LATVIA

Capital Riga
Area (km2) 64 589
Total population (thousands, 2023) 1 877
Population density (per km2) 29
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.csb.lv
Central Statistical Burea of Latvia
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 50%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 13%
   hourly wage, 2023 19%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 11%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 58%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 49%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 51%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 80.6
   males, years 70.5
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 19.5
   males, years 14.4
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.4
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 7.7
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 28.0
 
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-0.7
-1.3
0.2
1.8
-1.5
-0.5
Unemployment rate
 (%)
8.1
7.6
6.9
6.5
6.9
6.9
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
14.9
14.8
15.3
12.3
13.6
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 82 602
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 44 293
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 62.6
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 67.2
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 35 487
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2024 0.492
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 54
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 336

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 1 831
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres ..
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 2 230
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 73
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 699
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 3 509
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2019 18 070
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 14 908