Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Latvia
Latvia: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 9.9% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Latvia, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2022, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Latvia stood at 9.9%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and down 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Latvia peaked at 18.7% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 9.9%, in 2022.
Latvia ranks 131st of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Latvia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.6% | — |
| 2001 | 15.9% | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 16.4% | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 13.9% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 14.1% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 14.8% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 11.8% | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | +39.5% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | -25.5% |
| 2015 | 14.1% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 12.0% | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 11.2% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 11.7% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 10.7% | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.7% | 13.0% | 16.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 11.2% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.8% | 9.9% | 11.7% | 3 |
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More education data for Latvia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,966 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Latvia?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Latvia was 9.9% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2013.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9% in 2022.
- How does Latvia rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Latvia ranks 131st out of 170 countries with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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