LV · 2016 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Latvia, 2016
In 2016, Latvia's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 21.1% compared to 2015, reaching 24.7.
Latvia accounts for 93.9% of the EU-27 total of 26.3.
Latvia ranks 12th 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 44.0% (from 44.1 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.