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Employment> Latvia Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.0% (2023) [29/42countries] Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) 74.4% (2023) [18/42countries] Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 35-44) 93.1% (2023) [30/42countries] Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 35-44) 85.7% (2023) [16/42countries] Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 60-64) 68.4% (2023) [20/42countries] Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 60-64) 70.6% (2023) [3/42countries] % of those who think that the employment of elderly people is good for the country's economy 54.8% (2015) [12/20countries] % of those who think that the employment of elderly people takes jobs away from younger people 38.5% (2015) [8/20countries] Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 6.8% (2022) [126/186countries] Employment in industry (% of total employment) 23.7% (2022) [53/186countries] Employment in services (% of total employment) 69.5% (2022) [56/186countries] % of employees whose job tenure is 10 years and more: male and female 36.6% (2023) [18/41countries] % of employees whose job tenure is 10 years and more: male 36.2% (2023) [20/41countries] % of employees whose job tenure is 10 years and more: female 37.0% (2023) [18/41countries] % of men who prefer a full time job 74.5% (2015) [10/37countries] % of women who prefer a full time job 53.4% (2015) [15/37countries] % of those who agree that the government is responsible for providing a job for everyone who wants one 75.5% (2016) [19/35countries] % of those who are in favour of government financing of projects to create new jobs 95.0% (2016) [3/35countries] Gender equality> Latvia Gender Gap Index (world ranking) 30 (2024) [30/146countries] % of those who agree that the government is responsible for promoting equality between men and women 76.9% (2016) [30/35countries] Share of female managers 46.9% (2023) [17/154countries] % of those who do not think that family life suffers when the woman has a full-time job 28.1% (2012) [24/32countries] % of those who think that both husband and wife should contribute to household income (5 choices) 77.8% (2012) [19/32countries] % of those who think that being a housewife is just as fulfilling as working for pay (5 choices) 46.9% (2012) [11/32countries] % of those who think that what most women really want is a home and children 50.3% (2012) [10/32countries] % of those who think that working mothers have no bad influence over children (5 choices) 66.5% (2012) [19/32countries] % of those who do not think that a pre-school child is likely to suffer if his or her mother works 25.1% (2012) [23/32countries] % of those who think that the mother and the father should each take half of paid parental leave 14.2% (2012) [31/41countries] % of those who think that the mother should take most of the paid leave period and the father should take some of it. 25.9% (2012) [31/41countries] % of those who think that the mother should take the entire paid parental leave 59.8% (2012) [9/41countries] % of those who think that no paid parental leave is necessary 3.2% (2012) [31/41countries] % of those who think that women should work outside the home full-time when there is a child under school age 10.3% (2012) [29/41countries] % of those who think that both mother and father should work full-time when they have a child under school age 7.2% (2012) [29/41countries] % of those who think that both mother and father should work part-time when they have a child under school age 2.6% (2012) [32/41countries] % of those who think that women should stay at home when there is a child under school age 43.0% (2012) [10/41countries] % of those who think that mother should stay at home and father should work full-time when they have a child under school age 59.1% (2012) [5/41countries] % of those who think that mother should work part-time and father should work full-time when they have a child under school age 30.3% (2012) [32/41countries] % of those who think it is least desirable that both mother and father work full-time when they have a child under school age 32.9% (2012) [21/41countries] % of those who think it is least desirable that father stay at home and mother work full-time when they have a child under school age 42.1% (2012) [18/40countries] % of those who think it is least desirable that mother stay at home and father work full-time when they have a child under school age 10.9% (2012) [17/41countries] % of those who think that women should work outside the home full-time after the youngest child starts school 45.7% (2012) [20/41countries] % of those who think that women should stay at home after the youngest child starts school 7.4% (2012) [22/41countries] % of women who say that they care for sick family members 53.8% (2012) [26/41countries] % of those who say that both partners care for sick family members 45.6% (2012) [12/41countries] Self-employment> Latvia Self-employment rate, total 13.4% (2023) [18/31countries] % of those who think that employees have more job security than the self-employed 50.8% (2005) [20/31countries] % of those who think that being an employee interferes more with family life than self-employment 37.5% (2005) [9/31countries] % of those who prefer being an employee to being self-employed 56.9% (2005) [11/31countries] Non-regular