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Topic 14 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Lithuania: Poverty & Inequality
How is a country’s income shared, and how many live below a line?
Lithuania is placed joint 70th of 159 countries on poverty & inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Gini Index 35.96 (2023); Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day 0.71 (2023).
Share
Poverty & Inequality
joint70th
of 159 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Lithuania on poverty & inequality — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 3
Gini Index
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Lithuania’s is from 2023 · CC BY 4.0
35.96
Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
Lower is better
Lithuania: 35.96. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 23 (India) to 59.07 (Namibia); the world median is 33.72.
- World median
- 33.72
- Best in Northern Europe
- 26.53 Norway
- Land neighbours
- Belarus 24.38 · Latvia 33.97 · Poland 28.47 · Russia 33.01
Key 2 of 3
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Lithuania’s is from 2023 · CC BY 4.0
0.71
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)
Lower is better
Lithuania: 0.71. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0 (Czechia) to 48.69 (DR Congo); the world median is 0.345.
- World median
- 0.345
- Best in Northern Europe
- 0.06 Ireland and Iceland
- Land neighbours
- Belarus 0 · Latvia 0.31 · Poland 0.13 · Russia 0.04
Key 3 of 3
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
12.3
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%)
Lower is better
Lithuania: 12.3. Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Belarus) to 93.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 26.4.
- World median
- 26.4
- Best in Northern Europe
- 0.9 Ireland
- Land neighbours
- Belarus 0.6 · Latvia 16.9 · Poland 7.3 · Russia 12.4
02Over time
Which way Lithuania is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Gini Index
Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality) · lower is better
LithuaniaWorld median
Lithuania rose from 31.92 in 2002 to 35.96 in 2023; the world median went from 37.14 to 33.72.
Every year’s figures
Year Lithuania World median 2023 35.96 33.72 2022 36.56 33.91 2021 36.66 34.04 2020 35.96 34.18 2019 35.25 33.51 2018 35.71 35.25 2017 37.28 34.86 2016 38.39 34.47 2015 37.37 35.52 2014 37.68 34.79 2013 35.31 36.16 2012 35.09 35.40 2011 32.49 33.96 2010 33.61 33.71 2009 37.22 34.91 2008 35.73 34.60 2007 34.79 34.26 2006 34.41 35.63 2005 35.30 36.28 2004 37.01 34.29 2003 35.46 35.46 2002 31.92 37.14 Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%) · lower is better
LithuaniaWorld median
Lithuania rose from 0.24 in 2002 to 0.71 in 2023; the world median went from 3.01 to 0.345.
Every year’s figures
Year Lithuania World median 2023 0.71 0.345 2022 0.42 0.420 2021 0.17 0.335 2020 0.15 0.280 2019 0.38 0.380 2018 0.54 0.460 2017 0.82 0.300 2016 0.80 0.440 2015 0.56 0.500 2014 0.79 0.635 2013 0.55 0.515 2012 0.68 0.640 2011 0.52 0.430 2010 1.10 0.530 2009 1.38 0.600 2008 0.95 0.350 2007 0.88 0.360 2006 0.88 0.465 2005 1.10 1.250 2004 1.66 0.790 2003 0.09 1.650 2002 0.24 3.010 Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) · lower is better
LithuaniaWorld median
Lithuania fell from 24.3 in 2017 to 12.3 in 2025; the world median went from 32.4 to 26.4.
Every year’s figures
Year Lithuania World median 2025 12.3 26.40 2024 13.3 27.10 2023 14.0 27.15 2022 12.6 27.90 2021 10.3 29.65 2020 10.5 31.80 2019 15.0 29.05 2018 19.3 29.85 2017 24.3 32.40
03In context
Lithuania beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 159 countries on poverty & inequality, never a place within the region.
Lithuania and the countries it borders
Standing among all 159; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Gini IndexGini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality) | Poverty Gap at $3.00 a DayPoverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%) | Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietShare of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus | 1st | 24.38 | 0 | 0.6 |
 Poland | 24th | 28.47 | 0.13 | 7.3 |
 Russia | 38th | 33.01 | 0.04 | 12.4 |
 Latvia | 58th | 33.97 | 0.31 | 16.9 |
| Lithuania | =70th | 35.96 | 0.71 | 12.3 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Northern Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 159.
