Employment — national citizens

In 2024, Latvia's employment decreased by 1.1% compared to 2023, reaching 735k.

Latvia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 181,463k.

Latvia ranks 22nd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.8% (from 772k in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.