employment> Latvia Part-time employment - total 5 (2023) [34/41countries] Part-time employment - male 3 (2023) [34/41countries] Part-time employment - female 7 (2023) [35/41countries] Temporary employment - male as % of dependent employment 3.0% (2023) [38/39countries] Temporary employment - female as % of dependent employment 2.2% (2023) [37/39countries] Temporary employment - 15-24 years as % of dependent employment 6.8% (2023) [39/39countries] % of those willing to accept temporary employment to avoid unemployment 66.2% (2015) [13/37countries] Side business> Latvia % of those who do any work for additional income in addition to their main job 28.8% (2015) [5/37countries] Recruitment and job change> Latvia % of those who think that it would be easy to find a job 25.5% (2015) [14/37countries] % of those who would turn down another job that offered quite a bit more pay in order to stay with the current organization 42.7% (2015) [6/37countries] % of those who would change their present type of work for something different if given the chance 43.7% (2015) [13/37countries] % of those who think that it is likely that they will try to find a job with another firm or organization within the next 12 months 35.1% (2015) [8/37countries] % of those who have given up good job opportunities for the benefit of their family life 41.1% (2015) [9/37countries] % of the men who have given up good job opportunities for the benefit of their family life 37.1% (2015) [12/37countries] % of the women who have given up good job opportunities for the benefit of their family life 44.3% (2015) [10/37countries] % of those who have remained in a job that was not satisfying for you for the benefit of your family life 51.6% (2015) [4/37countries] % of the men who have remained in a job that was not satisfying for you for the benefit of your family life 48.1% (2015) [5/37countries] % of the women who have remained in a job that was not satisfying for you for the benefit of your family life 54.4% (2015) [3/37countries] Work preference> Latvia % of those who think that job security is very important in a job 56.1% (2015) [26/37countries] % of those who think that high income is very important in a job 41.4% (2015) [13/37countries] % of those who think that good opportunities for advancement is very important in a job 28.8% (2015) [16/37countries] % of those who think that being interesting is very important in a job 52.6% (2015) [11/37countries] % of those who think that working independently is very important in a job 29.0% (2015) [19/37countries] % of those who think that helping other people is very important in a job 29.5% (2015) [15/37countries] % of those who think that being useful to society is very important in a job 27.3% (2015) [19/37countries] % of those who think that deciding times or days of work is very important in a job 33.7% (2015) [6/37countries] % of those who think that it is important for a job to involve personal contact with other people 23.4% (2015) [24/37countries] % of those who think that their job is secure 70.5% (2015) [19/37countries] % of those who think that their job gives high income 24.6% (2015) [24/37countries] % of those who think that their job gives high opportunities for advancement 25.0% (2015) [22/37countries] % of those who think that their job is interesting 73.9% (2015) [19/37countries] % of those who think that they can work independently 53.3% (2015) [33/37countries] % of those who think that they can help other people in their job 79.7% (2015) [11/37countries] % of those who think that their job is useful to society 84.9% (2015) [4/37countries] % of those who think that their job gives personal contact with other people 92.5% (2015) [10/37countries] % of those who think that their job gives a chance to improve their skills 65.1% (2005) [19/31countries] Unemployment> Latvia Unemployment rate: 15-64 years old, male and female 6.5% (2023) [13/39countries] Unemployment rate: 15-64 years old, male 7.6% (2023) [8/39countries] Unemployment rate: 15-64 years old, female 5.3% (2023) [17/39countries] Unemployment rate: 20-24 years old, male and female 11.4% (2023) [23/46countries] Long-term (1 year and over) unemployment rate: all ages, male and female 27.6% (2023) [21/43countries] Long-term (1 year and over) unemployment rate: all ages, male 26.6% (2023) [22/43countries] Long-term (1 year and over) unemployment rate: all ages, female 29.1% (2023) [16/43countries] % of those who worry about the possibility of losing your job a great deal or to some extent 53.1% (2015) [9/37countries] % of those willing to move within the country not to lose job 24.2% (2015) [19/37countries] % of those willing to move to a different country not to lose job 19.3% (2015) [23/37countries] % of those who would like to see more government spending in unemployment benefits 46.0% (2016) [13/34countries] % of those who think that the government is successful in the policy against unemployment 12.9% (2006) [21/33countries] Labor policy> Latvia Public expenditure for active labor policy, % of GDP 0.15% (2019) [31/38countries] Working time> Latvia Average annual hours actually worked per worker 1,548 (2023) [25/38countries] Time spent for paid work or study (men and women, minutes per day per person, including commuting time) 329.9 (2003) [5/33countries] Time spent for paid work or study (men, minutes per day per person, including commuting time) 376.9 (2003) [6/33countries] Time spent for paid work or study (women, minutes per day per person, including commuting time) 288.5 (2003) [2/33countries] Time spent for commuting (men and women, minutes per day per person) 36.5 (2003) [6/33countries] Time spent for commuting (men, minutes per day per person) 42.5 (2003) [8/32countries] Time spent for commuting (women, minutes per day per person) 31.5 (2003) [5/33countries] % of those who are in favour of reducing the working week to create more jobs 34.9% (2016) [25/35countries] % of those willing to accept longer commuting to avoid unemployment 54.9% (2015) [9/37countries] % of those who prefer to work longer hours and earn more money 41.3% (2015) [15/36countries] % of those who prefer to work the same number of hours and earn the same money 54.3% (2015) [22/36countries] % of those who prefer to work fewer hours and earn less money 4.3% (2015) [25/36countries] % of those who would like to have more time in a job 14.5% (2007) [28/34countries] % of those who would like to have less time in a job 44.0% (2007) [7/34countries] % of those who always/ often work at home during usual working hours 10.5% (2015) [32/36countries] % of those who always/ often work on weekends 33.0% (2015) [21/36countries] % of those who have a regular schedule or shift 68.1% (2015) [29/37countries] % of those who cannot decide themselves when to start/ finish work 58.6% (2015) [12/37countries] % of those who can decide themselves when to start/ finish work 41.4% (2015) [26/37countries] % of those who can decide themselves how to organize work 28.7% (2015) [19/37countries] % of those who enjoy 5 or less days of leave 41.7% (2007) [20/34countries] % of those who enjoy more than 20 days of leave 33.8% (2007) [9/34countries] % of those who can take an hour or two off during working hours 73.8% (2015) [7/37countries] Wages> Latvia Minimum relative to average (mean) wages of full-time workers 34.7% (2023) [32/33countries] Minimum relative to median wages of full-time workers 42.3% (2023) [32/33countries] Gender wage gap at median 24.9% (2022) [2/44countries] % of those who think their pay is less than is just 72.9% (2009) [7/41countries] % of those willing to accept lower pay to avoid unemployment 44.2% (2015) [19/37countries] % of those who think that whether the job requires supervising others is important in deciding pay 91.0% (1999) [11/25countries] % of those who think what is needed to support a family is very important in deciding pay 63.6% (2009) [7/41countries] % of those who think how hard he or she works at the job is very important in deciding pay 75.9% (2009) [29/41countries] Work motivation> Latvia % of those who often arrive at work too tired to function well because of the household work 4.4% (2012) [17/41countries] % of those who often find it difficult to concentrate at work because of family responsibilities 3.3% (2012) [19/41countries] Degree of job satisfaction 4.39 (2015) [16/37countries] % of those who always/ often find work stressful 34.0% (2015) [24/37countries] % of those who agree to the idea that a job is just a way of earning money 47.3% (2015) [13/37countries] % of those who agree to the idea that they would enjoy having a paid job even if they did not need the money 51.7% (2015) [28/37countries] % of men who prefer no paid job at all 3.7% (2015) [30/37countries] % of women who prefer no paid job at all 7.0% (2015) [27/37countries] Skills> Latvia % of those who can make much use of their past work experience and /or job skills in their present job 64.3% (2015) [16/37countries] % of those who have got training to improve job skills over the past 12 months 50.6% (2015) [13/37countries] % of those willing to accept a job that requires new skills to avoid unemployment 83.8% (2015) [19/37countries] Workplace> Latvia % of those who describe relations at their workplace between workmates/colleagues as good 89.6% (2015) [13/37countries] % of those who are willing to work harder than they have to in order to help their firm/ organization succeed 45.4% (2015) [29/37countries] % of those who are proud to be working for the current firm or organization 66.3% (2015) [21/37countries] % of those who have been discriminated against with regard to work 19.6% (2015) [12/37countries] % of the men who have been discriminated against with regard to work 20.8% (2015) [11/37countries] % of the women who have been discriminated against with regard to work 18.7% (2015) [17/37countries] % of those who have been harassed by their superiors or co-workers at their job 10.0% (2015) [22/37countries] % of the men who have been harassed by their superiors or co-workers at their job 8.9% (2015) [25/37countries] % of the women who have been harassed by their superiors or co-workers at their job 11.0% (2015) [22/37countries] Industrial relations> Latvia Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts 93 (2022) [43/61countries] % of those who think that workers need strong trade unions to protect their interests 77.2% (2015) [10/37countries] % of those who think that strong trade unions are bad for the economy of their country 16.2% (2015) [22/37countries] % of those who think that trade unions have the most influence on the actions of the government 8.4% (2016) [12/35countries] % of those who think that trade unions are very important for the job security of employees 61.2% (2005) [15/31countries] % of those who think that the