A quarter of Latvian population still at risk of poverty or social exclusion / Article

Eurostat data re-published on October 17th shows that in 2024, 93 out of the 243 EU regions recorded at risk of poverty or social exclusion rates higher than the 21% EU average. Latvia – which counts as a single region in the data – was among them.

Latvia’s at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate was 24.3%. In fact the data was published earlier in the year, as reported by LSM at the time, but was published again to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which promotes awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution worldwide. Latvia’s figure has slightly improved over recent years.

In five regions, the rates were more than double the EU average. The highest rate was in Guyane (France), where 59.5% of the population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion, followed by Italian regions of Calabria (48.8%) and Campania (43.5%), and the Spanish autonomous cities of Melilla (44.5%) and Ceuta (42.2%). 

In 2024, there were 25 NUTS 2 regions where at least 33% of the population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion (darkest shade of blue in the map). These regions were concentrated in Greece (5 regions), Bulgaria, Spain, Italy (4 regions each), as well as Romania and the outermost regions of France (3 regions each). This group also included 2 predominantly urban regions in western EU countries – the capital region of Belgium (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) and Bremen in Germany. 
 

Source datasets: ilc_peps11n and ilc_peps01n

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