🇱🇻 Latvia
Europe & Central Asia · Capital: Riga
Money5.3 / 10
Safety5.9 / 10
Health6.9 / 10
Quality of life6.9 / 10
Passport8.3 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money5.3 / 10
Purchasing power74.546 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$46,13757 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$24,98058 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth2.1 %141 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation3.7 %117 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment6.6 %120 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)34.071 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2023
Reserves$6B95 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power74.156 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety5.9 / 10
Safety (survey)64.036 of 89Numbeo
Crime36.047 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k2.585 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health6.9 / 10
Health care (survey)63.751 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted11453 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy76.4 yr95 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10002.213 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$1,64549 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending7.3 % GDP80 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10003.450 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10005.025 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life6.9 / 10
Quality of life16630 of 89Numbeo
Pollution27.815 of 115Numbeo
Purity44.5101 of 115Numbeo
Climate72.658 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time27.114 of 89Numbeo
Internet users92.7 %45 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending4.3 % GDP87 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2022
Urban population68.6 %96 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio8.024 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income4.038 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$30B82 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$33B80 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP130 %35 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$243,703,688137 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism3.2M ppl52 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population1.8M150 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth-0.99 %209 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.2196 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10012185 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity100 %68 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita3.6 t125 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy44.0 %55 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending3.3 % GDP134 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport8.3 / 10
No visa needed in advance159 of 19832 of 199
Visa free118 of 198
Visa on arrival34 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)7 of 198
E-visa21 of 198
Visa required18 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not
How to get the passport
Years of residence5 years5 лет ВНЖ > 5 лет ПМЖ ( пруф ).
- 5 лет ВНЖ > 5 лет ПМЖ ( пруф ).
- Латышский язык, история, конституция, гимн, культура.
- Двойное гражданство только со странами ЕС, НАТО, Австралии, Бразилии, Новой Зеландии, или если оно получено автоматически в результате усыновления или брака. Дети граждан могут иметь двойное гражданство с любой страной, но только до 25 лет. Потом выбирать. ( пруф ).
Sources
источник жив · text from the old site, February 2023