35.1	35.6	
        With ease	15.2	13.2	15.6	18.6	12.7	16.5	10.6	
        With a great deal of ease	1.8	0.8	1.2	2.3	1.5	1.7	0.2	
        No data recorded	..	..	0.3	..	..	..	..	
    Balears, Illes	
        With a great deal of difficulty	15.3	15.3	12.7	6.5	8.5	12.7	8.3	
        With difficulty	18.4	20.6	13.6	13.3	15.0	15.6	10.8	
        With certain difficulty	27.7	25.0	29.2	32.5	32.4	24.9	30.3	
        With certain ease	28.9	23.4	32.1	30.6	30.5	31.3	32.8	
        With ease	9.0	13.8	11.6	15.1	12.1	15.1	15.9	
        With a great deal of ease	0.6	1.9	0.8	2.0	1.5	0.4	1.7	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	0.1	..	0.1	
    Canarias	
        With a great deal of difficulty	14.1	19.0	19.5	17.4	19.3	18.9	21.8	
        With difficulty	25.5	26.9	24.0	23.5	23.2	21.2	25.8	
        With certain difficulty	33.5	26.7	34.2	37.8	36.0	31.4	28.1	
        With certain ease	19.5	20.8	17.4	15.3	16.4	20.6	19.3	
        With ease	7.1	6.1	4.6	5.5	4.9	6.9	4.2	
        With a great deal of ease	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.5	
        No data recorded	..	0.2	..	..	..	..	0.4	
    Cantabria	
        With a great deal of difficulty	12.6	5.2	9.1	3.6	9.9	3.6	7.5	
        With difficulty	18.9	17.2	21.6	16.8	15.1	7.2	12.6	
        With certain difficulty	24.8	25.1	32.3	31.9	24.6	27.9	26.6	
        With certain ease	28.3	38.5	23.8	28.9	28.1	40.9	41.6	
        With ease	14.1	12.2	10.6	16.0	17.4	19.6	10.7	
        With a great deal of ease	1.2	1.8	2.5	2.6	4.8	0.8	1.0	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.2	..	0.0	..	
    Castilla y Leon	
        With a great deal of difficulty	9.5	9.1	7.0	5.2	8.0	6.5	6.1	
        With difficulty	13.2	13.1	16.6	13.7	15.3	13.3	15.8	
        With certain difficulty	28.4	30.7	28.9	28.6	26.2	29.2	33.5	
        With certain ease	26.1	29.4	29.8	34.2	33.9	35.2	28.8	
        With ease	21.6	15.6	16.7	16.6	14.6	14.5	14.8	
        With a great deal of ease	1.2	2.2	1.0	1.7	1.9	0.9	0.6	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	0.1	0.4	0.4	
    Castilla-La Mancha	
        With a great deal of difficulty	14.1	15.7	11.3	10.7	11.1	6.9	8.6	
        With difficulty	17.1	15.3	18.8	19.0	22.5	19.9	16.3	
        With certain difficulty	23.5	27.3	34.6	32.3	33.7	46.1	35.2	
        With certain ease	25.3	26.4	22.8	25.8	22.8	19.7	29.5	
        With ease	18.7	14.1	12.0	11.6	8.9	6.2	8.7	
        With a great deal of ease	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.1	0.8	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.2	..	..	0.8	
    Catalu±a	
        With a great deal of difficulty	13.3	15.2	10.7	10.8	9.6	9.1	9.2	
        With difficulty	14.5	17.4	17.7	16.4	17.0	16.2	15.0	
        With certain difficulty	31.4	30.9	33.1	30.4	30.5	32.4	34.2	
        With certain ease	27.0	26.6	28.1	24.9	29.0	28.5	28.1	
        With ease	12.5	9.4	9.3	16.1	12.5	12.5	12.7	
        With a great deal of ease	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.4	1.2	1.1	0.6	
        No data recorded	..	0.1	..	..	0.2	0.2	0.3	
    Comunitat Valenciana	
        With a great deal of difficulty	12.5	14.6	15.4	8.4	11.7	9.0	11.2	
        With difficulty	18.5	17.9	18.8	17.7	16.3	16.2	17.2	
