Severe material and social deprivation in Latvia
4.8% of people in Latvia were severely materially and socially deprived in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2015.
Latvia, 2025
4.8%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
European Union, 2025
6.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
4.5%
Position in 2025
16th of 31
Severe material and social deprivation in Latvia over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Latvia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8% | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 5.3% | 6.4% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 12.9% | 7.8% |
| 2016 | 12.6% | 9.0% |
| 2015 | 15.4% | 9.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 5.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 15.4%, the figure has changed by −10.6 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Latvia has the 16th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 6.3%.
More for Latvia
All statistics for Latvia
Poverty or social exclusion rate
24.7%
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Inability to keep home adequately warm
4.3%
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
22.0%
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Income inequality (Gini)
35.6 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
6.68 times
2025 · Eurostat
Gini index
34.0 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank