Unemployment rate,Percent in Latvia
Latvia: Unemployment rate,Percent was 6.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment rate,Percent in Latvia, 1999–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 6.9% for unemployment rate,percent in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 29.7% 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 27 years of available data.
Unemployment rate,Percent in Latvia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14.1% | — |
| 2000 | 14.3% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 13.5% | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 12.5% | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 11.7% | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 11.8% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 10.0% | -14.7% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | -30.1% |
| 2007 | 6.1% | -13.7% |
| 2008 | 7.8% | +28.5% |
| 2009 | 17.6% | +127.0% |
| 2010 | 19.4% | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 16.2% | -16.8% |
| 2012 | 15.0% | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 11.9% | -21.0% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 9.9% | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | +28.3% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 6.8% | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 6.5% | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 6.9% | +6.4% |
| 2025 | 6.9% | +0.2% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 6.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 5.0%, 1.4× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 6.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.2%, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment rate,Percent in Latvia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +127.0% | 7.8% | 17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.1% | 14.1% | 14.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.2% | 6.1% | 17.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.5% | 6.3% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 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 6.9% 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 29.7%. 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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