Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Lithuania
Lithuania: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 35.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Lithuania, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 35.0% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2023.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Lithuania peaked at 99.2% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 31.1%, in 2021.
That places Lithuania 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 $30 a day in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 99.2% | — |
| 2004 | 90.2% | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 87.3% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 79.4% | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 70.4% | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 66.9% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 76.0% | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 80.9% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 76.5% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 73.2% | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 71.3% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 66.8% | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 60.8% | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 57.8% | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 52.7% | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 46.7% | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 40.7% | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 32.2% | -20.9% |
| 2021 | 31.1% | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 35.8% | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 35.0% | -2.3% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 35.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 35.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 86% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.2% | 99.2% | 99.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 78.4% | 66.9% | 90.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 62.7% | 40.7% | 80.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.5% | 31.1% | 35.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More poverty & inequality data for Lithuania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,187 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 -0.5439 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.6 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.6% (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 Lithuania?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Lithuania was 35.0% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.1% in 2021.
- How does Lithuania rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Lithuania ranks 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.9%. 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 (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.