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Latvia — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Latvia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
60.52%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -0.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Latvia was 60.52% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 61.57% in 1992. The lowest was 56.15% in 2000 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.01% per year.
Latvia ranks 100 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 53%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Latvia sits above it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
60.52%
First (1990)
60.67%
Change
-0.2%
Highest
61.57%
in 1992
Lowest
56.15%
in 2000
Average
59.66%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.01%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.52% |
| 2024 | 60.84% |
| 2023 | 60.99% |
| 2022 | 60.94% |
| 2021 | 60.08% |
| 2020 | 61.57% |
| 2019 | 61.09% |
| 2018 | 61.34% |
| 2017 | 60.79% |
| 2016 | 60.35% |
| 2015 | 60.04% |
| 2014 | 59.23% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.