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Economic and Financial Data
for Latvia

Last update: 11 March 2010
Updated: on the day that
data are released

 

The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund's
Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).

For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Latvia has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

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Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted.
SDDS Data Category and Component

Unit Description

Data Observations

More info

Period of latest data

Latest data

Data for previous period

REAL SECTOR

National Accounts

Preliminary data

* GDP at current prices

LVL, millions

Q4/09

3 287.38

3 247.86

** Value added

LVL, millions

Q4/09

2 986.90

2 910.73

*** Agriculture, hunting and forestry

LVL, millions

Q4/09

91.59

115.10

**** Agriculture, hunting and related service activities

LVL, millions

Q4/09

36.52

77.98

**** Forestry, logging and related services activities

LVL, millions

Q4/09

55.07

37.12

*** Fishing

LVL, millions

Q4/09

3.48

2.32

*** Mining and quarrying

LVL, millions

Q4/09

12.21

15.66

*** Manufacturing

LVL, millions

Q4/09

316.38

298.11

*** Electricity, gas and water supply

LVL, millions

Q4/09

124.31

75.32

*** Construction

LVL, millions

Q4/09

181.74

217.10

*** Services

LVL, millions

Q4/09

2 257.19

2 187.12

**** Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods

LVL, millions

Q4/09

419.66

453.43

**** Hotels and restaurants

LVL, millions

Q4/09

36.15

45.17

**** Transport, storage and communications

LVL, millions

Q4/09

329.98

362.65

**** Financial intermediation

LVL, millions

Q4/09

190.42

199.83

**** Real estate, renting and business activities

LVL, millions

Q4/09

608.72

577.63

**** Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

LVL, millions

Q4/09

273.88

166.39

**** Education

LVL, millions

Q4/09

163.06

144.21

**** Health and social work

LVL, millions

Q4/09

101.95

84.97

**** Other community, social and personal service activities

LVL, millions

Q4/09

133.37

152.83

** Taxes on products (minus subsidies)

LVL, millions

Q4/09

300.48

337.13

* GDP at constant prices

At 2000 prices,
LVL, millions

Q4/09

1 804.52

1 746.05

** Value added

LVL, millions

Q4/09

1 659.51

1 597.80

*** Agriculture, hunting and forestry

LVL, millions

Q4/09

56.44

79.14

**** Agriculture, hunting and related service activities

LVL, millions

Q4/09

33.07

56.96

**** Forestry, logging and related services activities

LVL, millions

Q4/09

23.37

22.18

*** Fishing

LVL, millions

Q4/09

2.75

1.73

*** Mining and quarrying

LVL, millions

Q4/09

6.28

8.79

*** Manufacturing

LVL, millions

Q4/09

183.98

176.86

*** Electricity, gas and water supply

LVL, millions

Q4/09

58.71

30.85

*** Construction

LVL, millions

Q4/09

102.93

117.23

*** Services

LVL, millions

Q4/09

1 248.43

1 183.21

**** Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods

LVL, millions

Q4/09

267.95

300.98

**** Hotels and restaurants

LVL, millions

Q4/09

15.99

20.04

**** Transport, storage and communications

LVL, millions

Q4/09

235.65

230.78

**** Financial intermediation

LVL, millions

Q4/09

93.36

72.85

**** Real estate, renting and business activities

LVL, millions

Q4/09

334.94

312.58

**** Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

LVL, millions

Q4/09

130.94

96.52

**** Education

LVL, millions

Q4/09

71.48

48.16

**** Health and social work

LVL, millions

Q4/09

42.27

37.79

**** Other community, social and personal service activities

LVL, millions

Q4/09

55.85

63.51

** Taxes on products (minus subsidies)

LVL, millions

Q4/09

145.01

148.25

Production Index

Volume of industrial production 2005=100
Preliminary data

Jan/10

88.5

89.9

From January 2003 the data are seasonally adjusted.

