Poverty at the national line — all countries

Poverty at the national line — Lithuania

Poverty at the national line in Lithuania in 2021 — 20.9%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 73. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2021 20.9% +0.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 41of 73
Period maximum 22.9%2016
Period minimum 18.6%2011

Trend over time

2004–2021 · % of population

Poverty at the national line — Lithuania, 2004–20211820222420042006200820102012201420162018202020212004: 20.5%2005: 20%2006: 19.1%2007: 20.9%2008: 20.3%2009: 20.5%2010: 19.2%2011: 18.6%2012: 20.6%2013: 19.1%2014: 22.2%2015: 21.9%2016: 22.9%2017: 22.9%2018: 20.6%2019: 20.9%2020: 20%2021: 20.9%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp
Poverty at the national line — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 20.9 +0.9 pp
2020 20 −0.9 pp
2019 20.9 +0.3 pp
2018 20.6 −2.3 pp
2017 22.9 +0 pp
2016 22.9 +1 pp
2015 21.9 −0.3 pp
2014 22.2 +3.1 pp
2013 19.1 −1.5 pp
2012 20.6 +2 pp
2011 18.6 −0.6 pp
2010 19.2 −1.3 pp
2009 20.5 +0.2 pp
2008 20.3 −0.6 pp
2007 20.9 +1.8 pp
2006 19.1 −0.9 pp
2005 20 −0.5 pp
2004 20.5

Northern Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population below the national poverty line — the one a country has defined in its legislation or in the methodology of its statistical office. The indicator answers a question the international lines do not ask: how many people are poor by the standards of their own society. That is exactly why it is unfit for comparing countries with one another — yet it shows better than any other indicator how a country assesses poverty at home, and it is what the results of national policy are judged by.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: poverty lines differ between countries, and a sum of shares computed against different lines has no definition. For comparing countries there are the three international lines.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.