Country statistical profiles: Key tables from OECD
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| | Country statistical profile: Latvia 2018 | |||||||||
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| | | Unit | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| | Production and income | |||||||||
| | GDP per capita | USD current PPPs | 17 578 | 19 782 | 21 260 | 22 675 | 23 802 | 24 513 | 25 589 | 27 632 |
| | Gross national income (GNI) per capita | USD current PPPs | 17 799 | 19 776 | 21 116 | 22 672 | 23 781 | 24 407 | 25 528 | .. |
| | Household disposable income | Annual growth % | -5.4 | -5.8 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 4.1 | .. |
| | Economic growth | |||||||||
| | Real GDP growth | Annual growth % | -3.9 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| | Net saving rate in household disposable income | % | -3.3 | -15.9 | -14.5 | -15.3 | -12.7 | -8.1 | -6.5 | .. |
| | Gross fixed capital formation | Annual growth % | -19.8 | 24.0 | 14.4 | -6.0 | 0.1 | -0.5 | -15.0 | 16.0 |
| | Economic structure: share of real value added | |||||||||
| | Agriculture, forestry, fishing | % | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| | Industry including energy | % | 18.4 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 16.4 |
| | Construction | % | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| | Trade, repairs, transport, accomm., food services | % | 27.8 | 27.0 | 26.4 | 26.1 | 26.1 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 25.8 |
| | Information, communication | % | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
| | Finance and insurance | % | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| | Real estate | % | 10.3 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 11.7 |
| | Professional, scientific, support services | % | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 |
| | Public admin., defence, education, health, social work | % | 16.0 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
| | Other services (ISIC Rev.4 R - U) | % | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| | Government deficits and debt | |||||||||
| | Government deficit | % of GDP | -8.7 | -4.3 | -1.2 | -1.2 | -1.5 | -1.4 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| | General government debt | % of GDP | 53.2 | 47.5 | 45.7 | 43.4 | 45.8 | 41.1 | 49.3 | .. |
| | General government revenues | % of GDP | 36.8 | 36.2 | 36.8 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.9 | 37.2 | 37.5 |
| | General government expenditures | % of GDP | 45.5 | 40.5 | 38.0 | 37.7 | 38.3 | 38.5 | 37.4 | .. |
| | Expenditure | |||||||||
| | Government/compulsory expenditure on health | % of GDP | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | |
| | Voluntary expenditure on health | % of GDP | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 | |
| | Public social expenditure | % of GDP | 18.7 | 15.9 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.5 | .. |
| | Private social expenditure | % of GDP | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Public pension expenditure | % of GDP | 9.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Private pension expenditure | % of GDP | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Net official development assistance (Aid) | % of GNI | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| | Taxes | |||||||||
| | Total tax revenue | % of GDP | 28.1 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 28.5 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 30.2 | .. |
| | Tax on personal income | % of GDP | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.3 | .. |
| | Tax on corporate profits | % of GDP | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | .. |
| | Taxes on goods and services | % of GDP | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.6 | .. |
| | Taxes on the average worker | % of labour cost | 44.0 | 44.2 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 43.0 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 42.9 |
| | Trade | |||||||||
| | Imports of goods and services | % of GDP | 55.1 | 62.8 | 65.8 | 63.9 | 62.2 | 60.9 | 59.1 | 61.8 |
| | Exports of goods and services | % of GDP | 53.7 | 57.8 | 61.3 | 60.3 | 60.7 | 60.4 | 60.0 | 60.5 |
| | Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods | Bln USD | -2.0 | -3.5 | -3.4 | -3.5 | -3.2 | -2.4 | -2.1 | -2.9 |
| | Imports of goods | Bln USD | 10.9 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 15.7 |
| | Exports of goods | Bln USD | 8.8 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 12.8 |
| | Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services | Bln USD | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| | Imports of services | Bln USD | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| | Exports of services | Bln USD | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| | Current account balance of payments | % of GDP | 2.8 | -2.7 | -3.3 | -2.8 | -1.8 | -0.4 | 1.5 | -1.0 |
| | Foreign direct investment (FDI) | |||||||||
| | Outward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 894 | 864 | 1 113 | 1 600 | 1 361 | 1 424 | 1 524 | 1 793 |
| | Inward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 10 935 | 12 112 | 13 534 | 15 956 | 15 070 | 14 743 | 14 184 | 17 233 |
| | Inflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 379 | 1 454 | 1 111 | 904 | 779 | 710 | 149 | 723 |
| | Outflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 20 | 61 | 193 | 413 | 389 | 18 | 144 | 91 |
| | Prices and interest rates | |||||||||
| | Inflation rate: all items | Annual growth % | -1.1 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| | Inflation rate: all items non food non energy | Annual growth % | -3.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| | Inflation rate: food | Annual growth % | -0.3 | 8.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | -0.3 | -1.3 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| | Inflation rate: energy | Annual growth % | 5.4 | 13.5 | 8.7 | -2.4 | -2.0 | -2.7 | -6.9 | 4.1 |
| | Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing | Annual growth % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Long-term interest rates | % | 10.34 | 5.91 | 4.57 | 3.34 | 2.51 | 0.96 | 0.53 | 0.83 |
| | Purchasing power and exchange rates | |||||||||
| | Purchasing power parities | EUR per USD | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| | Exchange rates | EUR per USD | 0.75 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.89 |
| | Indices of price levels | OECD=100 | 63 | 67 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 62 | 64 |
| | Energy supply and prices | |||||||||
