Lithuania in figures (edition 2023)

Household income and living conditions

 

 

 

 

The chapter presents the number of households in Lithuania and the number of the members of a statistical household based on the Labour Force Survey. The results of the Income and Living Conditions Survey show how the residents of Lithuania live and how many of them face material deprivation.

 

 

 

Based on the results of the Labour Force Survey, in 2022, there were 1 million 471.1 thousand households in Lithuania. The average household comprised 1.92 persons.

 

Number of households
Thousand

 

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Total

1,321.7

1,308.3

1,347.9

1,395.7

1,471.1

Urban areas

905.3

914.4

950.1

986.5

1,054.4

Rural areas

416.4

393.9

397.8

409.2

416.6

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Households comprised of a single person accounted for 45 per cent of the total number of households. Families with children accounted for 27 per cent, of them – one in four (25 per cent) consisted of one adult with dependent children.

 

 

Average size of households

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

The results of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions showed that in 2022 material and social deprivation was faced by 12.7 per cent of the population, of whom 6 per cent were facing severe material and social deprivation. Compared to 2021, the material and social deprivation rate decreased by 0.9 percentage points: in urban areas – by 0.2, in rural areas – 2.5 percentage points. During the period in question, the severe material and social deprivation rate in the country decreased by 0.4 percentage points: in urban areas, it remained unchanged, in rural areas – decreased by 1.2 percentage points.

 

 

Material and social deprivation rate
Per cent

 

Material and social deprivation rate

Severe material and social deprivation rate

2021

2022

2021

2022

Total

13.6

12.7

6.4

6.0

Urban areas

12.2

12.0

5.3

5.3

5 largest cities

10.0

9.3

4.5

4.2

other towns

15.7

16.3

6.6

7.1

Rural areas

16.7

14.2

8.7

7.5

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

24.6 per cent of the population were living at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2022 (in 2021, 23.5 per cent). Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion are those who meet at least one of the following conditions: living at risk of poverty, facing severe material and social deprivation or living in households with very low work intensity. 72 per cent of persons living at risk of poverty or social exclusion fall into this category according to one of the three criteria, while one in fifteen (1.6 per cent of total population) – according to all three criteria.

 

 

In 2022, persons living at risk of poverty or social exclusion in urban areas accounted for 22.8, in rural areas – 28.4 per cent, which is by, respectively, 1.8 percentage points more and 0.5 percentage points less than in 2021.

 

 

 

Consumption of foodstuffs
Per capita per year, kilograms

 

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Cereal products

109

111

103

113

121

Vegetables

98

101

102

104

106

Potatoes

87

84

81

78

81

Fruits and berries

97

102

103

106

109

Meat and meat products

99

98

104

101

106

Milk and milk products

328

294

326

351

337

Eggs, pcs

285

260

253

242

252

Fish and fish products

23

20

17

18

18

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 


 

Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU states, 2022
Per cent

EU 27– 21.6% 

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Source: Eurostat’s database, 9 September 2023


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