International Rankings of Latvia 2024, 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	28	26.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	94	490569	2020
Internet users - percent of population	14	91.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	139	1.729 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	10.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	123	173993	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	115.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	148	2.162 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	4	7.90 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	65	17.30 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	85	14.242 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	81	12.931 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	35	0.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	149	1.700 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	77	40.164 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	142	0.85	N/A
Exports	80	25.248 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	104	34.084 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	42	60.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	62	18.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	104	61.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	138	61.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	88	19.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	41	1.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	115	3.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	107	22.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	47	73.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	80	35 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	80	26.30 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	29	2.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	81	26.622 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	129	1.93 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	100	3.28 %	2021
Labor force	146	955000 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	77	23 %	2018
Public debt	140	36.30 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	108	60.457 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	112	4.07 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	64	32100 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	81	3	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	100	5.491 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	71	21.77 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	95	7.60 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	82	19.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	108	12.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	89	15.50 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	111	149000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	90	2.608 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	113	5.693 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	111	8.450 million	2019
Coal - consumption	110	39000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	59	3000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	98	40000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	111	6.706 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	46	2.548 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	44	4.173 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	105	3.089 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	133	377.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	12	15.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	120	33.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	45	47.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	50	3.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	66	86.645 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	91	1.068 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	62	1.068 billion cubic meters	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	111	39900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	96	1600 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	74	16180 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	79	54370 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	115	7 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	150	2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	132	12 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	124	29	2018
Land use - arable land	55	19	2018
Land use - forest	38	54	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	107	11	2018
Revenue from forest resources	53	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	104	34.940 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	123	60.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	91	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	104	90.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	176	0.68	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	75	69	2023
Geography
Area - land	124	62249 sq km	N/A
Area - total	127	64589 sq km	N/A
Area - water	88	2340 sq km	N/A
Coastline	109	498 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	170	312 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	141	87 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	153	6 sq km	2016
Land boundaries - total	110	1370 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	124	29	2018
Land use - arable land	55	19	2018
Land use - forest	38	54	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	107	11	2018
Population Density	184	29.27 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	25	2 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	10	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	23	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	2	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	2	13 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	40	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	146	8.50 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	10	21 %	2021
Current health expenditure	45	8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	126	49 %	2023
Death rate	6	14.70 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	12	34.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	125	2.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	70	59.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	149	24.90 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	2	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	99	1 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	97	1 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	26	6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	93	0.76 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	146	4.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	144	5.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	144	4.80 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	47	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	83	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	67	76 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	2	100 %	2021
Literacy - male	2	100 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	2	100 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	104	18.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	7	49 years	N/A
Median age - male	29	41 years	N/A
Median age - total	14	45 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	30	27	2020
Net migration rate	99	5.10 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	54	23.60 %	2016
Physicians density	38	3.40 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	153	1.822 million	2023
Population growth rate	180	1.13 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	11	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	76	15 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	89	5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	84	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	25	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	56	0.52 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	32	0.87 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	129	1.55 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	176	0.68	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	75	69	2023
Transportation
Airports	77	56	2024
Heliports	61	5	2024
Merchant marine - total	90	83	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	99	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	53.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Waterways	93	300 km	2010

*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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