Employment

Thousand persons, quarterly;
Preliminary data

Q4/09

932.6

953.9

Labour Force Survey data

Number of unemployed persons (according ILO definition)

Thousand persons; Preliminary data

Q4/09

229.4

214.9

Labour Force Survey data

Share of unemployed persons in economically active population (unemployment rate)

% of economically active population; Preliminary data

Q4/09

19.7

18.4

Labour Force Survey data

Wages/Earnings

LVL, average monthly gross earnings;
Finaldata

Q3/09

456

473

Consumer Prices

Consumer Price index 2005=100 Final data

Feb/10

136.8

136.8

Producer Prices

Producer Price index 2005=100 4/Preliminary data

Jan/10

134.4

133.2

 

* - Data revised

SDDS Data Category and Component

Unit Description

Data Observations

More info

Period of latest data

Latest data

Data for previous period

FISCAL SECTOR

General Government or Public
Sector Operations

Preliminary data

* Revenue (net)

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

411878

357352

* Expenditure (net)

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

341208

661370

* Balance, Financial Deficit/Surplus

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

70671

-304018

* Financing

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-70671

304018

** Currency and deposits

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-146950

151084

** Securities other than shares, excluding financial derivatives, purchased

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

0

0

** Securities other than shares, issued

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

78727

14706

** Loans (net)

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-1045

151855

** Loans granted (net)

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-154

-14168

** Shares and other equity, excluding mutual funds shares

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

47

-411

** Mutual funds shares

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-1296

952

Central Government Operations

Preliminary data

* Revenue (net)

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

360358

284024

* Expenditure (net)

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

296642

578504

* Balance, Financial Deficit/Surplus

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

63716

-294480

*Financing

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-63716

294480

** Currency and deposits

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-141516

147918

** Securities other than shares, excluding financial derivatives, purchased

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

0

0

** Securities other than shares, issued

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

78727

14706

** Loans (net)

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-890

139870

** Loans granted(net)

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

-93

-8054

** Shares and other equity, excluding mutual funds shares

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

57

41

** Mutual funds shares

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

0

0

Central government debt

Final data

* Total central government debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

4265413

4169234

*Central government domestic debt
by original maturity

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

990197

907946

**Central government domestic debt
by original maturity in national currency

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

905859

823608

*** Short - term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

534781

452530

**** Government Treasury bills 1/

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

534722

452394

****Short - term loans

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

59

136

*** Medium – term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

124554

124554

**** Government Treasury
medium – term bonds 1/

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

124554

124554

*** Long – term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

246524

246524

**** Government Treasury long – term bonds 1/

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

246285

246285

**** Long – term loans

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

239

239

** Central government domestic debt
in foreign currency

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

84338

84338

*** Short – term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

84338

84338

**** Government Treasurybills 1/

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

0

0

****Short - term loans

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

84338

84338

*** Medium – term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

0

0

*** Long – term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

0

0

*Central government foreign debt
by original maturity

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

3275216

3261288

** Central government foreign debt
in national currency

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

0

0

** Central government foreign debt
in foreign currency

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

3275216

3261288

*** Short – term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

0

0

*** Medium - term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

2105068

2092933

**** Loans

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

2105068

2092933

*** Long- term debt

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

1170148

1168355

**** Loans

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

607905

606112

**** Eurobonds 2/

LVL, thousands

Jan/10

562243

562243

Debt guaranteed by central government

LVL, thousands;
Final data

Jan/10

714223

713801


 

SDDS Data Category and Component

Unit Description

Data Observations

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Data for previous period

FINANCIAL SECTOR

Analytical Accounts of the
Banking Sector

Final data

The Bank of Latvia

* M1

LVL, millions

Jan/10

2921.4

2979.3

* M2

LVL, millions

Jan/10

5713.8

5796.2

* M3

LVL, millions

Jan/10

5806.1

5873.1

* Net external assets

LVL, millions

Jan/10

-2827.8

-3021.6

* Loans to resident financial institutions, non-financial corporations and households

LVL, millions

Jan/10

13444.6

13514.9

* Credit to general government

LVL, millions

Jan/10

642.0

590.8

* Deposits of central government

LVL, millions

Jan/10

2089.1

1932.2

Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank

Final data

The Bank of Latvia

*Monetary base

LVL, millions

Jan/10

1746.3

1645.8

*Net lending to the central government (net)

LVL, millions

Jan/10

-1448.3

-1291.9

*Credits to MFIs

LVL, millions

Jan/10

131.7

140.4

*Net foreign position

LVL, millions

Jan/10

3412.9

3313.1

Interest Rates

The Bank of Latvia

* Refinancing rate

% per annum

May/24/09 5

4.0

5.06

* Treasury bill discount rates

3 - month bills

% per annum

Jan/06/10

3.0

12 - month bills

% per annum

Mar/10/10

3.8

* Treasury bond fixed income rates

.

