Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Lithuania
Lithuania: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) was 48.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Lithuania, 1993–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 48.8% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Lithuania peaked at 99.6% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 48.8%, in 2021.
That places Lithuania 91st out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 87.0% | 79.0% | 94.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 75.4% | 57.2% | 89.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.3% | 48.8% | 49.7% | 2 |
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 women 0.0884 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0884 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1225 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2037 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Lithuania?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Lithuania was 48.8% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.8% in 2021.
- How does Lithuania rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Lithuania ranks 91st 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 Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. 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 (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.