Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Latvia
0.7% of people in Latvia lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023.
Latvia, 2023
0.7%
Change from 2022
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World, 2023
19.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
0.6%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Latvia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Latvia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | – |
| 2018 | 1.0% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 4.1% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 5.7% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 6.2% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 3.7% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 2.7%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.
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