Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Latvia
Latvia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 43.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Latvia, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 43.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and down 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Latvia peaked at 99.3% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 42.0%, in 2021.
That places Latvia 88th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 99.3% | — |
| 1995 | 97.4% | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 97.7% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 92.0% | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 88.5% | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 81.7% | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 69.2% | -15.4% |
| 2008 | 70.1% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 80.1% | +14.4% |
| 2010 | 83.1% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 82.1% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 80.8% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 75.9% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 71.0% | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 66.3% | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 63.2% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 58.3% | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 53.7% | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 50.9% | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 46.6% | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 42.0% | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 46.2% | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 43.6% | -5.7% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 43.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 2.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 43.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.1% | 97.4% | 99.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 80.3% | 69.2% | 92.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 68.5% | 50.9% | 83.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.6% | 42.0% | 46.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More poverty & inequality data for Latvia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 in Latvia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Latvia was 43.6% 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 $30 a day recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.0% in 2021.
- How does Latvia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Latvia ranks 88th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.6%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 per day.