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Latvia - Structural data

 
EU-25
1) GEOGRAPHY
Area (1000 km2):
64,6
Total population (1.1.2003):
2.331.480
Inhabitants per km2:
36,1
2) DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS (2001)
FERTILITY
Total fertility rate (children per woman) :
1,21
MORTALITY
Life expectancy at birth (2002) :
Males: 65,5
Females: 77
NUPTIALITY
Crude marriage rate (per 1000 population) :
3,9
POPULATION CHANGE (2002)
Natural increase (per 1000 population) (*1):
-12,5
Net migration (per 1000 population) (*2) :
-1,8
EDUCATION
% of the population aged 25-64 having completed upper secondary education (2002)
82,6
EDUCATION EXPENDITURE (2001)
Total public expenditure on education as % of GDP (*3) :
6.39 p
3) ECONOMY
GDP (2003) (*4)
in millions of euro (*5) :
8.758

PPS/inhabitant (*5) :

8.890
STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY IN % (2002):
Agriculture, forestry and fishing :
4,7
Total industry : 18,6
Construction : 6,1

Services:

70,6
IMPORTS (2002)
Total
EU-15
AC-10
(in mio EUR)
(in mio EUR)
% of total
(in mio EUR)
% of total
4.286
2.268
52,9
1.040
24,3
EXPORTS (2002)
Total
EU-15
AC-10
(in mio EUR)
(in mio EUR)
% of total
(in mio EUR)
% of total
2.451
1.459
60,4
418
17,3
CONSUMER PRICES (2003)
Percentage change t/t-12 (December/December) (*6) :
1,5
Inflation (GDP deflator) : 1,9
POVERTY (*7)
% of population below 50% of median income :
n.a.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN % (2003)
Total
Males
Females
10,5
10,3
10,7
GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS AS % of GDP (2003) (*8)
Total general government expenditure:
45,1
Total general government receipts:
45,2



(1*) Natural increase: difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths
(2*) Net migration: calculated by taking the difference between total population increase and natural increase
(3*) p = provisional
(4*) Gross domestic products at market prices
(5*) provisional
(6*) Change over a period of 12 months
(7*) Data refer to most recent year available during the period 1990-2000
(8*) provisional


Remark: PPS = Purchasing Power Standard. By using PPS differences in price levels are eliminated, making a comparison of the volume of GDP possible.


Sources:
New Cronos, EUROSTAT
New Cronos - theme 2
Enlargement Papers No 20, Commission
COMEXT, EUROSTAT
Statistics in focus - No 20/2003, EUROSTAT
Comext2-Comtrade
Human Development Report 2003, UNDP