Publications & Documents

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - highlights by country

These notes present selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.

Boosting economic opportunities and wellbeing in Latvia: why housing matters

Unemployment is still above 8% in Latvia and contributes to poverty, in part because many unemployed have been without a job for an extended period of time.

Latvia Policy Brief: Strengthening the education and skills system of Latvia

Concerted efforts are necessary to ensure equal opportunities for all students throughout the education lifecycle, including through more generous and targeted grants for low-income students at vocational and tertiary education levels.

Latvia Policy Brief: Inequality - Improving policies to reduce inequality in Latvia

Latvia faces high levels of income inequality and poverty. The tax and redistribution system only partially alleviates inequalities resulting from market incomes. Long-term unemployment and inadequate minimum social protection drive poverty among the working-age population.

Latvia Policy Brief: Promoting better access to care while delivering health care more effectively

Within a context of lower resources and higher health needs than in many OECD countries, Latvia’s health system delivers relatively efficient and effective care to the population, however, existing financial and geographical barriers to care are important drivers of unmet health care needs.

Latvia: time to reboot inclusive productivity growth

Latvia’s economy is growing strongly. Driven by the recovery of exports and investment as well as strong private consumption, real GDP growth is expected to strengthen from 2% in 2016 to around 4% this year and next.

OECD Employment Outlook 2017: Key findings for Latvia

Unemployment in Latvia has been on a downward trajectory since it reached a record high of 20.4% at the height of the global financial crisis (Q1 2010). It is now 9.7%, but it remains above the OECD average of 6.2%.

Corporate Governance in Latvia

OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook national policy profiles

As part of the STI Outlook 2016, the OECD has released policy profiles by country. These include cross-country analyses that draw on the first joint EC-OECD survey on STI policies. They focus on major STI policy areas, instruments and trends.

PISA 2015 key findings for Latvia

This country note presents student performance in science, reading and mathematics, and measures equity in education in Latvia. The interactive charts allow you to compare results with other countries participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).