LV · 2018 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Latvia, 2018
In 2018, Latvia's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 4.9% compared to 2017, reaching 17.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.6%.
Latvia ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 25.2% (from 23.4% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.