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Latvia

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Key facts

  • currency: Euro
  • capital city: Riga
  • region: Northern Europe
  • continent: Europe
  • land area: 62,230 km²
  • population: 1,877,445 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 1,877,445 people and uses the currency Euro. The Prime Minister is Krišjānis Kariņš.

Environment

Latvia is one of the 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): 6.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • 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: 34,185 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 56.72 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 10.96 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 39.10
  • Methane emissions: 2.40 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 1,007,833 people
  • Male population: 869,612 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 44.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 62,761.74 km²
  • Rural population: 588,185 people
  • Urban land area: 676.27 km²
  • Urban population: 1,289,260 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 7.96 % of total population

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Evolution of historical forest area in Latvia

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Distribution of sites in Latvia by inscription year

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

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Latvia

Evolution of historical land area in Latvia

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Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Latvia

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

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Relationship between population and date in Latvia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Latvia

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Latvia

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Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Latvia

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Latvia

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Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Latvia

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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Latvia

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Latvia

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Sites in Latvia

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Latvia

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Latvia

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Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Latvia

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Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Latvia

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

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Evolution of historical net energy imports in Latvia

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Evolution of historical fertility rate in Latvia

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Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Latvia

Proportion of transboundary sites in Latvia

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Latvia by mean width

Wildfires in Latvia

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Latvia

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 9,000 people
  • Democracy score: 7.38
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Individuals using the internet: 92.19 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 2.27 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 7,966 people
  • Press freedom: 4.00
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.00 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Latvia

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Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Latvia

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

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

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Political parties in Latvia

Distribution of politicians from Latvia by birth year

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Politicians from Latvia

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Business

  • Central government debt: 10.59 % of GDP
  • Expense: 51.17 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 42,247,850,064.51 current US$
  • Inflation: 8.94 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 13.39 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 24.23 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 6.46 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 8.37 % of total employment

Shops in Latvia

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Latvia

Companies from Latvia

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Distribution of companies founded in Latvia by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Latvia

Evolution of historical central government debt in Latvia

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Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Latvia

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Exchanges in Latvia

Proportion of shops per country 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

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Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Latvia

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Evolution of historical death rate in Latvia

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Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Latvia

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Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Latvia

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Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Latvia

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Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Latvia

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Diseases 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

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Evolution of historical deaths in Latvia

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Latvia by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Latvia

Athletes from Latvia

Proportion of competitions per city in Latvia

Competitions 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

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Culture

Artists from Latvia

Distribution of artists from Latvia by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Latvia

Geographical distribution of museums in Latvia by visitors

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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