In 2019 about 576 thousand people in Lithuania lived below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. At-risk-of-poverty rate in 2019 in the country amounted to 20.6 percent and decreased compared to 2018. The reduction of the at-risk-of-poverty rate was mainly a result of the commencement of universal child benefit payment in 2018, increased pension and state-supported income, and other changes in monetary support for deprived people.
Poverty Watch Main Findings
Most affected groups
Children
Large families
Single parents
Single people
People with disabilities
Old-age pensioners
The unemployed
Main priorities
- An action plan to reduce poverty, social exclusion and income inequality based on social rights
- Collection of tax revenue and financing of social security
- Reducing educational inequalities
- Reform of the social services system
- Ensuring the network of available public services and their quality
- Reducing monetary poverty and strengthening the social protection of the citizens
Contact details
Lithuanian National Anti-Poverty Network
Odminiu g.12, LT-01122 Vilnius
(Lithuania)
Tel: +370 6 854 25 38
Fax: +370 5 212 60 45
E-mail: info ( @ ) smtinklas.lt
Website: www.smtinklas.lt
