Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Latvia
Latvia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 7.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Latvia, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Latvia is 7.0%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Latvia peaked at 10.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1993.
That places Latvia 47th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0% | — |
| 1995 | 6.1% | — |
| 1996 | 7.1% | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 9.5% | +20.3% |
| 2006 | 7.7% | -18.9% |
| 2007 | 8.1% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 9.7% | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 10.4% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 9.2% | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 8.7% | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 7.5% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 8.6% | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 7.2% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 7.4% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.4% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 8.9% | 7.7% | 10.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 7.3% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 7.0% | 7.4% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Latvia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Latvia was 7.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1993.
- How does Latvia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Latvia ranks 47th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.