| | Total primary energy supply (TPES) | Mtoe | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | .. |
| | TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs | Toe per '000 USD | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | .. |
| | Renewable energy | Ktoe | 1 433.4 | 1 418.0 | 1 650.9 | 1 611.2 | 1 613.3 | 1 536.8 | 1 624.6 | .. |
| | Crude oil import prices | USD per barrel | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | |||||||||
| | Households with access to computers | % | 62.8 | 64.3 | 69.5 | 71.7 | .. | 76.1 | .. | 77.4 |
| | Households with access to internet | % | 59.8 | 63.6 | 68.7 | 71.6 | 73.4 | 76.0 | 78.6 | |
| | Environment | |||||||||
| | Water abstactions | Mln m3 | 275 | 369 | 260 | 206 | 168 | 177 | 224 | .. |
| | National fish landings in domestic ports | '000 tonnes | 167 | 57 | 55 | 60 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | National fish landings in foreign ports | '000 tonnes | .. | 112 | 32 | 83 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Aquaculture | '000 tonnes | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Municipal waste total | '000 tonnes | 680 | 721 | 658 | 704 | 726 | 798 | 802 | .. |
| | Municipal waste total per capita | Kg | 321 | 344 | 318 | 345 | 360 | 400 | 407 | .. |
| | CO2emissions from fuel combustion | Mln tonnes | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .. | .. |
| | Education | |||||||||
| | Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64 | % | 27 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 33 | .. |
| | Expenditure per student: primary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | 4 979 | 6 016 | 6 585 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Expenditure per student: secondary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | 5 152 | 5 891 | 6 629 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Expenditure per student: tertiary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | 7 509 | 7 978 | 8 962 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Youths 15-19 not in education nor employment | % | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | .. |
| | Youths 20-24 not in education nor employment | % | 30.4 | 21.6 | 20.3 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 13.3 | 18.4 | .. |
| | Employment | |||||||||
| | Employment rate in population aged 15-24 | % | 25.4 | 25.8 | 28.7 | 30.2 | 32.5 | 34.6 | 32.8 | 33.0 |
| | Employment rate in population aged 25-54 | % | 72.7 | 75.0 | 76.3 | 77.9 | 78.2 | 79.2 | 79.7 | 81.3 |
| | Employment rate in population aged 55-64 | % | 47.8 | 50.6 | 52.8 | 54.8 | 56.4 | 59.4 | 61.4 | 62.3 |
| | Incidence of part-time employment | % | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| | Self-employment rate: total employment | % | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.5 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Self-employment rate: male employment | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Self-employment rate: female employment | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Unemployment | |||||||||
| | Unemployment rate: total labour force | % | 19.5 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 8.7 |
| | Unemployment rate: male labour force | % | 22.7 | 18.6 | 16.2 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 9.8 |
| | Unemployment rate: female labour force | % | 16.3 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| | Long-term unemployment: total unemployed | % | 45.0 | 54.5 | 52.1 | 48.5 | 43.1 | 45.5 | 42.6 | 38.5 |
| | Labour compensation and hours worked | |||||||||
| | Labour compensation per unit labour input, total economy | Annual growth % | -6.0 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 6.8 | 8.8 |
| | Average time worked per person in employment | Hours per year | 1 935 | 1 952 | 1 934 | 1 928 | 1 938 | 1 902 | 1 902 | 1 875 |
| | Research and Development (R&D) | |||||||||
| | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | Mln USD | 225 | 273 | 271 | 256 | 293 | 274 | 198 | .. |
| | Researchers: full-time equivalent | Per '000 employed | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | .. |
| | Population | |||||||||
| | Total population | '000 persons | 2 098 | 2 060 | 2 034 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Population growth rates | % | -2.1 | -1.8 | -1.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Total fertitity rates | Children | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | .. |
| | Youth population aged less than 15 | % of population | 14.2 | 14.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| | Elderly population aged 65 and over | % of population | 18.2 | 18.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| | International migration | |||||||||
| | Foreign-born population | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Foreign population | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Unemployment rate in population of native-born men | % of labour force | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10.0 |
| | Unemployment rate in population of foreign-born men | % of labour force | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8.8 |
| | Unemployment rate in population of native-born women | % of labour force | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8.0 |
| | Unemployment rate in population of foreign-born women | % of labour force | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7.2 |
| | Health | |||||||||
| | Life expectancy at birth | Years | 73.0 | 73.7 | 73.9 | 74.1 | 74.3 | 74.6 | 74.7 | .. |
| | Life expectancy at birth: men | Years | 67.9 | 68.6 | 68.9 | 69.3 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 69.8 | .. |
| | Life expectancy at birth: women | Years | 78.0 | 78.8 | 78.9 | 78.9 | 79.4 | 79.5 | 79.6 | .. |
| | Infant mortality | Per '000 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | .. |
| | Overweight or obese, % of population aged 15 and over | Measured | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54.6 | .. | 54.6 | .. |
| | Suicide Rates | Per 100 000 persons | 19.7 | 19.9 | 20.5 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 18.1 | .. | .. |
| | Transport | |||||||||
| | Goods transport | Mln tonne-km | 30 119 | 35 980 | 36 676 | 34 627 | 35 487 | 35 561 | 31 607 | .. |
| | Passenger transport | Mln passenger-km | 3 060 | 3 153 | 3 083 | 3 054 | 2 994 | 2 823 | 2 774 | .. |
| | Road Fatalities | Per mln inhabitants | 104 | 87 | 87 | 89 | 106 | 95 | 81 | .. |
| Last updated: 6 July 2018; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | ||||||||||
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| Source: OECD Data (data.oecd.org). | ||||||||||