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Europe > Latvia > Economy

LATVIAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
grain, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish
Aid as % of GDP 1.3% [77th of 129]
Economic freedom 2.55 [33rd of 156]
Exchange rates
lati per US dollar - 0.5402 (2004), 0.5715 (2003), 0.6182 (2002), 0.6279 (2001), 0.6065 (2000)
Exports to US $183,000,000.00 [72nd of 224]
GDP > PPP $27,740,000,000.00 [89th of 163]
Income category Upper middle income
Income distribution > Poorest 10% 2.9% [42nd of 114]
Income distribution > Poorest 20% 7.6% [31st of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10% 25.9% [82nd of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20% 40.3% [85th of 114]
Innovation 18.5 [39th of 68]
Poverty > Share of all poor people 0 % of world's poor [78th of 80]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines 231 [99th of 183]
World Trade > Exports > Base metal handheld equipment 1,443 [74th of 110]
World Trade > Imports > Meat offal preserved nes 9,414 [40th of 139]
World Trade > Imports > Mech transmission equipment 4,227 [80th of 137]
World Trade > Imports > Mechanical handling equipment 39,865 [59th of 146]
World Trade > Imports > Special industrial machines nes 72,152 [62nd of 144]
World Trade > Imports > Special transactions nes 1,511 [83rd of 118]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Heritage Foundation; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija

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