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🇱🇻 Latvia
Republic of Latvia
LVA LV € Euro (EUR)
Every statistic we track for Latvia — 152 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$45,840
75.9 yrs
6.37
0.75
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📈 Economy
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.2 | #196/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.1 | #134/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 43.8 | #34/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 2.2 | #144/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 1.9 | #142/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 29.5 | #189/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 189 | #139/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 68.5% | #94/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 100% | #57/214 | 2024 |
| Internet Users | 92.7% | #42/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 115.2 | #97/209 | 2022 |
| Weekly Internet Use | 89% | #22/34 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| ICCS Civic Knowledge, Grade 8 | 490.1 | #14/20 | 2022 |
| ICILS Computational Thinking, Grade 8 | 495.2 | #8/21 | 2023 |
| ICILS Computer and Information Literacy, Grade 8 | 508.8 | #6/32 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 12 | #25/146 | 2020 |
| PIRLS Reading, Grade 4 | 527.7 | #22/53 | 2021 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 483 | #21/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 475 | #27/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 494 | #20/79 | 2022 |
| TIMSS Mathematics, Grade 4 | 534.3 | #13/55 | 2023 |
| TIMSS Science, Grade 4 | 525.5 | #20/55 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 3.7 | #79/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 2,240 | #51/149 | 2023 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 60.2 | #30/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 73.5% | #39/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 81 | #17/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 1.6 | #138/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 4 | #99/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 9.8 | #119/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 83.7% | #88/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 45.4% | #74/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.7 | #113/193 | 2026 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 25.4% | #73/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 1.7% | #120/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 2.6 | #146/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 57.3 | #46/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 3.2 | #123/193 | 2026 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 60.4% | #100/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 6.4 | #48/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness (EVS) | 80.5% | #29/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.9 | #62/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.8 | #44/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #77/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.5 | #89/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #87/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.6 | #8/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.9 | #42/193 | 2023 |
| Life Satisfaction (Eurobarometer) | 80.8% | #22/34 | 2024 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Acceptance of Homosexuality (EVS) | 20.7% | #22/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Attended a Demonstration | 12.6% | #63/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 50.5% | #140/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 45.5% | #135/143 | 2018 |
| Generalised Trust | 2.7 | #21/36 | 2023 |
| Importance of Religion | 2.3 | #33/35 | 2023 |
| Interpersonal Trust (EVS) | 23% | #24/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Left–Right Self-placement | 5.9 | #10/53 | 2011–2024 |
| Preference for State Ownership | 5.5 | #21/35 | 2023 |
| Risk Tolerance | 4.3 | #31/36 | 2023 |
| Self-assessed Health | 2.7 | #3/36 | 2023 |
| Signed a Petition | 14.6% | #65/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 13.3% | #50/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 3.5 | #119/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 3.2 | #148/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in People (ESS) | 4 | #28/38 | 2023 |
| Trust in political parties | 2.8 | #118/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 78.4% | #55/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 70.3% | #61/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 4.4 | #109/153 | 2017 |
| Voting Makes a Difference | 61.9% | #40/54 | 2011–2024 |
| Who Is in Power Makes a Difference | 61.6% | #38/51 | 2011–2021 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.