Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Latvia
22.5% of people in Latvia lived below the national poverty line in 2022.
Latvia, 2022
22.5%
Change from 2021
0percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022
18.2%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Latvia over time
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Latvia
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Latvia |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.5% |
| 2021 | 22.5% |
| 2020 | 23.4% |
| 2019 | 21.6% |
| 2018 | 22.9% |
| 2017 | 23.3% |
| 2016 | 22.1% |
| 2015 | 21.8% |
| 2014 | 22.5% |
| 2013 | 21.2% |
| 2012 | 19.4% |
| 2011 | 19.2% |
| 2010 | 19.0% |
| 2009 | 20.9% |
| 2008 | 26.4% |
| 2007 | 25.9% |
| 2006 | 21.2% |
| 2005 | 23.5% |
| 2004 | 19.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 19.4%, the figure has changed by +3.1 percentage points.
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