World Bank poverty and inequality measures for Latvia, generated from analytical reports, national monitoring programs, and the Bank's Development Research Group. The data includes internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines produced since 1990. It is provided in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Assessing the extent and causes of poverty in Latvia based on World Bank analytical reports.
- Examining the impact of economic growth and public policy on inequality using national monitoring data.
- Reviewing household survey data and measurement methods for poverty estimation.
- Comparing global poverty estimates and lines for Latvia produced since 1990.
Strengths
- Data originates from the World Bank's Development Research Group, a leading producer of global poverty estimates since 1990.
- Includes measures generated from both World Bank analytical reports and Latvia's national poverty monitoring programs.
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-04-28 07:13:23.314936; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work conducted in collaboration with national institutions, development agencies, and civil society, using household survey data.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 07:13:23.314936
- Geography
- Latvia