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currency: Euro
capital city: Riga
region: Northern Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 62,230 km²
population: 1,881,750 people
political leader: Krišjānis Kariņš (Prime Minister)

Classified as: place

Location on a map: [57°0′N, 25°0′E]

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Summary

Latvia is a country. The capital city is Riga, located in the Northern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 62,230 km², a population of 1,881,750 people and uses the currency Euro. The Prime Minister is Krišjānis Kariņš.

Environment

Latvia is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Northern Europe and 194 countries in our database.

Agricultural land: 19,700.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 6.84 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 6.71 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 49.81 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 33.62 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 0.02 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 16.56 % of total
Net energy imports: 45.16 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 1.47 births per woman
Forest area: 34,146 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 56.72 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 11.11 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 40.00
Methane emissions: 2.30 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.69 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 1,008,051 people
Male population: 873,699 people
Renewable energy consumption: 44.00 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 62,761.74 km²
Rural population: 589,533 people
Urban land area: 676.27 km²
Urban population: 1,292,217 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 7.96 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Latvia by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Latvia

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Latvia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Latvia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Latvia

Latvia relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Latvia relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Latvia

Latvia relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Latvia

Latvia relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Latvia

Latvia relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Latvia relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Latvia relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Latvia

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Latvia

Evolution of historical land area in Latvia

Evolution of historical median age in Latvia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Latvia

Latvia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Latvia relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Latvia relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Latvia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Latvia relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Latvia relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Latvia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Latvia

Latvia relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Latvia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Latvia relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Latvia

Latvia relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Latvia

Evolution of historical male population in Latvia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Latvia

Evolution of historical rural land area in Latvia

Evolution of historical rural population in Latvia

Latvia relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Latvia

Latvia relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Latvia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Latvia

Latvia relationship between date and population over time

Latvia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Latvia

Latvia relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Latvia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Latvia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Latvia

Latvia relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Latvia relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Latvia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Latvia relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Latvia relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Latvia

Latvia relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Latvia relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Latvia relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Latvia relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Latvia relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Latvia relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Latvia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Latvia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Latvia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Latvia

Distribution of sites in Latvia by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Latvia by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Latvia

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Latvia by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Latvia

Cities in Latvia

Sites in Latvia

Wildfires in Latvia

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Business

Central government debt: 73.87 % of GDP
Expense: 35.64 % of GDP
Gdp: 43,627,078,481.29 current US$
Inflation: 8.94 annual %
Self-employed workers: 13.40 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 22.76 % of GDP
Unemployment: 6.53 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 8.79 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Latvia by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Latvia

Evolution of historical expense in Latvia

Evolution of historical GDP in Latvia

Latvia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Latvia

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Latvia

Latvia relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Latvia

Evolution of historical unemployment in Latvia

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Latvia

Proportion of shops per country in Latvia

Companies from Latvia

Exchanges in Latvia

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Health

Birth rate: 8.50 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 16.40 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 1,898.00 current US$
Health expenditure: 9.04 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.19 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 5.30 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 75
Suicide mortality rate: 20.10 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Latvia

Latvia relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Latvia relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Latvia relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Latvia relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Latvia relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Latvia

Latvia relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Latvia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Latvia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Latvia

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Latvia

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Latvia

Latvia relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Latvia relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Latvia

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Latvia

Proportion of diseases in Latvia by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Latvia by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Latvia

Evolution of historical deaths in Latvia

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Latvia

Diseases in Latvia

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 9,000 people
Democracy score: 7.38
Democracy type: Flawed democracy
Military expenditure: 2.05 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.00 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Latvia

Latvia relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Latvia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Latvia relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Latvia relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Latvia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Latvia relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Latvia relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Latvia

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latvia

Distribution of politicians from Latvia by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Latvia

Political parties in Latvia

Politicians from Latvia

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Latvia by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Latvia

Proportion of competitions per city in Latvia

Proportion of competitions per country in Latvia

Distribution of competitions in Latvia by start date

Proportion of medals won by Latvia in the Olympics

Athletes from Latvia

Competitions in Latvia

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Latvia by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Latvia

Geographical distribution of museums in Latvia by visitors

Artists from Latvia

Museums in Latvia

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Latvia by total students

Distribution of universities in Latvia per foundation year

Universities in Latvia

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In literature

There are 75 books written about Latvia in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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