Social Development in Latvia 167 indicators covering social development for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 8 2018 unchanged 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 91 2025 up 18.2% 156th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 26.5% 146th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 36.0% 152nd Political Rights Score 37 2025 up 5.7% 34th Freedom Score 89 2025 up 3.5% 43rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 487 2025 up 167.6% 110th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0003 units per person 2025 up 186.4% 87th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 45.0% 104th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -45.18 % change on previous year 2025 down 228.8% 152nd Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 18 2018 unchanged 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 85.17 % change on previous year 2025 up 477.6% 8th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.958 2025 down 0.6% 6th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.965 2025 up 0.7% 20th Political Corruption Index 0.07 2025 down 14.6% 154th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.07 2025 down 14.6% 154th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.2 2024 down 12.5% 18th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0028 units per square kilometre 2023 up 166.7% 157th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0089 units per square kilometre 2023 up 201.6% 100th LGBT+ Rights Index 2.92 2019 up 40.9% 74th Forcibly displaced people 32,941 2025 up 8,684.3% 106th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 35 years 2025 up 40.0% 73rd Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 59 2024 up 7.3% 39th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 14.18 2024 up 12.5% 5th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 12.4 2024 up 17.0% 5th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.82 2024 down 30.6% 5th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -1.04 2024 up 49.5% 203rd Self-reported life satisfaction 6.37 2025 up 14.5% 48th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.37 2025 up 14.5% 48th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 34.0% 2024 down 24.4% 118th Homicide rate 2.5 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 0.5% 91st Homicides 47 homicides 2023 down 6.0% 118th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 2.5 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 0.5% 91st Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 2.5 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 0.5% 90th Age of electoral democracy 36 years 2025 up 38.5% 39th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy -0.4722 2020 up 5.1% 79th Homicides 48 deaths 2023 down 60.0% 67th Child homicide rate 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 100.0% 95th Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.3921 2020 up 71.8% 91st Homicide rate 2.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 57.1% 38th Homicide rate by age of the victim 2.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 57.1% 38th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 84.95 deaths 2021 down 41.1% 131st Homicide rate 4.53 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.8% 99th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 4.51 2021 down 35.2% 93rd Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 382,000 2030 down 16.6% 118th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 14.3 2030 up 10.8% 3rd ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →