Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Latvia
Latvia: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 4.2% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Latvia, 2005–2016
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Latvia is 4.2%, measured in 2016.
The figure is down 18.1% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Latvia peaked at 5.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2010.
Latvia ranks 9th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 2.7% | 5.1% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 6 Hungary 5.9% compare
- 7 Montenegro 5.5% compare
- 8 Italy 4.3% compare
- 10 North Macedonia 3.9% compare
- 11 Moldova 3.9% compare
- 12 Kyrgyzstan 3.6% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Latvia
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.34 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,558 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 31.88 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.117 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 31.3 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0904 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0904 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1213 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1903 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Latvia?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Latvia was 4.2% in 2016, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2010.
- How does Latvia rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Latvia ranks 9th out of 26 countries with data for 2016.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).