Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Latvia
Latvia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 12.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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
Latvia recorded 12.3% for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in 2023.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Latvia peaked at 16.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 1993.
Latvia ranks 51st of 120 countries on this measure, 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 50% of the median in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5.9% | — |
| 1995 | 11.1% | +89.6% |
| 1996 | 11.7% | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 12.6% | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | -21.4% |
| 2007 | 13.9% | +25.3% |
| 2008 | 15.1% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 15.5% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 16.1% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 14.3% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 13.8% | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 11.7% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 12.5% | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 11.9% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 12.3% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 12.3% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.6% | 5.9% | 11.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 13.7% | 11.1% | 15.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 11.7% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12.3% | 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 50% of the median in Latvia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Latvia was 12.3% 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 50% of the median recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 1993.
- How does Latvia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Latvia ranks 51st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. 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 50% 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 50% of the median.