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It is true that last year the absolute poverty rate was 11.1 percent. population, so this statistic is improving.
“It just caught our eye then. (…) Almost 100,000. The number of people below the absolute poverty line has decreased,” Jūratė Petrauskienė, Director-General for Statistics of Lithuania, said at a press conference.
“In recent years, we have seen an absolute decrease in poverty in all age groups. It is very nice,” he added.
Statistics show that 6.2 percent lived below the absolute poverty line. urban population, and in rural areas, these people represented 10.8 percent.
Vidmantas Balkūnas / Village Photo
The absolute poverty rate for children under the age of 18 was higher than for those of working or retirement age, but it is also decreasing.
In 2019, the absolute poverty rate for children was 8.4 percent. And, compared to 2018, it decreased 5.6 percent. point.
The absolute poverty line is calculated annually by the Ministry of Social Security and Labor. This level of income is necessary to meet a person’s minimum food and goods and services needs.
Statistics Department data shows that if the state did not provide social benefits, absolute poverty in the country would have nearly doubled last year: 15.1 percent.
Photo from 123RF.com / Poverty
Last year, the gap was smaller, which means that state support is increasingly helping to lift people out of absolute poverty, said the director of the Department of Statistics.
According to her, the worst results in Lithuania so far are statistically single over 65 years.
According to the Department, below the absolute poverty line, it was 35.1 percent. old age retirees. It is also difficult to have a statistical adult with one or more children.
Poverty risk rates are also decreasing
Last year’s poverty risk rate was 20.6 percent. and fell 2.3 points during the year. Almost 600,000 people lived below the poverty risk threshold last year. persons.
Income below the poverty risk threshold in the city was 17.1 percent. population, and in rural areas – 27.9 percent. People at risk of poverty are declining in both demographic groups.
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė / 15min.lt / Elderly people in the city
The poverty risk threshold in 2019 was € 379 per month per resident and € 797 per family consisting of two adults and two children under the age of 14.
Statistics show that the risk of poverty rate fell further in the category of over 65s, but this group is still the most exposed to poverty.
J.Petrauskienė said that the number of seniors below the poverty line is decreasing due to recent growth in pensions.
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