2 - year bonds

% per annum

Mar/10/10

6.0

3 - year bonds

% per annum

Nov/19/03

3.9

5 - year bonds

% per annum

Sept/03/08

6.8

10 - year bonds

% per annum

Sep/13/06

3.5

11 - year bonds

% per annum

Sept/03/08

6.8

Stock Market: Share price index

Daily

OMXR Stock Index

 

SDDS Data Category and Component

Unit Description

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EXTERNAL SECTOR

Balance of Payments

Final data

* Current account

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

401049

327907

The Bank of Latvia

* Imports of goods and services

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

-1438206

-1393574

*Exports of goods and services

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

1518190

1404734

*Net income receipts

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

201547

220804

*Net receipts from current
transfers

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

119517

95941

* International reserves (reserve assets)

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

-128548

-1168477

* Financial transactions (without reserve assets)

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

-327199

717278

International Reserves

Final data 7/

International Reserves (Total Official Reserves)

USD, millions

Feb/10

6820.93

6874.36

The Bank of Latvia

International Reserves (Total Official Reserves)

LVL, millions

Feb/10

3560.52

3450.92

International Reserves / Foreign Currency Liquidity

Final data

International Reserves / Foreign Currency Liquidity

USD, millions

Jan/10

6874.36

6905.20

The Bank of Latvia

Merchandise Trade

Preliminary data

* Total exports

LVL, thousands
(valued on a f.o.b. basis)

Dec/09

315 796

323 298

* Total imports

LVL, thousands
(valued on c.i.f. basis)

Dec/09

385 477

390 921

Net International Investment Position

LVL, thousands
Final data

Q4/09

-10764689

-11327676

The Bank of Latvia

* Assets

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

13464161

13009753

** Direct investment abroad

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

492039

471854

** Portfolio investment

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

1320007

1372876

*** Equity

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

251755

256228

*** Debt

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

1068252

1116648

** Financial derivatives

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

65709

86023

** Other investment

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

8209771

7862145

** Reserve assets

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

3376637

3216854

* Liabilities

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

24228850

24337429

** Direct investment in Latvia

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

5733849

5780200

** Portfolio investment

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

852613

822668

*** Equity

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

100157

85520

*** Debt

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

752457

737148

** Financial derivatives

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

75884

80566

** Other investments

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

17566504

17653995

Net position

Final data

* Direct investment

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

-5241810

-5308346

* Portfolio investment

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

467394

550208

** Equity

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

151598

170708

** Debt

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

315795

379500

* Financial derivatives

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

-10175

5457

* Other investments

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

-9356733

-9791850

* Reserve assets

LVL, thousands

Q4/09

3376637

3216854

External Debt

Final data

External Debt

LVL, millions

Q4/09

20493.34

20620.63

The Bank of Latvia

External Debt

USD, millions

Q4/09

41908.67

42959.65

Exchange Rate 3/

Daily

The Bank of Latvia

 

SDDS Data Category and Component

Unit Description

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POPULATION

Thousand persons;
Preliminary data

Jan/10

2247.2

2248.4

Population

 

Footnotes:

1/ The data are at nominal value. (Back)

2/ The data are at nominal value. (Back)

3/ Only official exchange rates and spot rates are disseminated since forward market transactions are insignificant. (Back)

4/ Annual average (Back)

5/The date indicate the point of time for the latest change in policy rate (Back)

6/ The column "Data for previous period" shows the prior rate (Back)

7/ The data are final except for the end of year data (as of December) (Back)

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