Work & Labour in Latvia 603 indicators covering work & labour for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Monthly unemployment rates 6.94 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 29.7% 3rd Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 805.58 Persons 2025 up 2.6% 6th Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 123.25 Persons 2025 up 8.5% 6th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 93.58 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.4% 3rd Minimum relative to average wages of full-time workers 38.06 Percentage of average wage of full-time employees 2025 down 8.3% 5th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 808.88 Persons 2025 down 3.1% 10th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 7.3% 2026 down 7.6% 20th Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 7.7 Persons 2025 down 74.1% 11th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT 13.5% 2026 down 48.3% 7th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 0.918 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 down 72.5% 11th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 38.2 Thousand persons 2024 up 7.3% 35th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 2.13 Percentage of employment 2025 down 9.3% 6th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 1,686 Hours 2023 down 1.6% 9th Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 45.95 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 10.8% 10th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 2.67 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 28.9% 10th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 97.33 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.1% 2nd Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 38.56 Hours per week per person 2025 down 1.4% 5th Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 18.6 Persons 2025 down 11.8% 8th Strictness of employment protection — Individual and collective 3.02 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 2nd Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals 3.02 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 2nd Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts 0.875 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 7th Labour force participation rate 61.62 Percentage of working age population in the same subgroup 2025 up 2.7% 4th Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) -102.33 National currency 2024 down 1,632.8% 9th Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Dependent employment 5.91 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 2.0% 8th Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force 595.4 Persons 2025 down 9.9% 9th Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Employment tenure 5.64 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.6% 8th Employment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group and 82.17 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.2% 6th Labour force participation rates of adults, by educational 88.19 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.6% 6th Unemployment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group 6.83 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 25.9% 3rd Physiotherapists — Health and social employment 0.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 90.3% 5th Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Dependent 9.1 Years 2025 up 12.0% 6th Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Employment 9.45 Years 2025 up 13.5% 6th Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total 1,674 Hours 2024 down 1.5% 3rd Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 216.03 Persons 2024 up 17.2% 4th Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 0 National currency 2025 — 2nd Dentists — Health and social employment 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 17.2% 4th Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 86,503 2020 — 20th Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 2.19 Factor of decile 1 2024 up 17.7% 1st Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 5.9 National currency 2025 down 89.0% 7th Hospital employment 11.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 10.3% 6th Gender wage gap 9.35 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2024 up 137.8% 2nd Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.29 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 27.7% 1st Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 98.3 Index 2026 down 1.9% 29th Employment by permanency of the job 4.91 Persons 2025 up 4,363.6% 6th Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 1,835 Thousand persons 2026 down 6.0% 36th Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 77.24 Index, 2020=100 2025 down 33.4% 41st Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 51.87 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 down 33.4% 31st Nurses — Health and social employment 6.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 2.2% 5th Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 70 Thousand persons 2026 down 23.9% 35th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 408,084 Thousand hours worked 2026 down 4.3% 34th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 111.08 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 4.9% 11th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 55,160 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 33.3% 13th Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 55,160 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 33.3% 13th Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 55,160 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 33.3% 13th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 765.48 Persons 2025 down 2.1% 9th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap 23.89 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 up 114.6% 1st Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 1,838 Thousand persons 2025 down 7.0% 38th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 895.89 Persons 2025 up 0.1% 9th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 8.54 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 up 7.1% 3rd Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 24.15 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 up 29.0% 6th ← Previous 6 11 1 2 3 4 … 11 Next → Page 2 of 11