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yeah 2003 and some lowpayed jobs dominated by minorities
here is more recent report
http://www.euro.centre.org/data/1381332309_98477.pdf
Latvia is one of the countries with the highest inequality within the EU, and inequality
increased between 2004 and2009. The incomes of the wealthier groups grew proportionately
more than that of those below the poverty threshold.
Who are the poor? Nearly two thirds of the poor population are constituted by people who
live in households with low work intensity. 28% of the poor population are unemployed.
“Working poor” do exist in Latvia, even though the share of employed people is lower (26%)
within the poor population than in the general population (46%). 62% of the poor live in rural
areas, while actually only about half of the population lives there.
The difference between the income shares of the lowest quintile and the highest quintile
groups in 2009 is highest in Lithuania, followed by Latvia and Spain.
Latvia, together with Poland, and Lithuania had been the countries with the highest
inequality with a ratio around seven times higher incomes. Inequality levels have
been volatile in Latvia and in Lithuania during this period, and the 2009 value is
somewhat higher than that of 2005. In contrast, inequality in Poland had a decreasing
trend.
Table 5: At-risk-of-poverty rate in regions of Latvia (%), 2010
Riga 12
Pieriga 15.1
Vidzeme 23.8
Kurzeme 21.1
Zemgale 24
Latgale (east) 30.3
Salaries in Latvia (1st quarter 2014)
here
total, Latvia - 544 euro, Riga 616 euro (highest), Latgale 373 euro (lowest)
Average salary in Pskov region is 18k rubles (390 euro)
If someone is going to say about filthy rich oligarchs and poor people, gini coefficient in Russia 40.1, in Latvia 36
So higher living standards is one of last things people in eastern Latvia would stand for Latvia
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