Subjective poverty by tenure status in Latvia
Latvia: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 20.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Latvia, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, subjective poverty by tenure status in Latvia stood at 20.0%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.2% on the previous year and down 53.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Latvia peaked at 57.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 2025.
That places Latvia 16th out of 45 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Latvia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 56.0% | — |
| 2011 | 57.0% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 52.1% | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 54.5% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 49.0% | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 42.7% | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 39.2% | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 40.5% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 32.1% | -20.7% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | -22.1% |
| 2020 | 24.2% | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 20.1% | -16.9% |
| 2022 | 23.9% | +18.9% |
| 2023 | 24.0% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 23.3% | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 20.0% | -14.2% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 20.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.8%, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 20.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 15.0%, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 44.8% | 25.0% | 57.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.6% | 20.0% | 24.2% | 6 |
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 subjective poverty by tenure status in Latvia?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Latvia was 20.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 57.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 2025.
- How does Latvia rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Latvia ranks 16th out of 45 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Subjective poverty by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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