Social Development in Latvia 167 indicators covering social development for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Age of full democracy 33 years 2025 up 43.5% 56th Freedom of Association Score 10 2025 unchanged 1st Freedom of Expression Score 9 2025 up 12.5% 4th Civil Rights Score 10 2025 up 11.1% 1st Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 32.4% 2030 down 9.7% 18th Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 435,000 2030 down 14.7% 118th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 8.1% 2020 down 22.3% 183rd Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 25.0% 2020 down 5.7% 164th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 34.8% 2020 up 1.0% 127th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 75.0% 2020 up 2.0% 23rd Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 16.9% 2020 up 5.0% 57th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 31.1% 2020 up 8.0% 38th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 37.26 2020 up 14.9% 26th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 17.16 2020 up 14.9% 26th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 27.94 2020 up 17.1% 3rd Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 25.1% 2030 down 12.8% 29th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 28.6% 2030 down 11.5% 27th Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 4 2024 unchanged 68th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 4.9 2024 up 12.1% 162nd Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 15 2024 down 40.0% 72nd Age of democracy 28 years 2018 up 55.6% 49th Homicides, by sex of the victim 29 homicides 2023 up 20.8% 66th Homicide rate by sex of the victim 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 26.8% 84th Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 6.57 2025 down 33.5% 32nd Press Freedom Index 19.26 2021 down 15.9% 156th Age of liberal democracy 9 years 2025 up 350.0% 37th Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 23.7% 2024 down 23.5% 99th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 4.79 2016 up 17.1% 15th Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 2 2024 unchanged 79th HICP - Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (Neither) 150.79 2026 up 0.8% 10th HICP - Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and 43.39 2026 up 6.1% 25th HICP - Water (ND) (Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted) 2.54 2026 up 64.9% 19th HICP - HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 3.3 2025 down 5.7% 15th HICP - All-items excluding housing, water, elect., gas and other fuels 3.9 2025 up 1,075.0% 8th HICP - Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices 4.9 2025 up 1,080.0% 13th Trust in government 31.0% 2024 up 75.5% 40th Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 2.5 2014 up 13.6% 38th Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner 0 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 100.0% 47th Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" 22.2% 2022 down 11.0% 28th Share of people who think others can be trusted vs. taken advantage of 22.2% 2022 down 11.0% 28th Share of people who trust churches and religious organizations 47.9% 2022 down 18.7% 22nd Total number of indoor cinemas 23 2017 down 28.1% 58th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 188.53 2016 up 24.6% 39th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 148.97 2014 up 29.8% 36th Alcoholic psychosis, incidence, per 100,000 29.57 2008 down 25.4% 11th Alcoholic psychosis, incidence, per 100,000 29.57 2008 down 25.4% 11th ← Previous Page 3 of 3