Compensation of employees in Latvia

Latvia: Compensation of employees was 2.86 billion current LCU in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
2.86 billion current LCU
Change on year
up 10.2%
World rank
131st
of 156 countries
All-time high
2.86 billion current LCU
in 2024
All-time low
99.42 million current LCU
in 1994
Years of data
31
1994–2024

Compensation of employees in Latvia, 1994–2024

01.0B2.0B3.0B1994200920241994: 99.4M current LCU1995: 298.7M current LCU1996: 328.1M current LCU1997: 312.2M current LCU1998: 336.6M current LCU1999: 389.8M current LCU2000: 418.9M current LCU2001: 442.3M current LCU2002: 485.3M current LCU2003: 571.1M current LCU2004: 574.0M current LCU2005: 702.6M current LCU2006: 830.9M current LCU2007: 1.2B current LCU2008: 1.5B current LCU2009: 1.2B current LCU2010: 987.6M current LCU2011: 1.0B current LCU2012: 1.1B current LCU2013: 1.1B current LCU2014: 1.2B current LCU2015: 1.3B current LCU2016: 1.4B current LCU2017: 1.5B current LCU2018: 1.6B current LCU2019: 1.8B current LCU2020: 1.9B current LCU2021: 2.2B current LCU2022: 2.3B current LCU2023: 2.6B current LCU2024: 2.9B current LCU

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

The most recent figure for compensation of employees in Latvia is 2.86 billion current LCU, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 10.2% on the previous year and up 134.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Latvia peaked at 2.86 billion current LCU in 2024 and was at its lowest, 99.42 million current LCU, in 1994.

Latvia ranks 131st of 156 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 294.11 million current LCU 99.42 million current LCU 389.76 million current LCU 6
2000s 790.03 million current LCU 418.89 million current LCU 1.48 billion current LCU 10
2010s 1.29 billion current LCU 987.59 million current LCU 1.76 billion current LCU 10
2020s 2.37 billion current LCU 1.94 billion current LCU 2.86 billion current LCU 5

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 128 El Salvador 4.01 billion current LCU compare
  2. 129 Georgia 3.91 billion current LCU compare
  3. 130 Cyprus 3.66 billion current LCU compare
  4. 132 Estonia 2.61 billion current LCU compare
  5. 133 Kuwait 2.47 billion current LCU compare
  6. 134 Papua New Guinea 2.33 billion current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 156 places →

More public sector data for Latvia

All data for Latvia →

Frequently asked questions

What is compensation of employees in Latvia?
Compensation of employees in Latvia was 2.86 billion current LCU in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 2.86 billion current LCU in 2024.
What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 99.42 million current LCU in 1994.
How does Latvia rank for compensation of employees?
Latvia ranks 131st out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Latvia?
Over the last ten years it is up 134.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Latvia data come from?
The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Compensation of employees (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 31 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Compensation of employees in Latvia. Statizoid, drawing on Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 22 August 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/compensation-of-employees-current-lcu/latvia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/compensation-of-employees-current-lcu/latvia/">Compensation of employees in Latvia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Compensation of employees (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
156 places, 4,496 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.