Work & Labour in Latvia

603 indicators covering work & labour for Latvia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 17 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.0% 34th
Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 15 Thousand persons 2025 down 34.8% 28th
Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 15 Thousand persons 2025 down 34.8% 28th
Unemployed persons by type of employment sought 78.7 Thousand persons 2020 down 61.8% 34th
Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 12 Thousand persons 2025 down 25.0% 31st
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts by sex 58.3% 2025 up 2.1% 3rd
Percentage of self-employed adults by number of children and age of 6.0% 2025 up 1.7% 15th
Percentage of self-employed persons by household composition 6.0% 2025 up 1.7% 15th
Use of computers and the internet by employees by NACE Rev. 2 activity 52.8% 2025 up 77.3% 23rd
Percentage of employed adults working from home by number of children 5.9% 2025 up 156.5% 29th
Percentage of employed persons working from home by household 5.9% 2025 up 156.5% 29th
Employed persons in forestry and forest-based industry - NACE Rev. 2 20.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.7% 14th
Temporary employment agency workers by NACE Rev. 2 activity 5.5% 2025 up 400.0% 3rd
Unemployment by sex and age - quarterly data 76 Thousand persons 2020 down 59.1% 35th
Labour market slack by sex and age - quarterly data 76 Thousand persons 2020 down 59.1% 35th
Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 59 Thousand persons 2020 down 49.6% 37th
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 79 Thousand persons 2020 down 61.7% 35th
Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 79 Thousand persons 2020 down 61.7% 35th
Employed persons by detailed occupation 883.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.5% 36th
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - country weights 2.2 2024 up 37.5% 36th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and sex 883.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.4% 36th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and age 883.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.4% 36th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and NACE Rev. 2 883.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.4% 36th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and educational 883.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.4% 36th
Employees by European socio-economic group and employment contract 773.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.3% 36th
Employed persons by European socio-economic group and working time 883.9 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.4% 36th
Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity, occupation and NUTS 2 305 2025 up 27.6% 12th
Monthly minimum wage as a proportion of average monthly earnings (%) 43.2% 2025 down 7.9% 27th
Cultural employment by age 43 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.9% 35th
Cultural employment by sex 43 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.9% 35th
Cultural employment by educational attainment level 43 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.9% 35th
Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors 90.8% 2025 down 1.4% 19th
Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 43 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.9% 35th
Cultural employment by sex and selected labour market characteristics 90.8% 2025 down 1.4% 19th
Employed persons in sport by educational attainment level 5.4 Thousand persons 2025 unchanged 36th
Employed persons in sport by sex 5.4 Thousand persons 2025 unchanged 36th
Employed persons in sport by age 5.4 Thousand persons 2025 unchanged 36th
Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data 12 Thousand persons 2020 up 20.0% 32nd
Job vacancy rate by NACE Rev. 2.1 activity - annual data 0.6 Annual average 2025 up 100.0% 30th
Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 86 Thousand persons 2020 up 3.6% 33rd
Labour market transitions - annual data 812 Thousand persons 2025 down 0.2% 34th
Percentage of persons having a second job by household composition 3.1% 2020 up 3.3% 19th
Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and 3.1% 2020 up 3.3% 18th
Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week 10.2% 2025 down 27.7% 19th
Persons who cannot afford to get-together with friends or family 5.1% 2025 down 38.6% 26th
Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new 8.6% 2025 down 67.4% 9th
Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 1.2% 2025 down 84.6% 24th
Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure 16.2% 2025 down 5.8% 6th
Transition from unemployment to employment by duration of 24.0% 2025 up 33.3% 18th
Job-to-job transitions (annual averages of quarterly transitions) 2.0% 2025 down 33.3% 18th
Transition from outside the labour force to employment by labour 5.0% 2025 up 66.7% 14th
Employed persons working at atypical working time by European 27.5% 2025 down 16.4% 36th
Transition from unemployment to employment by previous work 24.0% 2025 up 33.3% 19th
Persons employed in circular economy sectors 32,971 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2023 down 13.2% 31st
Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation 1.0% 2025 unchanged 12th
Disability employment gap by level of activity limitation and sex 12.0% 2025 down 8.4% 32nd
Transition from unemployment to employment by degree of urbanisation 24.0% 2025 up 33.3% 18th
Unemployed persons by type of employment sought - quarterly data 75.6 Thousand persons 2020 down 59.4% 34th
Unemployed persons by previous occupation - quarterly data 75.6 Thousand persons 2020 down 59.4% 34th
Unemployed persons by methods used for seeking work - % of total 46.8% 2020 down 14.6% 30th