LV · 2016 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Latvia, 2016
In 2016, Latvia's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 19.8% compared to 2015, reaching 18.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.4%.
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 24.7% (from 24.7% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.