LV · 2017 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Latvia, 2017
In 2017, Latvia's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 3.2% compared to 2016, reaching 23.9.
Latvia accounts for 97.6% of the EU-27 total of 24.5.
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 40.3% (from 40.0 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.