Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Lithuania
Lithuania: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 8.4% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 8.4% for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.7% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Lithuania peaked at 11.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 1993.
Lithuania ranks 39th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3.5% | — |
| 2004 | 11.0% | +214.5% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | -12.8% |
| 2006 | 8.0% | -16.7% |
| 2007 | 8.3% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 10.8% | +30.6% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 8.0% | -21.0% |
| 2012 | 8.7% | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | -14.9% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | +29.5% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 8.5% | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | -24.7% |
| 2020 | 5.5% | -16.1% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | +22.8% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | +21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.4% | 8.0% | 11.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 6.5% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.9% | 5.5% | 8.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 36 Luxembourg 8.8% compare
- 37 Palestine, State of 8.7% compare
- 38 Germany 8.5% compare
- 40 Uzbekistan 8.0%
- 41 Viet Nam 8.0% compare
- 42 Chile 7.5% compare
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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Lithuania?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Lithuania was 8.4% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 1993.
- How does Lithuania rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Lithuania ranks 39th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.