Latvia – LV00

EU regions: Latvia > Latvia > Latvia

Indicator	Period	Value
Life long learning
life long learning participation	2023	10.7
Part time jobs and flexible employment
percentage of part time workers	2023	7.73
percentage of part time workers, men	2023	5.36
percentage of part time workers, women	2023	10.03
Gender differences
gender gap in employment rate	2023	96.56
gender gap in unemployment rate	2023	69.74
Graduates and young people
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education	2023	21.2
NEET	2023	7.2
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2022	73
Employment
employment rate	2023	71.4

More on wikipedia wikidata Q211 on OpenStreetMap Latvia slovensky: LV00

Subregions: Kurzeme Region, Latgale Region, Riga, Pierīga statistical region, Vidzeme Region, Zemgale Region

Unemployment

Indicator	Period	Value
Unemployment
unemployment rate	2023	6.8
youth unemployment rate	2023	12.3
Long term unemployment
long term unemployment	2023	1.8
share of long term unemployed	2023	27.6

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2023	1 883 008
population density	2022	29.7
old-age dependency ratio	2023	33.3

Employment by sectors, Latvia

NACE r2		%	NACE r2		%
A	59.9	7%	B-E	133	15%
F	70.4	8%	G-I	230.7	26%
J	42.1	5%	K	16.4	2%
L	19.9	2%	M_N	64.1	7%
O-Q	206.1	23%	R-U	45.6	5%
TOTAL	889.9	100%

Data for the period year 2023. Source of the data is Eurostat, table [lfst_r_lfe2en2].

From Wikipedia:

Latvia ( or (listen); Latvian: Latvija [ˈlatvija]), officially known as the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of 64,589 km² (24,938 sq mi), with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are a prominent minority in the country, at some 24 % of the population.

After centuries of German, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the Baltic German aristocracy, the Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the German Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I. However, by the 1930s the country became increasingly autocratic after the coup in 1934 establishing an authoritarian regime under Kārlis Ulmanis. The country's de facto independence was interrupted at the outset of World War II, beginning with Latvia's forcible incorporation into the Soviet Union, followed by the invasion and occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941, and the re-occupation by the Soviets in 1944 to form the Latvian SSR for the next 45 years. The peaceful Singing Revolution started in 1987, and ended with the restoring of de facto independence on 21 August 1991.

Other: Latvia, Latvia

Neighbours: Central and Western Lithuania region, Estonia

Subregions: Kurzeme Region, Latgale Region, Riga, Pierīga statistical region, Vidzeme Region, Zemgale Region

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Latvia – LV00, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PLV00, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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