International Rankings of Latvia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Latvia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Latvia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	26.73	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	85	508894	0
Internet users - percent of population	44	83.58 %	2018
Internet users - total	128	1.608 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	120	11.96	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	121	227616	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	109	108.83	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	148	2.072 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	89	11.530 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	84	11.390 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	35	0.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	14	73.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	15	80.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	18	94.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	13	95.3	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	103	34.084 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	41	60.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	62	18.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	102	61.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	135	61.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	87	19.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	40	1.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	115	3.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	106	22.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	43	73.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	79	26.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	29	2.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	11	10.6 %	2017
Labor force	142	885000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	101	7.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	42	24.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	52	68.1 %	2016
Population below poverty line	75	22.9	2018
Public debt	45	36.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	107	59.102 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	48	30898 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	50	37.5 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	113	8.632 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2017
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2017
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	110	6.798 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	39	3.795 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	59	39	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	25	53	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	33	8	2017
Electricity - imports	40	4.828 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	99	2.932 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	114	6.241 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	85	1.218 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	58	1.246 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	105	44600	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	72	16180 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	78	54370 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	114	7 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	149	1.85 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	142	12.72 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	120	29.2	2018
Land use - arable land	54	18.6	2018
Land use - forest	37	54.1	2018
Land use - other	133	16.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	105	10.5	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	51	0.85 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	100	34.940 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	137	61.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	130	25.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	137	94.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	173	0.68	2025
Urbanization - urban population	78	68.4	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	88	857000 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	69	181941 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	36	21.2 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	123	62249 sq km	0
Area - total	123	64589 sq km	0
Area - water	30	2.340 million sq km	0
Coastline	104	498 km	0
Elevation - highest point	163	312 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	139	87 meters	0
Irrigated land	140	12 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	107	1370 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	120	29.2	2018
Land use - arable land	54	18.6	2018
Land use - forest	37	54.1	2018
Land use - other	133	16.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	105	10.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	99	34.940 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	198	9 %	1965
Age structure - 25-54 years	103	40.41 %	9359
Age structure - 55-64 years	11	14.77 %	2548
Birth rate	186	8.96 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	49	6.2 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	2	14.63 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	10	32.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	115	3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	64	59 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	129	26.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	10	98.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	98	1.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	90	1.4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	60	1.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	35	4.4 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2019
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2019
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	88	5600	2019
Hospital bed density	19	5.6 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	167	4.5 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	169	5.34 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	168	4.93 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	65	80.33 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	119	71.19 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	99	75.65 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	97	19	2017
Median age - female	6	48 years	2020
Median age - male	26	40.5 years	0
Median age - total	13	44.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	27	27.3	2019
Net migration rate	162	5.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	54	23.6 %	2016
Physicians density	37	3.19 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	150	1.863 million	2021
Population growth rate	168	1.1 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	12	98.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	82	15.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	78	5.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	96	1.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	40	0.82	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	57	0.5 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	31	0.86 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	125	1.54 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	101	10.1	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	72	14.2	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	87	12.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	174	0.68	2025
Urbanization - urban population	78	68.4	2021
Transportation
Airports	84	42	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	60	18	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	28	7	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	73	24	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	44	24	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	98	4.010 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	66	4.059 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	63	53	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	74	1860 km	2018
Roadways - paved	61	15158 km	2018
Roadways - total	57	70244 km	2018
Waterways	80	300 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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