Unemployment rate,Percent in Latvia
Latvia: Unemployment rate,Percent was 7.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
7.0%
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
20th
of 71 countries
All-time high
19.4%
in 2010
All-time low
6.1%
in 2007
Years of data
24
2002–2025
Unemployment rate,Percent in Latvia, 2002–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 7.0% for unemployment rate,percent in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Latvia peaked at 19.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2007.
That places Latvia 20th out of 71 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.6% | 6.1% | 17.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 11.5% | 6.3% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More reference data data for Latvia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.128 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0503 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.4657 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0673 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.4657 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4291 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2986 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2679 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3666 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rate,percent in Latvia?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Latvia was 7.0% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 19.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2007.
- How does Latvia rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Latvia ranks 20th out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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