Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Latvia
Latvia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3397 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Latvia, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 0.3397 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Latvia peaked at 0.3897 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.2699, in 1993.
Latvia ranks 58th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2985 | 0.2699 | 0.3159 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3693 | 0.356 | 0.3897 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3503 | 0.342 | 0.3577 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.344 | 0.3368 | 0.357 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More poverty & inequality data for Latvia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.34 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,558 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.117 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 31.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0904 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0904 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1213 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1903 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Latvia?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Latvia was 0.3397 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3897 in 2005.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2699 in 1993.
- How does Latvia rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Latvia ranks 58th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.