At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Latvia
Latvia: At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents was 14.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Latvia, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 14.0% for at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Latvia peaked at 29.1% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2025.
Latvia ranks 42nd of 44 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Latvia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18.3% | — |
| 2006 | 20.9% | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 18.3% | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 25.5% | +39.3% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 28.8% | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 29.1% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 24.1% | -17.2% |
| 2013 | 22.8% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 26.4% | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 24.5% | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | -37.1% |
| 2017 | 18.3% | +18.8% |
| 2018 | 23.9% | +30.6% |
| 2019 | 19.3% | -19.2% |
| 2020 | 20.7% | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 25.0% | +20.8% |
| 2022 | 15.5% | -38.0% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 14.5% | -11.0% |
| 2025 | 14.0% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.6% | 18.3% | 25.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 23.3% | 15.4% | 29.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 14.0% | 25.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Latvia?
- At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Latvia was 14.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 29.1% in 2011.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2025.
- How does Latvia rank for at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents?
- Latvia ranks 42nd out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents (population aged 0 to 17). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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