🇱🇻 Latvia
Elections
- Last national election: 1 Oct 2022 (Saeima)
- Next election: 2026 (expected)
- European Parliament: 6–9 June 2024 (next 2029)
The “Since election” column shows how each metric has moved from the last national election (baseline year nearest 2022) to the latest figure.
Economics
| Metric | Value | Change (YoY) | Since election (2022) | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP ⚠️ | €43.0 bn | ▲ +€2.0 bn (+4.9%) | ▲ +€7.0 bn (+19.4%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| GDP per capita | €23,410 | ▲ +€1,610 (+7.4%) | ▲ +€4,280 (+22.4%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Annual net earnings (single) | €16,793 | ▲ +€1,343 (+8.7%) | ▲ +€4,646 (+38.2%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Unemployment rate | 6.9 % | no change | no change | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Inflation (HICP) | 3.8 % | ▲ +2.5 % (+192.3%) | ▼ −13.4 % (−77.9%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Household electricity price | €0.25/kWh | ▲ +€0.00/kWh (+1.7%) | ▼ −€0.05/kWh (−18.1%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| House price index ⚠️ | 214 (2015=100) | ▲ +15 (2015=100) (+7.5%) | ▲ +30 (2015=100) (+16.3%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Business density (per 10k inhab.) | 808 | ▲ +29 (+3.7%) | ▲ +33 (+4.3%) | Eurostat | 2024 |
| Active startups (approx.) | 700 | — | — | Dealroom (approx.) | 2023 |
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Yearly values, newest on the right. Axes are scaled to the plotted range, not to zero.
Demographics
| Metric | Value | Change (YoY) | Since election (2022) | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,860,565 | ▼ −18,010 (−1.0%) | ▼ −15,192 (−0.8%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Population growth | -0.8 % | ▲ +0.2 % (+20.0%) | ▼ −1.7 % (−188.9%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Median age | 44.4 yrs | ▲ +0.4 yrs (+0.9%) | ▲ +0.4 yrs (+0.9%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Total fertility rate | 1.2 | ▼ −0.1 (−7.5%) | ▼ −0.2 (−15.6%) | Eurostat | 2024 |
| Net migration rate | -0.7 per 1,000 | ▲ +1.6 per 1,000 (+69.6%) | ▼ −17.2 per 1,000 (−104.2%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Foreign-born population | 11.6 % | ▼ −0.4 % (−3.3%) | ▼ −0.3 % (−2.5%) | Eurostat | 2025 |
| Education index | 0.80 | — | — | UNDP (HDI) | 2022 |
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Yearly values, newest on the right. Axes are scaled to the plotted range, not to zero.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Change (YoY) | Since election (2022) | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intentional homicide rate | 2.4 per 100k | ▲ +0.1 per 100k (+4.3%) | ▲ +0.2 per 100k (+9.1%) | Eurostat | 2024 |
| Robbery ⚠️ | 14.4 per 100k | ▼ −2.7 per 100k (−15.8%) | ▼ −0.5 per 100k (−3.4%) | Eurostat | 2024 |
| Burglary ⚠️ | 124.0 per 100k | ▼ −1.4 per 100k (−1.1%) | ▼ −23.3 per 100k (−15.8%) | Eurostat | 2024 |
| Theft ⚠️ | 649.6 per 100k | ▲ +84.4 per 100k (+14.9%) | ▲ +136.7 per 100k (+26.7%) | Eurostat | 2024 |
| Serious assault ⚠️ | 29.2 per 100k | ▲ +2.4 per 100k (+9.0%) | ▲ +2.0 per 100k (+7.4%) | Eurostat | 2024 |
| Rape ⚠️ | 15.3 per 100k | ▲ +0.3 per 100k (+2.0%) | ▲ +2.4 per 100k (+18.6%) | Eurostat | 2024 |
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Yearly values, newest on the right. Axes are scaled to the plotted range, not to zero.
Housing
| Metric | Value | Change (YoY) | Since election (2022) | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air conditioning (households) | 10.0 % | — | — | Estimate (unverified) | 2024 |
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