Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Europe
Population (Total) 1,862,441
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 42,473

Performance Overview

ISO3

LVA

Country

Latvia

Score

54.59

Rank

33

Input

35

Output

33

Enable

57.49

Attract

54.95

Grow

45.88

Retain

71.54

VT

60.79

GA

36.91

Pillar: Enable Score: 57.49Rank: 38
SCORERANK

Regulatory Landscape

70.98 30

1. Government effectiveness

64.7141

2. Rule of law

77.4926

3. Political stability

79.9436

4. Regulatory quality

73.7922

5. Corruption

59.0031

Market Landscape

50.62 64

1. Extent of market dominance

33.72116

2. Domestic credit to private sector

11.3394

3. Cluster development

40.45104

4. R&D expenditure

13.0044

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

92.5866

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

7. Urbanisation

63.2465

Business & Labour Landscape

50.86 48

1. Labour rights

100.001

2. Labour-employer cooperation

55.3290

3. Professional management

44.87117

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

42.89101

5. Enterprise software

14.1568

6. Cloud computing

19.1456

7. Firms with website

79.6829
Pillar: Attract Score: 54.95Rank: 50
SCORERANK

External Openness

54.00 32

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

97.997

2. Financial globalisation

76.4733

3. Migrant stock

22.4239

4. International students

45.2518

5. Brain gain

41.0292

6. AI skills migration

40.8819

Internal Openness

55.90 102

1. Tolerance of minorities

21.28105

2. Tolerance of immigrants

30.77117

3. Social mobility

52.9795

4. Economic empowerment of women

100.001

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

63.7085

6. Leadership opportunities for women

66.6956
Pillar: Grow Score: 45.88Rank: 38
SCORERANK

Formal Education

33.39 37

1. Vocational enrolment

31.6338

2. Tertiary enrolment

50.6415

3. Tertiary education expenditure

9.3456

4. Reading, maths, and science

60.6021

5. University ranking

14.7362

Lifelong Learning

40.66 52

1. Business masters education

16.6856

2. Prevalence of training in firms

49.5441

3. Employee development

55.7691

Access to Growth Opportunities

63.59 29

1. Delegation of authority

52.5389

2. Youth inclusion

93.756

3. Use of virtual social networks

75.8027

4. Use of virtual professional networks

32.2839
Pillar: Retain Score: 71.54Rank: 30
SCORERANK

Sustainability

64.85 34

1. Pension coverage

100.001

2. Social protection

61.3837

3. Brain retention

40.3284

4. Environmental performance

60.2030

5. Vulnerable employment

90.8224

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

47.8765

7. Household Financial Resilience

53.3932

Lifestyle

78.22 27

1. Personal rights

85.8322

2. Personal safety

95.092

3. Physician density

52.5139

4. Sanitation

91.3174

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

66.3849
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 60.79Rank: 38
SCORERANK

Mid-level Skills

59.87 22

1. Workforce with secondary education

63.5225

2. Population with secondary education

76.1014

3. Technicians and associate professionals

57.7535

4. Labour productivity per employee

42.1143

Employability

61.71 69

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

43.52118

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

47.1463

3. Skills matching

74.6837

4. Highly educated unemployment

81.4859
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 36.91Rank: 34
SCORERANK

High-level Skills

38.23 38

1. Workforce with tertiary education

58.4325

2. Soft Skills

50.3686

3. Professionals

42.4130

4. Researchers

20.9940

5. Senior officials and managers

56.068

6. Digital skills

14.1259

7. AI talent concentration

25.2128

Talent Impact

35.59 33

1. ICT services exports

34.8625

2. Mobile apps development

78.6510

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

7.1987

4. High-value exports

28.6828

5. Software development

39.6028

6. New business density

27.6626

7. Scientific journal articles

32.5338

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