Public and private social expenditure in Latvia
Latvia: Public and private social expenditure was 19.7 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public and private social expenditure in Latvia, 1994–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for public and private social expenditure in Latvia is 19.7 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public and private social expenditure in Latvia peaked at 21.74 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of GDP, in 1994.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.82 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 16.85 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 14.07 Percentage of GDP | 11.64 Percentage of GDP | 18.42 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.81 Percentage of GDP | 15.92 Percentage of GDP | 19.53 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.29 Percentage of GDP | 19.2 Percentage of GDP | 21.74 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More social development data for Latvia
- Social expenditure aggregates 19.7 Percentage of GDP (2023)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 16,045 National currency (2024)
- Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 5,112 National currency (2025)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) — Net 5,706 National currency (2024)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 4,000 National currency (2024)
- Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 5,467 National currency (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public and private social expenditure in Latvia?
- Public and private social expenditure in Latvia was 19.7 Percentage of GDP in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public and private social expenditure recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 21.74 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest public and private social expenditure recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of GDP in 1994.
- How does Latvia rank for public and private social expenditure?
- Latvia ranks 3rd out of 7 groups with data for 2023.
- Is public and private social expenditure rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Public and private social expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.