Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Latvia
Latvia: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 43.56 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
43.56
Change on year
down 5.7%
World rank
88th
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.28
in 1993
All-time low
42.01
in 2021
Years of data
23
1993–2023
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Latvia, 1993–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 43.56 for poverty share on less than 30 per 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 on less than 30 per day in Latvia peaked at 99.28 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 42.01, 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.12 | 97.36 | 99.28 | 3 |
| 2000s | 80.26 | 69.16 | 91.96 | 6 |
| 2010s | 68.51 | 50.9 | 83.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.58 | 42.01 | 46.58 | 4 |
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 in Latvia?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Latvia was 43.56 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.28 in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.01 in 2021.
- How does Latvia rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Latvia ranks 88th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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