Placed either side on poverty & inequality
The countries immediately above and below Lithuania in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Lithuania is ahead of the world, and behind
27 more statistics filed under poverty & inequality, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median16
Statistics on which Lithuania does better than the middle country measured.
Income Growth of the Poorest 40%World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 1.8419.6531.841▲ Improved since 2014
Lithuania: 9.653 · world median 1.841 · Annualized growth in real income or consumption per person of the bottom 40% (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -4.185 to 14.51; higher is better.
Exclusion by Socio-Economic GroupV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2023 · world median 0.4130.0460.413No real change since 2013
Lithuania: 0.046 · world median 0.413 · Exclusion by socio-economic group index (0–1; higher = more exclusion). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.014 to 0.969; lower is better.
Position 158th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 12,80031,89412,800▲ Improved since 2017
Lithuania: 31,894 · world median 12,800 · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 688.7 to 52,654; higher is better.
Position 25th of 173 · derived.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.96.720.9▲ Improved since 2015
Lithuania: 6.7 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 115th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Coefficient of Human InequalityUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 17.058.82217.05▼ Worsened since 2013
Lithuania: 8.822 · world median 17.05 · Coefficient of Human Inequality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.865 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 134th of 169 · derived, 1st = worst.
Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6090.8120.609▼ Worsened since 2013
Lithuania: 0.812 · world median 0.609 · IHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.226 to 0.923; higher is better.
Position 38th of 169 · derived.
Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour BenefitsWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 18.6533.1918.65No earlier reading
Lithuania: 33.19 · world median 18.65 · Benefits received as a share of beneficiaries' total income or consumption (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.455 to 90.86; higher is better.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.3840.446No earlier reading
Lithuania: 0.384 · world median 0.446 · Correlation between own and parents' years of schooling, born 1980–89 (0–1). World Bank Group, 2017 edition, data for 2017.
Published values in that edition run from 0.123 to 0.66; lower is better.
Position 115th of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Multidimensional Poverty MeasureWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.2521.2574.252No earlier reading
Lithuania: 1.257 · world median 4.252 · Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.96; lower is better.
Position 112th of 157 · derived, 1st = worst.
Median Daily Income or Consumption per PersonWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 22.7637.622.76▲ Improved since 2013
Lithuania: 37.6 · world median 22.76 · Median income or consumption per person, 2021 PPP dollars a day. World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.803 to 89.49; higher is better.
Position 19th of 60 · derived.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.220.25No real change since 2014
Lithuania: 0.22 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Societal Poverty RateWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 17.215.0517.2No real change since 2013
Lithuania: 15.05 · world median 17.2 · Population below the societal poverty line, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 7 to 54.36; lower is better.
Position 38th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 7.823.257.82No real change since 2013
Lithuania: 3.25 · world median 7.82 · Population below $8.30 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 93.58; lower is better.
Position 36th of 59 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.11.082.1▼ Worsened since 2014
Lithuania: 1.08 · world median 2.1 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 89.54; lower is better.
Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 1.341.251.34▲ Improved since 2013
Lithuania: 1.25 · world median 1.34 · Population below $4.20 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 72.3; lower is better.
Position 32nd of 59 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prosperity GapWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 1.7541.5811.754No real change since 2013
Lithuania: 1.581 · world median 1.754 · Average factor incomes must rise by to reach $28 a day. World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.406 to 12.06; lower is better.
Position 31st of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median8
Statistics on which Lithuania does worse than the middle country measured.
Gini Index of Monthly EarningsILO · 2024 · world median 0.3370.340.337▼ Worsened since 2014
Lithuania: 0.34 · world median 0.337 · Gini index of employees’ monthly earnings (0 = all paid the same, 1 = maximum inequality). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.182 to 0.643; lower is better.
Position 36th of 75 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 0.931.10.93▼ Worsened since 2013
Lithuania: 1.1 · world median 0.93 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 54.36; lower is better.
Position 27th of 58 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low Pay RateILO · 2024 · world median 17.8919.5917.89▼ Worsened since 2014
Lithuania: 19.59 · world median 17.89 · Employees paid less than two-thirds of the median hourly earnings (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.395 to 41.69; lower is better.
Position 31st of 71 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID)Frederick Solt, University of Iowa · 2023 · world median 3335.433▼ Worsened since 2013
Lithuania: 35.4 · world median 33 · Gini index of disposable household income (0–100), SWIID estimate. Frederick Solt, University of Iowa, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 22.3 to 51.2; lower is better.
