Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Lithuania
Lithuania: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.0% in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2008)
0.0%
World rank
31st
of 38 countries
All-time high
0.2%
in 2002
All-time low
0.0%
in 2008
Years of data
8
1998–2008
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Lithuania, 1998–2008
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2008, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Lithuania stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 90.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Lithuania peaked at 0.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2008.
Lithuania ranks 31st of 38 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.1% | — |
| 1999 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | +81.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -70.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -71.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 0.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0%, 25% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 0.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 25% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 30 Montenegro 0.0%
- 31 Ukraine 0.0% compare
- 31 Kazakhstan 0.0%
- 31 Poland 0.0% compare
More health data for Lithuania
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.4537 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,909 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -4.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0199 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -4.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Lithuania?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Lithuania was 0.0% in 2008, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2008.
- How does Lithuania rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Lithuania ranks 31st out of 38 countries with data for 2008.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.65 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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