LV · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Latvia, 2012
In 2012, Latvia's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 4.4% compared to 2011, reaching 19.1%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.6%.
Latvia ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.4% (from 23.4% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.