LV · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Latvia, 2017
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
39.9%
Latvia, 2017
▲ 4.7% vs 2016 (38.1%)
Analysis
In 2017, Latvia's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 4.7% compared to 2016, reaching 39.9%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.7%.
Latvia ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 187.1% (from 13.9% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
271.4%
EU-27: 14.7%
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02