European ranking
5 / 30
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Latest value
26.30 Percent of people
European ranking
5 / 30
Compared with Europe
+6.3 puntos
Lithuania is 6.3 points above the European average.
EU: 20.04
Affected population
≈ 0.76 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Granularity: Regions
Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas
30.70
Sostinės regionas
16.40
Lithuania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
In Lithuania, Poverty or exclusion stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 26.3% versus 20.4% in 2025, a large gap of 5.9 percentage points.
In Lithuania, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 24.50% in 2020 to 26.30% in 2025. The latest step, from 25.80% in 2024 to 26.30% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
In Lithuania, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.