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Latvia
57.0N 25.0E · 24 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA · 18 NOVEMBER 1918
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1945 – present · Soviet Rule, Restoration and the Return to Europe
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Mar 1949 · The March 1949 deportations 2 REFS
23 Aug 1989 · The Baltic Way 2 REFS
1939 – 1945 · Occupation, War and the Holocaust
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23 Aug 1939 · The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 2 REFS
Jun–Aug 1940 · Soviet occupation and annexation 3 REFS
1795 – 1940 · National Awakening, Independence and the First Republic
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c. 1850–1880 · The First National Awakening 2 REFS
18 Nov 1918 · Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia 3 REFS
1561 – 1795 · Poland, Sweden, Courland and the Russian Empire
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1561 · Dissolution of Livonia and the Duchy of Courland 2 REFS
1621 · Swedish conquest of Riga 2 REFS
c. 1100 – 1561 · Baltic Tribes, the Northern Crusades and Terra Mariana
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1201 · Foundation of Riga by Bishop Albert 3 REFS
1202 · Order of the Brothers of the Sword founded 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Riga
- Population
- 1.9 m
- Area
- 64,559 km²
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Languages
- Latvian
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Demonym
- Latvian
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$49 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$26,312’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
2.1%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.7%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
129.7%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
1.8 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
76.4 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
68.6%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.9%’11 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
76.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
76.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
65.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
72.2’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
75.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
64.6’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
7.3%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
3.40’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
2.5’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
98.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
97.0%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
99.9%’11 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.3%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
97.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
101.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
82.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
0.8%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
2,191’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
92.7%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
121’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
17.5%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
62,230 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
55.0%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
31.7%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
3.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
44.0%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
1.2%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
3.3%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.4 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
9,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($49 B), superseding 2024 ($44 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($26,312), superseding 2024 ($23,409) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (2.1%), superseding 2024 (-0.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (3.7%), superseding 2024 (1.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (129.7%), superseding 2024 (132.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (1.8 m), superseding 2024 (1.9 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (68.6%), superseding 2024 (68.5%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14