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IndicatorLVALatviaEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.94rank #11
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile64.6rank #41
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.68rank #25
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.73rank #13
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.93rank #11
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile65.8rank #50
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.94rank #11
Military spending% GDP3.3%rank #21
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.6rank #13
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile76.5rank #62
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile72.2rank #31
Rule of Law0-100 percentile75.7rank #31
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.97rank #12
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.83rank #14
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.75rank #19
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile76.6rank #29
Women in parliament% seats31%rank #67
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.95rank #3
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment6.7%rank #121
Agriculture value added% GDP4%rank #97
Annual working hours per workerhours1,625.2rank #100
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker468,945.4rank #23
Current account balance% GDP-3.4%rank #67
Employment-to-population ratio%56.3%rank #101
FDI net inflows% GDP0.5%rank #73
GDPcurrent US$48.62Brank #99
GDP growth%2.1%rank #130
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$26,312rank #48
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $38,800.5rank #49
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $37,997.8rank #47
Government expenditure% GDP34.2%rank #26
Gross capital formation% GDP24.1%rank #60
Gross savings% GDP20.7%rank #49
High-technology exports% manuf. exports17.5%rank #38
Human capital indexindex3.2rank #43
Industry value added% GDP18.7%rank #119
Inflation%3.7%rank #104
Labour force participation rate%59.9%rank #97
Personal remittances received% GDP3%rank #39
R&D expenditure% GDP0.82%rank #42
Researchers in R&Dper million2,190.9rank #37
Tax revenue% GDP17.6%rank #48
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.61rank #69
Trade openness% GDP129.7%rank #28
Unemployment% labor force6.6%rank #119
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%6.1%rank #112
Vulnerable employment% employment8.6%rank #31
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2413%rank #92
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2411.7%rank #87
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop98.8%rank #55
Basic sanitation access% pop92.5%rank #88
Child mortalityper 1000.25rank #6
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,342.2rank #46
DTP3 immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Health spending% GDP7.3%rank #78
Infant mortalityper 1k births2.2rank #7
Life expectancyyears76.4rank #95
Maternal mortalityper 100k19rank #19
Measles immunization% children98%rank #2
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%98%rank #2
Physiciansper 1k3.4rank #40
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m313rank #66
Road traffic deathsper 100k8.1rank #32
Smoking prevalence% adults34.6%rank #125
Suicide mortality rateper 100k15.2rank #153
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k21rank #54
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births2.5rank #11
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%99.9%rank #1
Education spending% GDP4.3%rank #73
Expected years of schoolingyears16.5rank #36
Mean years of schoolingyears13.4rank #10
Primary completion rate% relevant age98.1%rank #41
Primary enrollment% gross97.6%rank #79
Secondary enrollment% gross101.3%rank #33
Tertiary enrollment% gross82.9%rank #15
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0006.9rank #188
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.2rank #180
Median age of populationyears43.1rank #25
Net migration rateper 1,0004.2rank #41
Populationpeople1.85Mrank #150
Population growth%-0.99%rank #209
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years80.2rank #98
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands1,513.8rank #155
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age58.8rank #77
Urban population%68.6%rank #85
Climate
CO₂ emissionst6.46Mrank #129
CO₂ per capitat3.5rank #96
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation46.9%rank #17
Electricity from solar% generation13%rank #24
Electricity from wind% generation3.6%rank #51
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita3,767.7rank #34
Forest area% land55%rank #39
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita9.2rank #152
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh134.3rank #20
Renewable electricity%73%rank #20
Renewable energy share%44%rank #51
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e17.3rank #64
Society
Asylum seekerspeople91rank #27
Extreme poverty% pop0.4%rank #5
Female labor participation%55.2%rank #79
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10025.8rank #61
Gender Development Indexratio1rank #7
Gender Inequality Index0-10.12rank #35
Gini indexindex34rank #23
Homicide rateper 100k2.5rank #46
Human Development Index0-10.89rank #32
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.81rank #31
Internet users% pop92.7%rank #40
Life satisfaction0-106.4rank #46
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.75rank #25
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #95
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #41
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #40
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #52
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people32,454rank #74
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people189rank #40
Youth NEET rate%9.1%rank #31
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-101.7rank #12
Human hazard & exposure0-101rank #11
INFORM risk score0-102.6rank #15
Lack of coping capacity0-102.5rank #17
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-100.8rank #5
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-103.9rank #18
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.4rank #11
Socio-economic vulnerability0-101rank #11
Vulnerability0-104.1rank #30
Vulnerable groups0-106.2rank #56
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