EU 4.73
· European ranking
4 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Lithuania: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
6.54 Ratio
EU 4.73 · +1.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11
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Regional map
· 2025 · 2 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1-2.14
6.40
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2-6.73
6.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Lithuania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Lithuania
In Lithuania, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 6.54 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 1.81 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Lithuania, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 6.14 in 2020 to 6.54 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 6.54 in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous deterioration.
Reading within the topic
In Lithuania, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.