This PEST country analysis report on Latvia provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
Synopsis
- Understand the political system in Latvia through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in Latvia through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in Latvia through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in Latvia through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
Scope
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Latvia, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Latvia 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
- The technology landscape section examines advancements and policies in technology innovation, including developments in information technology, telecommunications, research and development (R&D) investments, digital infrastructure, and cybersecurity measures.
Reasons to Buy
- What is the outlook in Latvia in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does Latvia perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does Latvia perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does Latvia perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Key highlights
- Key developments (November 2023-October 2024)
- Key economic updates
- Industrial production and retail sales growth
- Key Facts and Geographic Location
- Key facts
- Geographical location
- Political Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Key political figures
- Structure of government
- Structure of legislature
- Foreign and defense policies
- Governance indicators
- Economic Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Financial system
- Performance
- GDP and growth rate
- GDP composition by sector
- Agriculture
- Fiscal situation
- Foreign trade
- International investment position
- Monetary situation
- Social Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Demographic composition
- Religious composition
- Education
- Healthcare
- Performance
- Healthcare
- Education
- Technological Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Intellectual Property
- R&D
- Digital Transformation Guidelines (2021-27)
- Performance
- Opportunity sectors
- About the Publisher
- Contact the Publisher
Table 1: Key facts, 2024
Table 2: Population by gender (as a percentage of total population), 2023
List of Figures
Figure 1: Key economic indicators trend
Figure 2: Map of Latvia, 2024
Figure 3: Timeline of key political events
Figure 4: Key political figures
Figure 5: Distribution of the seats, October 2022 elections
Figure 6: Evolution of GDP (%), 2013-23
Figure 8: Real GDP and GDP growth (constant prices), 2019-28f
Figure 9: GDP by sector, 2023
Figure 10: Agricultural output (EUR billion/%), 2019-24f
Figure 11: Industrial output (EUR billion/%), 2019-24f
Figure 12: Services output (EUR billion/%), 2019-24f
Figure 13: Volume of export and import of goods and services growth, 2019-28f
Figure 14: FDI inflows, 2019-23, and number and value of greenfield investments, 2013-23
Figure 15: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation, 2019-28f
Figure 16: Unemployment rate (%), 2019-28f
Figure 17: Religions in Latvia, 2017
Figure 18: Government healthcare expenditure, 2019-28f
Figure 19: Government education expenditure, 2019-28f
Figure 20: Internet users in Latvia (million/% of total population), 2019-24f
