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Latvia: Jobless Households

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

ยท 2025

6.60% of people aged 0 to 64

EU 7.05 ยท -0.5 pp vs Europe

European ranking

16 / 30

Up 1 positions compared with previous year

Population

1.9M

Country population ยท 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.

Eurostat: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) Official definition

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More context on this indicator

At a glance

Latvia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent stabilization.

European comparison in Latvia

In Latvia, Low work intensity is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 6.6% versus 7.1% in 2025, a gap of 0.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Latvia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 7.40% in 2020 to 6.60% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 6.50% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.