International Rankings of Latvia 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	359,604	58	2012
Internet users	1,504,000	81	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	501,000	97	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	2,310,000	139	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$9,981,000,000	87	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$9,999,000,000	82	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	0.10	45	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	3.5	104	31 Dec 2011 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	6.39	136	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$473,400,000	104	2013 est.
Debt - external	$39,430,000,000	65	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	35.2	88	2010
Exports	$12,230,000,000	87	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	61.60	42	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	15.30	105	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	62.40	101	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-65.50	145	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	23.50	79	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	2.80	22	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	5.00	126	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	25.70	117	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	69.30	70	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$28,000,000,000	97	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$18,100	73	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$36,870,000,000	107	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	5.60	51	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	24.60	49	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	27.60	102	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.70	65	2008
Imports	$15,150,000,000	86	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	8.80	23	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	2.30	168	2013 est.
Labor force	1,031,000	143	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	8.80	127	2010 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	24.00	48	2010 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	67.20	61	2010 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 1,252,000,000	106	31 Dec 2011
Public debt (% of GPD)	40.70	88	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$7,523,000,000	79	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 12,090,000,000	100	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$1,992,000,000	74	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$14,140,000,000	81	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$18,390,000,000	84	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 9,099,000,000	80	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	35.7	65	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	11.40	82	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	8,475,000	106	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	113	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	122	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	1,000	110	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	136	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	6,560,000,000	101	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	2,764,000,000	34	2011 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	27.2	185	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	70.9	22	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	82	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	1.9	68	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	4,009,000,000	39	2011 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	2,166,000	99	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	6,412,000,000	112	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	3,011.33	83	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	1,520,000,000	82	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	100	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	1,580,000,000	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	137	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	142	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	31,340	113	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	6,146	89	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	35,930	84	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	139	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	498	116	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	312	210	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	87	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	177.9	114	2007
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.42	131	2007
Irrigated land (sq km)	8	169	2007
Land Area - sq km	62,249.00	124	NA
Land boundaries - km	1,382	111	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	17.96	61	2011
Land use - other (%)	81.93	166	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.11	186	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	35.00	172	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	64,589.00	124	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	35.45	103	2011
Water Area - sq km	2,340	89	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	540,810	129	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	546,090	140	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	447,638	141	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	401,691	144	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	9,858	152	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	10,482	151	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.10	119	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	148,811	156	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	155,549	156	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	14.00	219	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	126,419	154	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	131,766	155	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	11.90	200	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	489,405	143	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	481,365	145	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	44.60	46	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	153,390	128	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	120,212	134	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	12.60	37	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	250,738	101	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	120,788	122	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	17.10	29	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	9.91	198	2014 est.
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	67.80	53	1995
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	13.60	15	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	53	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	95.8	76	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	98.4	65	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	99.6	63	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	4.2	125	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	1.6	142	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	0.4	140	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	5.00	76	2010
Health expenditures	6.70	91	2010
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.70	60	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	1,000	68	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	8,600	105	2009 est.
Hospital bed density	5.30	34	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	6.26	161	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	9.80	154	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	8.08	157	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	78.53	91	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	68.13	149	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	73.19	123	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	99.80	9	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	99.80	13	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	99.80	9	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	34.00	120	2010
Median age - female (years)	44.10	15	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	38.20	42	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	41.20	30	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	26.40	38	2010 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-2.36	169	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	24.90	61	2008
Physicians density	2.90	41	2010
Population	2,178,443	144	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	-0.61	227	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	71.1	114	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	28.9	85	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	78.6	120	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	21.4	83	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	82.1	128	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	17.9	74	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	15	52	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	14	57	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	14	59	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.05	78	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	92	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	147	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.78	205	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.48	226	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	97	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.86	225	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	69	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.34	210	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	29	33	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	28	27	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	29	28	2012
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	-0.4	225	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	68	87	2011
Transportation
Airports	42	101	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	18	84	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	24	94	2013
Heliports	1.00	80	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	11	110	2010
Pipelines (km)	1,343	80	2013
Railways (km)	2,239	67	2008
Roadways (km)	72,440	65	2013
Waterways (km)	300	93	2010

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