working conditions of employees would be much worse without trade unions 46.3% (2005) [28/31countries] % of those who describe relations at their workplace between management and employees as good 79.0% (2015) [10/37countries] Work accident> Latvia % of those who always/ often have to do hard physical work 36.9% (2015) [7/37countries] % of those who always/ often work in dangerous conditions 15.8% (2005) [11/31countries] Housework> Latvia Time spent for routine housework (men and women, minutes per day per person) 130.0 (2003) [11/33countries] Time spent for routine housework (men, minutes per day per person) 85.2 (2003) [13/33countries] Time spent for routine housework (women, minutes per day per person) 170.4 (2003) [12/33countries] Time spent for shopping (men and women, minutes per day per person) 15.9 (2003) [27/33countries] Time spent for shopping (men, minutes per day per person) 10.5 (2003) [30/33countries] Time spent for shopping (women, minutes per day per person) 20.4 (2003) [25/33countries] Time spent for child care (men and women, minutes per day per person) 15.0 (2003) [26/26countries] Time spent for child care (men, minutes per day per person) 4.0 (2003) [25/26countries] Time spent for child care (women, minutes per day per person) 24.5 (2003) [26/26countries] % of those who would like to have more time doing household work 25.8% (2007) [6/34countries] % of those who would like to have less time doing household work 25.8% (2007) [25/34countries] % of men who think that they do less than their fair share of the household work 23.7% (2012) [39/41countries] % of women who think that they do more than their fair share of the household work 48.4% (2012) [30/41countries] % of women who say that they prepare meals 74.2% (2012) [18/41countries] % of those who say that both partners prepare meals 20.2% (2012) [22/41countries] % of women who say that they do the laundry of the family 82.8% (2012) [20/41countries] % of those who say that both partners do the laundry of the family 13.9% (2012) [15/41countries] % of women who say that they clean the house 75.2% (2012) [14/41countries] % of those who say that both partners clean the house 21.9% (2012) [24/41countries] % of men who say that they mostly decide how to raise children 4.5% (2012) [18/41countries] % of women who say that they mostly decide how to raise children 44.2% (2012) [7/41countries] % of those who says that both partners decide how to raise children together 39.6% (2012) [34/40countries] % of those who think private childcare providers should primarily provide childcare for children under school age 1.0% (2012) [39/41countries] % of those who think family members should primarily provide childcare for children under school age 77.6% (2012) [8/41countries] % of those who think family members should primarily provide help in everyday life for elderly people 63.8% (2012) [16/41countries] % of those who think private providers should primarily provide help in everyday life for elderly people 2.0% (2012) [34/41countries] % of those who think that the elderly people themselves or their family should primarily cover the costs of the help to elderly people 45.0% (2012) [20/41countries] % of women who say that they care for sick family members 53.8% (2012) [26/41countries] % of those who say that both partners care for sick family members 45.6% (2012) [12/41countries] % of women who say that they manage all the money of their family 21.4% (2012) [9/41countries] % of men who say that they manage all the money of their family 9.1% (2012) [20/41countries] % of those who say that both pool and manage all the money of their family 41.2% (2012) [30/41countries] % of those who say that both pool and manage part of the money of their family 23.1% (2012) [6/41countries] % of those who say that each partner manages their own money 7.8% (2012) [24/41countries] % of women who say that they shop for groceries 44.2% (2012) [31/41countries] % of men who say that they shop for groceries 9.1% (2012) [37/41countries] % of those who say that both partners shop for groceries 53.1% (2012) [2/41countries] % of men who say that they make small repairs in the household 84.0% (2012) [16/41countries] % of those who say that both partners make small repairs in the household 9.2% (2012) [26/41countries] % of men who say that they choose weekend activities 9.1% (2012) [17/41countries] % of women who say that they choose weekend activities 15.8% (2012) [16/41countries] % of those who say that both partners choose weekend activities together 50.7% (2012) [22/41countries] % of those who often come home from work too tired to do the chores 26.5% (2012) [9/41countries] % of those who often work too long to fulfil family responsibilities 18.6% (2012) [8/41countries] % of those who always/ often feel that job interfere with family life 8.9% (2015) [31/37countries] % of those who always/ often feel that family life interfere with job 2.5% (2015) [34/37countries] Voluntary activities> Latvia Time spent for volunteering (men and women, minutes per day per person) 0.0 (2003) [29/31countries] Time spent for volunteering (men, minutes per day per person) 0.0 (2003) [29/31countries] Time spent for volunteering (women, minutes per day per person) 0.0 (2003) [28/31countries] % of those who think that civic and voluntary organisations have the most influence on the actions of the government 2.0% (2016) [7/33countries]