Around 110,000 people in Lithuania, or 3.9% of the population, lived below the absolute poverty line last year, the country’s statistics office said on May 26.
This is down from 140,000 people, or 5.1% of the population, in 2020.
Last year, the absolute poverty threshold was defined as living on monthly income of less than 260 euros or 546 euros for a household of two adults and two children under 14.
The at-risk-of-poverty rate edged down to 20% in 2021 from 20.9% in 2020. About 560,000 people lived below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold last year, down by 4% from 585,000 a year ago.
The at-risk-of-poverty threshold stood at 483 euros per capita and 1,015 euros per household. (LRT/Business World Magazine)