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Polynesia\nGabon\nGambia\nGeorgia\nGermany\nGhana\nGibraltar\nGreece\nGreenland\nGrenada\nGuadeloupe\nGuam\nGuatemala\nGuernsey\nGuinea\nGuinea-Bissau\nGuyana\nHaiti\nHoly See (Vatican City)\nHonduras\nHong Kong, China\nHungary\nIceland\nIndia\nIndonesia\nIran\nIraq\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJamaica\nJapan\nJersey\nJordan\nKazakhstan\nKenya\nKiribati\nNorth Korea\nRepublic of Korea\nKosovo\nKuwait\nKyrgyzstan\nLaos\nLatvia\nLebanon\nLesotho\nLiberia\nLibya\nLiechtenstein\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMacao, China\nNorth Macedonia\nMadagascar\nMalawi\nMalaysia\nMaldives\nMali\nMalta\nMan, Isle of\nMarshall Islands\nMartinique\nMauritania\nMauritius\nMayotte\nMexico\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nMoldova\nMonaco\nMongolia\nMontenegro\nMontserrat\nMorocco\nMozambique\nMyanmar (Burma)\nNamibia\nNauru\nNepal\nNetherlands\nNetherlands Antilles\nNew Caledonia\nNew Zealand\nNicaragua\nNiger\nNigeria\nNiue\nNorthern Mariana Islands\nNorway\nOman\nPakistan\nPalau\nPalestinian Territory\nPanama\nPapua New Guinea\nParaguay\nPeru\nPhilippines\nPitcairn\nPoland\nPortugal\nPuerto Rico\nQatar\nReunion\nRomania\nRussian Federation\nRwanda\nSt. Helena\nSt. Kitts and Nevis\nSt. Lucia\nSt. Martin (French part)\nSt. Pierre et Miquelon\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines\nSamoa\nSan Marino\nSao Tome and Principe\nSaudi Arabia\nSenegal\nSerbia\nSeychelles\nSierra Leone\nSingapore\nSint Maarten (Dutch part)\nSlovakia\nSlovenia\nSolomon Islands\nSomalia\nSouth Africa\nSouth Sudan\nSpain\nSri Lanka\nSudan\nSuriname\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nSyrian Arab Republic\nTaiwan\nTajikistan\nTanzania\nThailand\nTimor-Leste\nTogo\nTokelau\nTonga\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTunisia\nTurkiye\nTurkmenistan\nTurks and Caicos Islands\nTuvalu\nUganda\nUkraine\nUnited Arab Emirates\nUnited Kingdom\nUnited States\nUruguay\nUzbekistan\nVanuatu\nVenezuela\nViet Nam\nVirgin Islands\nWallis and Futuna Islands\nWestern Sahara\nYemen\nZambia\nZimbabwe\n

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World economy> Latvia % of those who think that policies depend more on what is happening in the world economy 40.2% (2016) [18/35countries] World Competitiveness Ranking 51 (2023) [51/64countries] Trade> Latvia Exports of goods and services (billion US$) 29.5 (2022) [71/155countries] Exports of goods and services, % of GDP 72.0% (2022) [24/155countries] Imports of goods and services (billion US$) 31.3 (2022) [71/155countries] Imports of goods and services, % of GDP 76.5% (2022) [25/155countries] External balance on goods and services (billion US$) -1.9 (2022) [97/155countries] External balance on goods and services, % of GDP -4.5% (2022) [86/155countries] Current account balance (billion US$) -1.749 (2023) [142/189countries] % of those who agree that free trade leads to better products becoming available in the country 54.6% (2013) [28/33countries] Foreign direct investment> Latvia Outward direct investment - stock (% of GDP) 13.5% (2023) [35/45countries] Inward direct investment - stock (% of GDP) 57.0% (2023) [16/45countries] International relations> Latvia % of those who agree that the country should follow the decisions of international organizations to which it belongs, even if the government does not agree with them 32.5% (2013) [22/33countries] % of those who are proud of their country in its political influence in the world 24.3% (2013) [27/33countries] Period of United Nations membership 1991.0917 [158/192countries] % of those who think that international organizations have the most influence on the actions of the government 23.6% (2016) [1/35countries] Official Development Assistance (ODA), million US$ 142 (2023) [38/45countries] Official Development Assistance (ODA), % of GNI 0.33% (2023) [21/43countries] The United States> Latvia China> Latvia Europe and others> Latvia National identity> Latvia % of those willing to be the citizen of their own country 42.3% (2013) [33/33countries] % of those who feel ashamed of their country 69.3% (2013) [9/33countries] % of those who think that their people would be a model of people from other countries 18.9% (2013) [27/33countries] % of those who think that their own country is better than the others 31.6% (2013) [30/33countries] % of those who support their country if it is wrong 29.6% (2013) [24/33countries] % of those very or somewhat proud of their nationality 69.5% (2013) [33/33countries] % of those who are less proud of their country than they would like to be 56.5% (2013) [10/33countries] % of those who think that the world would be a better place if the people of their country acknowledged their country's shortcomings 46.3% (2013) [30/33countries] % of those who are proud of their country in its history 59.3% (2013) [32/33countries] % of those who are proud of their country in its fair and equal treatment of all groups in society 21.3% (2013) [33/33countries] % of those who agree that strong patriotic feelings in their country strengthen their country's place in the world 65.6% (2013) [12/33countries] % of those who agree that strong patriotic feelings in their country lead to intolerance in their country 38.1% (2013) [21/33countries] % of those who agree that strong patriotic feelings in their country are needed for their country to remain united 74.4% (2013) [10/33countries] % of those who agree that strong patriotic feelings in their country lead to negative attitudes towards immigrants 40.0% (2013) [17/33countries] % of those who think it is important to have the country's citizenship for being truly their national 75.5% (2013) [31/32countries] % of those who think it is important to have lived in the country for most of one's life for being truly their national 83.4% (2013) [5/32countries] % of those who think it is important to belong to the country's religion for being truly their national 25.1% (2013) [21/32countries] % of those who think it is important to respect the country's political institutions and laws for being truly their national 84.2% (2013) [20/32countries] % of those who think it is important to feel the country's nationality for being truly their national 90.4% (2013) [11/32countries] % of those who think it is important to have the country's ancestry for being truly their national 55.5% (2013) [18/32countries] % of those who think it is essential that their country remains one 75.6% (2003) [22/23countries] % of those who feel more like a citizen of the world than of any country 24.6% (2013) [18/33countries]