Work & Labour in Latvia 954 indicators covering work & labour for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment rate of men vs. women 7.6% 2025 down 31.4% 51st Female unemployment rate 5.5% 2025 down 36.1% 98th Share of male vs. female employment in industry 32.1% 2025 down 7.3% 41st Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 9.5% 2025 down 12.1% 120th Share of male vs. female employment in services 58.3% 2025 up 7.1% 65th Employment rate, men vs. women 61.8% 2025 up 3.1% 123rd Employment rate 56.5% 2025 up 4.5% 104th Youth unemployment rate 12.9% 2025 down 20.6% 94th Population by labor force status 281,505 people 2025 down 5.9% 157th Employee compensation as share of government spending 19.2% 2023 up 18.5% 100th CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 26.84 2025 up 13.0% 91st LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 111.55 2024 down 43.6% 64th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.9% 2020 up 110.8% 79th Female labor force by age 35,692 people 2024 up 138.0% 107th Labor force participation rate by age 34.5% 2024 down 14.6% 120th Female labor force participation rate by age 33.1% 2024 down 6.2% 98th Jobs gap 112.14 2024 down 43.6% 57th Jobs gap rate 11.3 2024 down 38.6% 34th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 46.81 2024 down 48.7% 56th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 4.7 2024 down 44.0% 34th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 13.6% 2024 down 30.5% 87th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0002 units per square kilometre 2023 down 65.1% 177th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0003 units per square kilometre 2023 down 63.7% 142nd Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.5059 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% 141st Employment by status 86.3% 2024 down 0.1% 37th Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 86.3% 2024 down 0.1% 37th Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.01 units per square kilometre 2023 up 117.5% 122nd Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.01 units per square kilometre 2023 up 117.5% 122nd Employment 889.66 2025 down 0.7% 117th Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 1.38 % change on previous year 2025 up 7.2% 36th Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year 2025 up 7.2% 36th Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year 2025 up 7.2% 36th Cases of fatal occupational injury 25 2024 down 39.0% 79th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.9% 2025 down 21.2% 84th Unemployment with basic education 17.2% 2024 down 28.0% 15th Unemployment with basic education, male 16.6% 2024 down 26.6% 13th Unemployment with intermediate education 8.0% 2024 down 31.1% 43rd Unemployment with basic education, female 18.1% 2024 down 32.6% 14th Unemployment with advanced education 3.5% 2024 down 36.4% 78th Unemployment with intermediate education, female 7.2% 2024 down 35.3% 65th SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0 2024 down 100.0% 174th Level of national compliance with labor rights 0 score 2024 down 100.0% 175th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 9.9% 2024 down 17.7% 98th Unemployment with intermediate education, male 8.6% 2024 down 28.6% 26th Labor force with basic education, female 23.2% 2024 down 5.0% 95th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 9.1% 2024 down 28.6% 99th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 10.6% 2024 down 6.0% 80th Labor force with basic education, male 37.1% 2024 down 20.0% 112th Labor force with basic education 30.3% 2024 down 17.5% 106th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 51.3% 2024 down 15.5% 86th Labor force with intermediate education, male 70.7% 2024 down 6.6% 79th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 61.0% 2024 down 10.4% 84th Unemployment with advanced education, male 3.9% 2024 down 22.4% 64th Labor force with advanced education, male 82.1% 2024 down 1.9% 67th Labor force with advanced education 77.6% 2024 down 5.7% 71st Labor force with advanced education, female 75.0% 2024 down 7.9% 65th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 53.2% 2025 up 7.6% 72nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 62.3% 2025 up 4.0% 123rd Unemployment with advanced education, female 3.3% 2024 down 43.3% 84th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 57.4% 2025 up 6.0% 104th ← Previous Page 4 of 16 Next →