        With certain difficulty	30.6	29.6	28.8	32.1	36.7	36.7	32.2	
        With certain ease	21.2	24.9	23.8	24.8	23.8	27.6	29.7	
        With ease	16.0	12.0	12.6	15.6	10.5	9.8	8.7	
        With a great deal of ease	1.3	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.0	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.3	..	..	0.1	
    Extremadura	
        With a great deal of difficulty	11.4	11.2	10.0	7.4	9.7	15.4	14.1	
        With difficulty	21.8	18.9	21.4	18.3	25.8	19.1	21.7	
        With certain difficulty	31.9	34.6	31.6	38.0	38.2	32.9	31.7	
        With certain ease	22.5	21.6	27.4	23.6	19.0	25.4	23.6	
        With ease	11.3	12.9	9.1	12.3	6.9	6.9	8.5	
        With a great deal of ease	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Galicia	
        With a great deal of difficulty	12.7	12.3	9.8	8.7	10.8	8.3	8.4	
        With difficulty	15.8	18.4	16.9	17.5	21.9	18.8	16.2	
        With certain difficulty	31.3	29.0	33.4	34.9	33.4	31.3	34.0	
        With certain ease	26.9	27.0	27.6	25.9	26.2	29.5	28.6	
        With ease	12.9	12.4	11.7	12.5	7.5	11.2	11.0	
        With a great deal of ease	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.3	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.5	
    Madrid, Comunidad de	
        With a great deal of difficulty	13.6	13.0	15.2	10.6	9.7	12.7	9.6	
        With difficulty	16.6	12.7	14.9	15.6	15.9	14.9	17.1	
        With certain difficulty	25.0	28.6	28.0	25.1	30.1	25.5	32.7	
        With certain ease	25.5	29.6	27.4	29.2	30.0	28.4	26.3	
        With ease	18.5	15.0	13.4	17.8	12.2	15.6	12.7	
        With a great deal of ease	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.0	1.0	1.2	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	..	1.8	0.5	
    Murcia, Region de	
        With a great deal of difficulty	24.7	25.3	13.9	15.5	12.7	16.3	18.7	
        With difficulty	24.0	23.7	21.5	17.4	19.8	21.5	19.9	
        With certain difficulty	29.0	26.1	31.9	30.6	39.6	31.2	35.8	
        With certain ease	15.2	17.1	28.1	26.0	19.5	21.5	18.7	
        With ease	6.2	7.7	4.7	10.1	7.5	9.1	6.4	
        With a great deal of ease	0.9	0.1	..	0.0	0.9	0.3	0.3	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.3	..	0.0	..	
    Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	
        With a great deal of difficulty	6.4	8.3	6.4	3.3	6.8	3.4	4.4	
        With difficulty	7.8	7.0	10.5	10.0	10.0	7.3	11.0	
        With certain difficulty	20.1	21.7	20.5	19.5	22.7	25.5	22.1	
        With certain ease	32.1	32.7	40.6	34.5	37.5	38.2	33.5	
        With ease	31.4	28.5	20.6	31.4	21.1	23.5	26.8	
        With a great deal of ease	2.1	1.8	1.3	1.2	1.9	1.9	2.0	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.2	
    Pais Vasco	
        With a great deal of difficulty	4.5	8.7	5.6	6.2	5.0	8.0	4.9	
        With difficulty	11.2	10.1	10.4	13.6	10.5	13.1	12.1	
        With certain difficulty	22.3	22.8	23.9	26.6	31.2	27.3	31.7	
        With certain ease	33.0	31.1	33.5	33.4	36.5	35.1	38.3	
        With ease	26.3	25.2	23.6	18.6	15.8	15.4	12.6	
        With a great deal of ease	2.7	2.0	2.9	1.3	0.7	1.2	0.4	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.2	0.3	..	..	
    Rioja, La	
        With a great deal of difficulty	11.2	9.4	11.0	6.4	6.8	4.9	6.7	
        With difficulty	7.5	14.4	14.6	14.4	15.7	11.9	11.6	
        With certain difficulty	29.0	28.2	27.6	18.6	24.8	27.0	27.3	
        With certain ease	30.3	30.7	25.3	33.8	29.5	31.8	35.1	
        With ease	20.6	16.9	20.5	25.9	21.8	22.7	17.2	
        With a great deal of ease	1.5	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.4	1.6	1.7	
        No data recorded	..	..	0.4	..	..	..	0.4	
Households	
    National total	
        With a great deal of difficulty	13.5	13.7	12.2	10.3	10.7	10.4	11.0	
        With difficulty	17.1	16.8	17.1	16.5	18.2	15.8	17.3	
        With certain difficulty	28.2	28.5	30.6	29.9	31.2	32.1	31.8	
        With certain ease	25.3	26.8	26.7	26.4	27.0	28.1	27.7	
        With ease	14.7	12.9	12.4	15.4	11.6	12.4	11.1	
        With a great deal of ease	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.5	1.3	1.1	0.8	
        No data recorded	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	
    Andalucia	
        With a great deal of difficulty	21.7	18.8	16.5	15.1	16.3	13.1	16.7	
        With difficulty	20.8	20.0	20.5	17.9	23.6	16.2	23.7	
        With certain difficulty	28.9	29.9	32.8	33.7	31.8	38.9	32.1	
        With certain ease	20.7	20.9	20.6	21.8	20.2	24.6	21.1	
        With ease	7.3	9.0	8.8	10.0	7.5	6.7	6.0	
        With a great deal of ease	0.6	1.5	0.6	1.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	
        No data recorded	0.1	..	..	0.1	0.1	..	0.0	
    Aragon	
        With a great deal of difficulty	4.1	3.7	3.3	3.2	5.4	6.5	4.1	
        With difficulty	10.4	9.1	8.0	8.3	10.5	12.1	11.6	
        With certain difficulty	24.0	19.9	29.8	22.8	22.0	23.3	21.5	
        With certain ease	39.0	41.7	37.6	36.7	37.6	35.8	39.5	
        With ease	20.7	23.0	20.6	27.6	23.5	19.6	22.3	
        With a great deal of ease	1.8	2.7	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.8	0.9	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.2	..	..	0.2	
    Asturias, Principado de	
        With a great deal of difficulty	5.6	6.2	4.3	7.4	2.8	4.7	7.1	
        With difficulty	11.5	12.2	9.2	11.3	11.0	11.9	12.4	
        With certain difficulty	26.3	29.5	29.6	24.4	30.8	30.5	35.0	
        With certain ease	38.5	37.8	39.3	34.3	40.1	33.9	34.1	
        With ease	16.2	13.5	16.6	20.4	13.8	17.0	11.1	
        With a great deal of ease	1.8	0.7	0.8	2.1	1.5	2.0	0.3	
        No data recorded	..	..	0.2	..	..	..	..	
