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Latvia

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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

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.

Location on a map: [57°0′N, 25°0′E]

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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
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: 34,146 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

Cities in Latvia

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Distribution of sites in Latvia by inscription year

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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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Geographical distribution of sites in Latvia by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Latvia

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Evolution of historical population in Latvia

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Latvia

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

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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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Latvia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Latvia

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

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Latvia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Latvia

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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

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: 2.05 % of GDP
Net migration: -7,630 people
Press freedom: 4.00
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.00 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Latvia

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Latvia

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Latvia

Evolution of historical net migration in Latvia

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

Political parties in Latvia

Distribution of politicians from Latvia by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Latvia

Politicians from 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

Shops in Latvia

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Distribution of companies founded in Latvia by year

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Evolution of historical central government debt in Latvia

Evolution of historical expense in Latvia

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

Evolution of historical inflation in Latvia

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Evolution of historical tax revenue 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

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Latvia

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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

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

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Latvia

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Latvia

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

Evolution of historical cases in Latvia

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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