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

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%

Source: Eurostat’s database, 9 September 2023

For further terms, see the Dictionary of Statistical Terms

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