Income and living conditions of the population of Lithuania (edition 2020)

At-risk-of-poverty gap

 

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In 2019, at-risk-of-poverty gab stood at 26 per cent. It means that median disposable income of persons living below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold was by 26 per cent lower than at-risk-of-poverty threshold. Compared to 2018, at-risk-of-poverty gab decreased by 2.2 percentage points. In 2019, at-risk-of poverty gab in urban and rural areas stood at 25.9 and 26.3 per cent respectively. In terms of age, the smallest at-risk-of-poverty gab was recorded in the group of persons aged 65 and older (20.5 per cent); compared to the previous year, it increased by 1.1 percentage points.


At-risk-of-poverty gap by age group, 2018–2019

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