Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Lithuania
Lithuania: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 54.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Lithuania, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Lithuania stood at 54.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Lithuania peaked at 99.6% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 51.6%, in 2021.
Lithuania ranks 92nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 99.6% | — |
| 2004 | 95.5% | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 93.7% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 90.2% | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 84.0% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 81.7% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 87.6% | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 91.8% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 89.5% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 86.8% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 85.0% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 81.6% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 77.1% | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 74.6% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 70.2% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 65.5% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 60.7% | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 53.3% | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 51.6% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 55.9% | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 54.1% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 88.8% | 81.7% | 95.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 78.3% | 60.7% | 91.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.7% | 51.6% | 55.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More poverty & inequality data for Lithuania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.5439 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.6 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Lithuania?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Lithuania was 54.1% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.6% in 2021.
- How does Lithuania rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Lithuania ranks 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.