Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Lithuania
Lithuania: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3596 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Lithuania, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Lithuania stood at 0.3596.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Lithuania peaked at 0.3839 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3249, in 2011.
That places Lithuania 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3318 | 0.3318 | 0.3318 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3574 | 0.3441 | 0.3722 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3582 | 0.3249 | 0.3839 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3628 | 0.3596 | 0.3666 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More poverty & inequality data for Lithuania
- 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 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,187 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.07 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1225 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0884 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0884 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2037 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Lithuania?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Lithuania was 0.3596 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3839 in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3249 in 2011.
- How does Lithuania rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Lithuania ranks 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.