    Balears, Illes	
        With a great deal of difficulty	14.5	12.0	10.6	6.0	7.7	12.1	8.6	
        With difficulty	17.9	20.2	13.3	11.6	14.7	15.9	11.7	
        With certain difficulty	27.7	25.7	29.8	33.0	31.2	25.5	29.1	
        With certain ease	30.2	24.8	32.3	30.7	30.8	30.5	32.7	
        With ease	9.0	15.0	13.0	15.9	13.9	15.4	15.2	
        With a great deal of ease	0.8	2.3	1.0	2.8	1.5	0.5	2.6	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	0.2	..	0.2	
    Canarias	
        With a great deal of difficulty	13.6	19.3	20.1	18.7	20.0	18.0	20.5	
        With difficulty	25.9	25.7	24.3	23.6	23.8	21.6	25.3	
        With certain difficulty	32.5	27.7	33.9	35.2	33.6	30.5	28.5	
        With certain ease	20.5	20.2	16.3	16.1	17.0	20.5	19.2	
        With ease	7.3	6.5	5.0	5.9	5.3	8.5	5.4	
        With a great deal of ease	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.7	
        No data recorded	..	0.2	..	..	..	..	0.3	
    Cantabria	
        With a great deal of difficulty	13.8	5.8	8.8	3.8	9.2	5.1	9.1	
        With difficulty	16.8	15.2	22.2	15.2	14.6	8.0	12.1	
        With certain difficulty	25.5	25.4	30.2	30.7	24.6	25.5	25.6	
        With certain ease	27.3	39.7	24.6	31.4	28.7	38.7	40.5	
        With ease	14.9	11.7	11.0	16.4	18.0	20.7	11.2	
        With a great deal of ease	1.7	2.2	3.2	2.3	4.9	1.8	1.5	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.1	..	0.1	..	
    Castilla y Leon	
        With a great deal of difficulty	10.0	9.4	6.4	5.2	7.6	6.6	7.1	
        With difficulty	13.3	12.5	17.0	14.3	15.7	13.9	15.8	
        With certain difficulty	27.9	31.0	28.2	28.6	25.9	29.7	32.3	
        With certain ease	25.3	29.4	30.2	34.1	33.3	33.6	28.9	
        With ease	22.4	15.2	17.1	15.5	15.2	14.9	14.8	
        With a great deal of ease	1.2	2.5	1.1	2.2	2.2	1.0	0.7	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	0.1	0.4	0.4	
    Castilla-La Mancha	
        With a great deal of difficulty	13.4	14.7	11.3	11.4	11.1	7.0	8.7	
        With difficulty	18.0	16.7	19.4	18.6	22.1	20.2	16.0	
        With certain difficulty	24.1	26.4	35.2	31.1	32.7	46.2	36.0	
        With certain ease	24.6	25.9	21.7	25.0	23.7	19.2	29.2	
        With ease	18.5	14.9	11.8	12.9	8.9	6.4	8.4	
        With a great deal of ease	1.4	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.5	1.0	1.0	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.1	..	..	0.7	
    Catalu±a	
        With a great deal of difficulty	12.9	13.8	11.0	10.4	9.4	9.5	9.6	
        With difficulty	14.8	17.9	17.4	16.8	16.8	15.7	15.8	
        With certain difficulty	30.5	29.9	33.0	29.5	29.7	31.3	32.9	
        With certain ease	27.4	27.8	28.1	25.3	29.4	28.7	27.8	
        With ease	13.0	9.8	9.4	16.4	13.0	13.2	12.9	
        With a great deal of ease	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.6	1.5	1.4	0.6	
        No data recorded	..	0.1	..	..	0.2	0.2	0.5	
    Comunitat Valenciana	
        With a great deal of difficulty	11.8	14.3	15.7	9.3	11.3	8.7	11.1	
        With difficulty	17.9	17.4	17.3	17.5	16.8	16.0	17.1	
        With certain difficulty	29.9	29.1	27.5	30.9	35.1	36.0	32.0	
        With certain ease	21.3	24.6	26.1	23.7	24.8	27.6	29.7	
        With ease	17.0	13.6	12.5	17.1	10.8	10.8	9.0	
        With a great deal of ease	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.1	0.9	1.0	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.2	..	..	0.1	
