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Lithuania: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

ยท 2025

26.30% of people

EU 20.40 ยท +5.9 pp vs Europe

European ranking

5 / 30

Up 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

2.9M

Country population ยท 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N

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ยท 2025 ยท 2 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1
    +16.73

    30.70

  2. 2
    -37.64

    16.40

More context on this indicator

At a glance

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.

European comparison in Lithuania

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.

Recent trend

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.

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.