Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Latvia
Latvia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 54.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Latvia, 1993–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Latvia is 54.5%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 38.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Latvia peaked at 100.0% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 54.5%, in 2021.
Latvia ranks 90th of 119 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 $30 a day … 2011 in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 100.0% | — |
| 1995 | 98.4% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 98.6% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 95.1% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 92.3% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 88.4% | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 78.4% | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 79.6% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 87.0% | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 89.5% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 88.4% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 87.3% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 83.7% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 80.6% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 77.3% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 73.8% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 70.0% | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 65.7% | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 64.1% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 59.1% | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 54.5% | -7.8% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 54.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 2.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 54.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 96% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.0% | 98.4% | 100.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 86.8% | 78.4% | 95.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 78.0% | 64.1% | 89.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.8% | 54.5% | 59.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More poverty & inequality data for Latvia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.34 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,558 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 -15.01 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 31.88 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 31.9% (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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Latvia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Latvia was 54.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.5% in 2021.
- How does Latvia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Latvia ranks 90th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.