🇱🇻Latvia unemployment rate
Latvia's unemployment rate is 7.3% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It was little changed from the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from 5.8% to 9.7%. That is 0.9 percentage points above the euro-area average of 6.4% — the 7th of 21 member states that report it.
Unemployment rate · Latvia
7.3%
vs prev
0.0 pp
Source: Eurostat (une_rt_m) · data through August 2026 · released 2026-10-01 · modifications: none
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Latvia unemployment rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Latvia's unemployment rate?
- Latvia's unemployment rate is 7.3% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Latvia's unemployment rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 7th-highest of 21 euro-area members that report it, against a euro-area average of 6.4%.
- Is Latvia's unemployment rate rising or falling?
- It held steady at 7.3% in the latest reading (August 2026).
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- Rent inflation
- House price growth
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- New home price growth
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- Housing cost overburden rate
- Building permit growth