Employment — national citizens

In 2023, Latvia's employment decreased by 1.2% compared to 2022, reaching 743k.

Latvia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 180,763k.

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 4.0% (from 773k in 2018).

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