Country
Latvia
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Riga
- ISO code
- LV · LVA
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 1.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 38,801 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 76.4 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 3.6 t CO₂
Population
- Population 1.8M 2025 150th of 214
- Population density 30 people/km² 2024 168th of 212
- Population growth -0.99 % per year 2025 207th of 214
- Natural increase -7.1 per 1,000 people 2023 223rd of 228
- Net migration -4.0 per 1,000 people 2025 184th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.24 births per woman 2024 192nd of 214
- Urban population 68.6 % 2025 95th of 214
- Median age 43.1 years 2023 30th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 22.2 % 2025 20th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 35.4 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 17th of 214
- Children under 15 15.2 % 2025 174th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 76.4 years 2024 93rd of 214
- Life expectancy, women 81.5 years 2024 62nd of 214
- Life expectancy, men 71.6 years 2024 106th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 9.9 years 2024 2nd of 214
- Infant mortality 2.2 per 1,000 births 2024 181st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 2.5 per 1,000 births 2024 184th of 195
- Maternal mortality 19 per 100,000 births 2023 122nd of 193
- Health spending per person 1,645 USD 2023 47th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 3,034 $ (PPP) 2023 47th of 191
- Physicians 3.40 per 1,000 people 2022 49th of 179
- Hospital beds 5.0 per 1,000 people 2023 25th of 150
- Measles immunization 98 % 2024 20th of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 34.6 % 2024 15th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,342 kcal per day 2023 46th of 175
- Meat supply 82.6 kg per person per year 2023 39th of 175
Economy
- GDP 48.6B USD 2025 99th of 185
- GDP per capita 26,312 USD 2025 48th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 38,801 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 49th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 27,220 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 46th of 165
- GDP growth 2.1 % 2025 130th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.2 % 2025 68th of 185
- Inflation 3.7 % 2025 64th of 169
- Unemployment 6.6 % 2025 63rd of 181
- Youth unemployment 13.0 % 2025 90th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 9.1 % 2025 126th of 150
- Trade 131 % of GDP 2024 34th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 34.0 2023 81st of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.4 % 2023 109th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 3.9 % of GDP 2024 110th of 187
- Women in the labour force 55.2 % 2025 79th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.889 2023 41st of 192
- Literacy rate 99.9 % 2011 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 4.3 % of GDP 2022 72nd of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 102 % 2023 46th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 86 % 2023 17th of 127
- Primary completion rate 98 % 2023 50th of 135
- Women in parliament 31.0 % 2025 71st of 183
- Homicide rate 3.7 per 100,000 people 2020 50th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 93 % 2024 42nd of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 120 per 100 people 2023 84th of 172
- Fixed broadband 26.0 per 100 people 2023 61st of 169
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 97 % 2024 39th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 93 % 2024 31st of 140
- Research and development 0.82 % of GDP 2023 42nd of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 6.8 Mt CO₂ 2024 128th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 3.6 t CO₂ 2024 78th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 3.45 t CO₂ 2024 102nd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 1.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 83rd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 6.2 t CO₂e 2024 61st of 201
- Forest area 55.6 % of land 2024 43rd of 208
- Water stress 1 % 2022 161st of 176
- Arable land 21.8 % of land 2024 49th of 205
- Renewable energy 44.0 % of final energy 2021 55th of 210
- Renewable electricity 73.5 % of electricity 2024 39th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 4.6 % of electricity 2024 50th of 193
- Electricity from solar 8.5 % of electricity 2024 51st of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 135 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 157th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 3,398 kWh 2024 82nd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 13.0 µg/m³ 2023 135th of 199
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- Languages of the worldLatvian · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldEuro (EUR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2 / UTC+3 in summerSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map25 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- VPN provider mapServers of 29 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)