Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Latvia
Latvia: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.0% in 2016. ◆ Volatile
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Latvia, 2002–2016
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Latvia is 0.0%, measured in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Latvia peaked at 0.2% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2013.
Latvia ranks 35th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Latvia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.2% | — |
| 2003 | 0.2% | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -18.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +69.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -90.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +100.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -25.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +66.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -60.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +850.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -94.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | — |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 7 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Latvia?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Latvia was 0.0% in 2016, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2005.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2013.
- How does Latvia rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Latvia ranks 35th out of 39 countries with data for 2016.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latvia 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 $3.20 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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