EU 16.23
· European ranking
2 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Lithuania: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
22.60% of people
EU 16.23 · +6.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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Regional map
· 2024 · 2 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+17.21
25.20
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2-39.07
13.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Lithuania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Lithuania
In Lithuania, Poverty risk stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 22.6% versus 16.2% in 2025, a large gap of 6.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Lithuania, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 20.90% in 2020 to 22.60% in 2025. The latest step, from 21.50% in 2024 to 22.60% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
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.