Unemployment rate: Latvia
6.568% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.568 |
| 2024 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 6.465 |
| 2022 | 6.815 |
| 2021 | 7.513 |
| 2020 | 8.098 |
| 2019 | 6.312 |
| 2018 | 7.412 |
| 2017 | 8.715 |
| 2016 | 9.643 |
| 2015 | 9.873 |
| 2014 | 10.846 |
| 2013 | 11.867 |
| 2012 | 15.047 |
| 2011 | 16.206 |
| 2010 | 19.482 |
| 2009 | 17.515 |
| 2008 | 7.739 |
| 2007 | 6.052 |
| 2006 | 7.03 |
| 2005 | 10.033 |
| 2004 | 11.708 |
| 2003 | 12.061 |
| 2002 | 13.829 |
| 2001 | 13.821 |
| 2000 | 14.211 |
| 1999 | 13.79 |
| 1998 | 14.454 |
| 1997 | 14.9 |
| 1996 | 20.7 |
| 1995 | 19 |
| 1994 | 18.7 |
| 1993 | 16.7 |
| 1992 | 6.6 |
| 1991 | 2.7 |