Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total in Latvia

Latvia: Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total was 1.0% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
1.0%
Change on year
up 5.2%
World rank
23rd
of 92 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2016
All-time low
0.8%
in 1998
Years of data
19
1998–2016

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total in Latvia, 1998–2016

00.20.40.60.811998200720161998: 0.81 % of total employed youth aged 15-241999: 0.814 % of total employed youth aged 15-242000: 0.858 % of total employed youth aged 15-242001: 0.867 % of total employed youth aged 15-242002: 0.859 % of total employed youth aged 15-242003: 0.858 % of total employed youth aged 15-242004: 0.879 % of total employed youth aged 15-242005: 0.923 % of total employed youth aged 15-242006: 0.946 % of total employed youth aged 15-242007: 0.939 % of total employed youth aged 15-242008: 0.959 % of total employed youth aged 15-242009: 0.945 % of total employed youth aged 15-242010: 0.914 % of total employed youth aged 15-242011: 0.907 % of total employed youth aged 15-242012: 0.922 % of total employed youth aged 15-242013: 0.948 % of total employed youth aged 15-242014: 0.952 % of total employed youth aged 15-242015: 0.923 % of total employed youth aged 15-242016: 0.97 % of total employed youth aged 15-24

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total employed youth aged 15-24.

Analysis

Latvia recorded 1.0% for youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total in 2016. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total in Latvia peaked at 1.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1998.

Latvia ranks 23rd of 92 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total in Latvia, year by year

Annual values for Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total (% of total employed youth aged 15-24) in Latvia, 1998 to 2016.
Year % of total employed youth aged 15-24 Change
1998 0.8%
1999 0.8% +0.5%
2000 0.9% +5.4%
2001 0.9% +1.0%
2002 0.9% -0.8%
2003 0.9% -0.2%
2004 0.9% +2.5%
2005 0.9% +4.9%
2006 0.9% +2.5%
2007 0.9% -0.7%
2008 1.0% +2.1%
2009 0.9% -1.4%
2010 0.9% -3.3%
2011 0.9% -0.7%
2012 0.9% +1.6%
2013 0.9% +2.9%
2014 1.0% +0.3%
2015 0.9% -3.0%
2016 1.0% +5.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 2
2000s 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 10
2010s 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 7

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 20 Estonia 1.0% compare
  2. 21 Netherlands 1.0% compare
  3. 22 France 1.0% compare
  4. 24 Iceland 1.0% compare
  5. 25 Finland 1.0% compare
  6. 26 Norway 1.0% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total in Latvia?
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total in Latvia was 1.0% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2016.
What is the lowest youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1998.
How does Latvia rank for youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total?
Latvia ranks 23rd out of 92 countries with data for 2016.
Is youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total rising or falling in Latvia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Latvia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total (% of total employed youth aged 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, total (% of total employed youth aged 15-24)
Unit
% of total employed youth aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,346 data points, 1970–2021
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