Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Latvia
Latvia: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 54.5 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Latvia, 1993–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp 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 on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Latvia peaked at 100 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99 | 98.39 | 100 | 3 |
| 2000s | 86.79 | 78.42 | 95.09 | 6 |
| 2010s | 78.03 | 64.06 | 89.48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.79 | 54.5 | 59.09 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
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 poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Latvia?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Latvia was 54.5 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.5 in 2021.
- How does Latvia rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Latvia ranks 90th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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