Poverty & Inequality in Latvia 46 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 22.0% 2025 down 2.2% 4th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 28.2% 2025 up 3.3% 6th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 11.3% 2025 down 60.6% 16th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 24.7% 2025 down 17.7% 11th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 4.8% 2025 down 68.8% 20th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 7.3% 2020 down 73.6% 12th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 26.0% 2020 down 31.9% 9th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 31.5% 2025 down 9.7% 26th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 19.0% 2025 up 8.0% 8th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 27.7% 2025 down 5.8% 14th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 0.75 Number 2025 down 63.1% 20th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 6.4% 2025 down 12.3% 13th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 13.7% 2025 down 9.3% 32nd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 18.8% 2025 up 2.2% 10th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 81.6% 2025 up 0.5% 16th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 8.6% 2025 up 65.4% 3rd Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 17.8% 2025 down 22.3% 34th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 29.3% 2025 down 14.8% 35th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 3.6% 2025 down 62.5% 41st In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 5.0% 2023 down 39.0% 37th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 8.6% 2025 down 63.7% 16th Subjective poverty by sex and age 20.0% 2025 down 53.2% 16th Subjective poverty by tenure status 20.0% 2025 down 53.2% 16th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 11.3% 2025 down 60.9% 17th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 11.3% 2025 down 60.9% 17th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 21.4% 2025 down 30.7% 28th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 3.8% 2025 down 74.7% 19th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 454 Thousand persons 2025 down 22.8% 35th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 1,838 Thousand persons 2025 down 6.3% 34th Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.4 Average 2025 down 3.4% 12th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 2.9% 2025 down 65.9% 19th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 11.0% 2025 down 10.6% 19th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 11.0% 2025 down 10.6% 19th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 452 Thousand persons 2025 down 23.1% 33rd Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 2.9% 2025 down 65.9% 19th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 7.8% 2025 down 63.7% 13th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 3.3% 2025 down 82.7% 9th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 4.8% 2025 down 68.8% 20th Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 81 Thousand persons 2025 down 72.5% 30th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 454 Thousand persons 2025 down 22.8% 32nd Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 84.2% 2020 up 32.6% 39th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 137 Thousand persons 2020 down 76.3% 34th Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 7.3% 2020 down 73.6% 12th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 26.0% 2020 down 31.9% 9th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 14.4% 2025 down 37.1% 8th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -250 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 523.7% 30th