Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate

In 2024, Latvia's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate increased by 45.8% compared to 2023, reaching 7.00.

Latvia accounts for 66.0% of the EU-27 total of 10.6.

Latvia ranks 18th 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 20.5% (from 8.80 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.