poverty

Number of people living in absolute poverty in Estonia rose by 2.5 times

According to Statistics Estonia , 22.5% of Estonia’s population lived at risk of poverty and 3.5% in absolute poverty in 2022. Compared with 2021, the...

Nauseda: poverty level still very high (1)

Lithuania's poverty statistics for 2019 signal an encouraging trend, but the level of poverty in the country is still very high, President Gitanas Nauseda...

Economist: poverty drop in Lithuania is result of social policy

As the number of people living below the poverty line dropped in Lithuania last year, economist Rimantas Rudzkis says it reflects shrinking social...

Experts divided on how many people live in poverty

Lithuania's poverty indicators remain among the highest in the European Union, with one in five people at risk of poverty or social exclusion , according...

Almost a third of Lithuanians at risk of poverty

Some 28.3 percent of the Lithuanian population were at risk of povert y or social exclusion in 2018, one of the highest rates in the EU, the latest...