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“Published by the Department of Statistics in 2019. Poverty indicators show that we are moving in a good direction. This is rewarding. But at the same time, we must be realistic: the risk of poverty rate is still very high. It is significantly higher than the European Union average, “he wrote.
G. Nausėda said that half a million people who do not end the end are too many.
“What does 20.6 percent mean? What population of the country lives below the poverty line? This is 576 thousand people, too many to calm down. The size of the population of Vilnius does not end financially!” – evaluated the situation.
“There should be no cases in our country where a working person cannot escape the poverty trap. However, it is in this area where we have seen the least progress so far, with a risk of poverty at work that falls alone 0.2%. And income inequality is still too high: the incomes of people with the lowest and highest incomes differ as much as 6.4 times, “wrote President G. Nausėda.
He also noted that the highest poverty rates are among retirees.
“The highest rate of risk of poverty is again among the elderly pensioners, up to 35.1 percent. On the positive side, this indicator has improved compared to 2018. This shows that the indexation of pensions is working and can not stop: pensions must continue to grow faster than wages, “said the President satisfied with the improvement in the situation.
“The investments agreed yesterday at the European Council allow Lithuania to assess the potential of the national state budget differently. Faced with the Seimas elections, we must pay attention not only to what the party offers in the field of division and redistribution but also to the visions of economy and innovation that they offer. Otherwise, we will constantly step on the spot or we will turn in a circle, “wrote the country’s head, G. Nausėda, on Facebook on Wednesday.
Delphi remember that the latest poverty statistics were released on Wednesday.
Last year, around 215 thousand people lived in Lithuania below the absolute poverty line. people: one of them had an income of up to 251 euros per month, and the families of two parents and two minor children from 14 to 527 euros.
At that time, about 576,000 people lived below the poverty risk level last year. people: this indicator last year reached 20.6 percent. – decreased by 2.3 points during the year, reported the Department of Statistics.
The absolute poverty rate in 2019 was 7.7 percent. – 3.4 points less than in 2018.
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