Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male in Latvia
Latvia: Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male was 0.8% in 2016. ▼ Falling
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male in Latvia, 1998–2016
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male youth labor force.
Analysis
In 2016, youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male in Latvia stood at 0.8%.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male in Latvia peaked at 0.9% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2009.
That places Latvia 62nd out of 108 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % of male youth labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.7% | — |
| 1999 | 0.7% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -30.9% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +2.5% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 0.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.8%, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 0.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7%, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male 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 | -30.9% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 7 |
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 youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male in Latvia?
- Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male in Latvia was 0.8% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2007.
- What is the lowest youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2009.
- How does Latvia rank for youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male?
- Latvia ranks 62nd out of 108 countries with data for 2016.
- Is youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. 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 Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, male (% of male youth labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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