    Extremadura	
        With a great deal of difficulty	12.4	11.6	10.7	7.2	8.5	16.1	13.2	
        With difficulty	20.8	18.6	21.9	19.3	26.0	17.8	20.3	
        With certain difficulty	33.1	34.5	31.8	36.7	38.4	32.7	31.4	
        With certain ease	20.7	22.5	26.5	23.4	18.6	25.4	25.4	
        With ease	11.6	12.1	8.4	12.5	8.0	7.6	9.3	
        With a great deal of ease	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.3	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Galicia	
        With a great deal of difficulty	12.6	12.2	10.5	8.8	11.5	9.8	8.8	
        With difficulty	16.4	18.6	17.0	18.4	22.4	18.2	15.6	
        With certain difficulty	30.4	29.7	32.1	34.1	33.3	31.1	33.6	
        With certain ease	26.6	25.7	27.3	24.3	25.3	29.1	28.9	
        With ease	13.5	12.9	12.5	13.8	7.3	10.7	11.1	
        With a great deal of ease	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.5	
    Madrid, Comunidad de	
        With a great deal of difficulty	12.4	12.0	13.4	10.1	8.3	11.9	9.8	
        With difficulty	16.5	12.6	14.8	15.7	16.1	14.3	16.3	
        With certain difficulty	25.6	28.4	28.4	25.1	30.2	25.9	32.7	
        With certain ease	26.1	31.6	27.1	28.8	30.5	29.2	26.4	
        With ease	18.6	14.2	14.9	18.3	12.4	16.8	12.9	
        With a great deal of ease	0.8	1.3	1.4	1.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	..	0.8	0.6	
    Murcia, Region de	
        With a great deal of difficulty	23.3	24.8	13.9	13.9	13.2	15.9	17.6	
        With difficulty	26.1	24.0	20.8	17.6	20.2	21.9	20.2	
        With certain difficulty	27.3	26.2	32.6	30.9	39.3	31.0	34.6	
        With certain ease	16.0	16.9	27.2	27.2	18.6	20.7	19.4	
        With ease	6.7	8.0	5.5	10.2	7.7	10.1	7.8	
        With a great deal of ease	0.7	0.0	..	0.1	1.1	0.3	0.4	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.2	..	0.1	..	
    Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	
        With a great deal of difficulty	6.1	8.8	6.9	3.4	6.6	3.4	4.9	
        With difficulty	7.3	7.2	10.3	10.0	9.8	7.4	10.0	
        With certain difficulty	22.4	21.7	20.2	20.3	22.9	25.9	22.6	
        With certain ease	30.4	31.4	39.7	34.0	36.3	36.5	34.0	
        With ease	31.2	29.0	21.6	30.9	22.3	24.3	25.8	
        With a great deal of ease	2.6	1.9	1.3	1.5	2.2	2.2	2.6	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.2	
    Pais Vasco	
        With a great deal of difficulty	4.6	9.1	5.5	7.1	5.2	9.0	6.1	
        With difficulty	10.6	11.1	10.4	13.6	10.7	12.7	11.9	
        With certain difficulty	24.1	23.2	25.8	26.3	31.3	26.6	31.0	
        With certain ease	32.7	29.7	32.2	32.2	34.7	34.2	38.1	
        With ease	25.3	24.7	23.3	19.1	16.8	16.5	12.4	
        With a great deal of ease	2.8	2.3	2.8	1.4	1.1	1.0	0.4	
        No data recorded	..	..	..	0.3	0.2	..	..	
    Rioja, La	
        With a great deal of difficulty	9.1	6.8	10.9	6.3	5.5	4.4	7.9	
        With difficulty	8.1	13.6	13.7	13.0	14.6	11.5	13.6	
        With certain difficulty	29.2	29.8	29.0	20.3	28.4	28.1	26.2	
        With certain ease	29.6	32.4	24.4	32.3	28.7	32.6	33.3	
        With ease	22.4	16.7	20.1	27.0	21.5	21.8	16.9	
        With a great deal of ease	1.6	0.6	0.9	1.0	1.3	1.7	1.6	
        No data recorded	..	..	1.0	..	..	..	0.5	
Notes:
Source: National Statistics Institute