European ranking
3 / 30
No change from the previous year
Latvia: At-risk-of-poverty rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Latvia
Current reading for At-risk-of-poverty rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
Latest value
22.00 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+5.8 puntos
Latvia is 5.8 points above the European average.
EU: 16.23
Affected population
≈ 0.41 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
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At a glance
Latvia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Latvia
In Latvia, Poverty risk stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 22.0% versus 16.2% in 2025, a large gap of 5.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Latvia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 21.60% in 2020 to 22.00% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 21.60% in 2024 to 22.00% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Latvia, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.