Median Equivalised Net Income in Latvia (2025)
Latvia's Median Equivalised Net Income: 13,983 EUR per person in 2025, +9.1% YoY, roughly 61% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,983 | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 12,821 | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 11,258 | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 10,258 | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 9,437 | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 8,827 | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 8,187 | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 7,333 | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 6,607 | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 6,365 | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 5,828 | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 5,203 | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 4,666 | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 4,450 | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 4,195 | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 4,488 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Latvia's median equivalised net income (the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size) reached approximately 13,983 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 9.1% increase from 12,821 EUR in 2024, continuing a run of largely consistent annual gains through most of the 2010–2025 series.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Latvia's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Latvia's median income of 4,488 EUR was about 30.9% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR — reflecting the country's still-developing post-accession income base. That gap has typically narrowed in most years since, with Latvia's ratio reaching 61.0% in 2025, an increase of roughly 30.1 percentage points over 15 years.
Growth has not been perfectly linear. Latvia's income dipped in 2011 (-6.5%) before climbing steadily through the mid-2010s at high-single-digit to low-double-digit annual rates, then accelerated to +13.9% in 2024, the largest single-year gain in the series. That jump likely reflects continued nominal wage catch-up following the 2022–2023 energy-price shock, alongside minimum-wage and public-sector pay increases over that period. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the 2024 surge likely reflects nominal wage growth amid elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. The Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (Centrālā statistikas pārvalde) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.