Position 33rd of 79 · derived, 1st = worst.
Palma RatioWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 1.3321.4791.332▼ Worsened since 2013
Lithuania: 1.479 · world median 1.332 · Palma ratio (income share of the richest 10% ÷ share of the poorest 40%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.771 to 4.193; lower is better.
Position 25th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Income Share Held by Richest 10%World Bank Group · 2023 · world median 26.1827.2626.18▼ Worsened since 2013
Lithuania: 27.26 · world median 26.18 · Share of national income or consumption held by the richest tenth (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 18.79 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 24th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Income Share Held by Lowest 20%World Bank Group · 2023 · world median 7.126.547.12▼ Worsened since 2013
Lithuania: 6.54 · world median 7.12 · Share of national income held by the poorest fifth (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.24 to 11.07; higher is better.
Position 41st of 60 · derived.
Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 0.1850.570.185▼ Worsened since 2013
Lithuania: 0.57 · world median 0.185 · Squared poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (0–100). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 9.74; lower is better.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.8812.856.88No earlier reading
Lithuania: 12.85 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Poverty Headcount at National Poverty LinesWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 21.820.921.8No earlier reading
Lithuania: 20.9 · world median 21.8 · Population below the national poverty line (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 82.3.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.554.374.55Moved since 2017
Lithuania: 4.37 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
No current reading for Lithuania
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion and Working Poverty Rate. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Poverty & Inequality among Lithuania’s 16 topics
Poverty & Inequality is Lithuania’s 15th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledge5th of 1983/4 keys
- Gender & Equality6th of 1834/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 15th of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions17th of 1944/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 18th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation21st of 1764/4 keys
- Energy20th of 1653/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing25th of 2004/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital29th of 1963/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience29th of 1934/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture43rd of 1844/4 keys
- Peace & Security42nd of 1774/4 keys
- Work & Labour48th of 1824/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade50th of 1774/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 70th of 1593/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 89th of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on poverty & inequality
The three countries placed highest of 159, and the leaders Lithuania can most readily be measured against.
1BelarusEastern Europe
1st of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
SloveniaSouthern Europe
2nd of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
=3
UkraineEastern Europe
Joint 3rd of 159 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: uploaded by Chern038 · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Europe
Belarus1st3/3 keysHighest in Northern Europe
Iceland8th3/3 keysThis page
Lithuania=70th3/3 keys
Positions out of 159 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Lithuania on poverty & inequality: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Lithuania rank on poverty & inequality?
Lithuania is placed joint 70th of 159 countries on Poverty & Inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Gini Index, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Gini Index figure for Lithuania?
35.96 in 2023 (gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 33.72.
What is the latest Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day figure for Lithuania?
0.71 in 2023 (poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.345.
How does Lithuania compare with Russia on poverty & inequality?
Russia is placed 38th of 159, and Lithuania joint 70th. Gini Index: Russia 33.01, Lithuania 35.96; Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day: Russia 0.04, Lithuania 0.71; Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet: Russia 12.4, Lithuania 12.3.
How have Lithuania’s poverty & inequality figures changed?
Gini Index rose from 31.92 in 2002 to 35.96 in 2023; Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day rose from 0.24 in 2002 to 0.71 in 2023; Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet fell from 24.3 in 2017 to 12.3 in 2025.
Which poverty & inequality statistics are missing for Lithuania?
No current reading is published for Lithuania on Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion and Working Poverty Rate. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
These figures come from household surveys, which most countries run every few years rather than every year. So the subject's standing is read from each country's most recent survey of the last decade, with the year of every reading shown, rather than from one year in which only a minority of countries were surveyed. Two readings decide it — how unequally income is shared and how deep extreme poverty runs — because the other poverty and inequality measures here largely repeat one of those two or repeat average income, which already counts under Economy and Development. Countries with no survey in the last decade have no standing here. What work pays is under Work & Labour; wealth, as opposed to income, has no global source this site is permitted to republish.
How the Poverty & Inequality standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The poverty & inequality method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Gini Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 27 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Lithuania’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Lithuania (banner) — (Jan Mehlich), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Belarus — zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Slovenia — Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 3.0
- Ukraine — uploaded by Chern038, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Lithuania: Poverty & Inequality — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/lithuania/poverty