European ranking
3 / 30
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Latvia: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
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Country overview
Latvia
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
6.70 Ratio
Compared with Europe
+2.0 puntos
Latvia is 2.0 points above the European average.
EU: 4.73
Affected population
1.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Granularity: Regions
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Latvia
—6.70
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At a glance
Latvia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Latvia
In Latvia, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 6.68 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 1.95 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Latvia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 6.27 in 2020 to 6.68 in 2025. The latest step, from 6.28 in 2024 to 6.68 in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Latvia, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power 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.