Latvia - Unemployment Rate 1997
14.90%
−5.81pp from 1996
Latvia's unemployment rate was 14.90% in 1997, decreased +5.81pp from 20.70% in 1996. This was the 163rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | 0.61% | -88.6% |
| 2nd | Cambodia | 0.64% | -33.7% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 0.70% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Chad | 0.73% | 4.6% |
| 5th | Myanmar | 0.76% | 1.5% |
| 6th | Qatar | 0.87% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Thailand | 0.87% | -41.8% |
| 8th | Benin | 1.10% | -11.7% |
| 9th | Bahrain | 1.13% | -4.4% |
| 10th | Maldives | 1.25% | 22.7% |
| 11th | Bhutan | 1.39% | 0.1% |
| 12th | Mali | 1.41% | -0.7% |
| 13th | Niger | 1.50% | 0.3% |
| 14th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.74% | -77.7% |
| 15th | United Arab Emirates | 1.91% | 3.8% |
| 16th | Solomon Islands | 2.01% | 7.1% |
| 17th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.08% | -12.4% |
| 18th | Guatemala | 2.15% | -0.5% |
| 19th | Liberia | 2.20% | -8.4% |
| 20th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.22% | -19.7% |
| 21st | Lao PDR | 2.35% | -3.9% |
| 22nd | Burkina Faso | 2.41% | -1.4% |
| 23rd | Malaysia | 2.45% | -2.6% |
| 24th | Singapore | 2.50% | 51.5% |
| 25th | Luxembourg | 2.53% | -22.0% |
| 26th | Korea | 2.61% | 26.7% |
| 27th | Bangladesh | 2.70% | 7.5% |
| 28th | Mozambique | 2.70% | -2.3% |
| 29th | Senegal | 2.76% | -2.5% |
| 30th | Kenya | 2.82% | 1.6% |
| 31st | Papua New Guinea | 2.85% | 4.6% |
| 32nd | Viet Nam | 2.87% | -51.2% |
| 33rd | Tonga | 2.88% | 19.7% |
| 34th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.95% | -1.4% |
| 35th | Burundi | 3.12% | 0.9% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.17% | 0.5% |
| 37th | Uganda | 3.21% | 1.3% |
| 38th | Macao SAR, China | 3.23% | -24.3% |
| 39th | China | 3.23% | 3.5% |
| 40th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.25% | 3.2% |
| 41st | Honduras | 3.32% | -24.0% |
| 42nd | Tanzania | 3.34% | -3.8% |
| 43rd | Japan | 3.37% | 0.2% |
| 44th | Cyprus | 3.40% | 9.7% |
| 45th | Timor-Leste | 3.41% | 1.0% |
| 46th | Philippines | 3.59% | -57.9% |
| 47th | Togo | 3.62% | 0.3% |
| 48th | Iceland | 3.72% | -10.4% |
| 49th | Samoa | 3.78% | 7.5% |
| 50th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.96% | -1.9% |
| 51st | Nigeria | 3.96% | -2.0% |
| 52nd | Switzerland | 4.13% | -11.4% |
| 53rd | Tajikistan | 4.15% | 2.5% |
| 54th | Oman | 4.20% | -1.4% |
| 55th | Mexico | 4.24% | -22.3% |
| 56th | Sierra Leone | 4.36% | 1.2% |
| 57th | Ecuador | 4.42% | -51.1% |
| 58th | Guinea | 4.48% | -0.7% |
| 59th | Comoros | 4.56% | -4.5% |
| 60th | Czechia | 4.67% | 19.8% |
| 61st | Indonesia | 4.68% | -6.3% |
| 62nd | Norway | 4.69% | -3.0% |
| 63rd | Malawi | 4.69% | -5.1% |
| 64th | Fiji | 4.73% | 26.3% |
| 65th | Peru | 4.76% | -33.9% |
| 66th | United States | 5.00% | -7.5% |
| 67th | Austria | 5.15% | 9.2% |
| 68th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.20% | 1.0% |
| 69th | Saudi Arabia | 5.28% | -9.0% |
| 70th | Paraguay | 5.36% | -34.6% |
| 71st | Denmark | 5.40% | -14.5% |
| 72nd | Eritrea | 5.40% | 1.7% |
| 73rd | Netherlands | 5.51% | -22.4% |
| 74th | Romania | 5.52% | -24.7% |
| 75th | Mongolia | 5.61% | 1.4% |
| 76th | Costa Rica | 5.68% | -8.4% |
| 77th | Central African Republic | 5.80% | -0.7% |
| 78th | Madagascar | 5.97% | -2.0% |
| 79th | Dominican Republic | 6.32% | -16.1% |
| 80th | Malta | 6.33% | 21.7% |
| 81st | Portugal | 6.57% | -18.0% |
| 82nd | Panama | 6.59% | -54.0% |
| 83rd | Slovenia | 6.65% | -3.5% |
| 84th | Channel Islands | 6.69% | -3.1% |
| 85th | Jamaica | 6.69% | -58.2% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 6.76% | -9.3% |
| 87th | Türkiye | 6.84% | 11.7% |
| 88th | New Zealand | 6.86% | 8.4% |
| 89th | Zimbabwe | 6.93% | 12.7% |
| 90th | Haiti | 7.00% | -4.1% |
| 91st | United Kingdom | 7.07% | -12.7% |
| 92nd | Cuba | 7.10% | -6.7% |
| 93rd | Nicaragua | 7.10% | -55.5% |
| 94th | Chile | 7.14% | 9.8% |
| 95th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.26% | 0.7% |
| 96th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.31% | 1.2% |
| 97th | Aruba | 7.45% | 3.9% |
| 98th | India | 7.57% | 0.5% |
| 99th | Ghana | 7.64% | 7.7% |
| 100th | Cameroon | 7.86% | -2.5% |
| 101st | Afghanistan | 7.86% | -0.2% |
| 102nd | Moldova | 7.90% | -39.2% |
| 103rd | El Salvador | 7.98% | 1.7% |
| 104th | Vanuatu | 8.22% | 1.6% |
| 105th | Iraq | 8.27% | -2.9% |
| 106th | Australia | 8.37% | -1.9% |
| 107th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 8.37% | -11.6% |
| 108th | Lebanon | 8.62% | 2.2% |
| 109th | Ukraine | 8.93% | -10.7% |
| 110th | Belgium | 8.95% | -6.3% |
| 111th | Hungary | 8.99% | -9.1% |
| 112th | Brazil | 9.00% | 12.1% |
| 113th | Azerbaijan | 9.10% | 12.3% |
| 114th | Canada | 9.10% | -5.3% |
| 115th | Mauritius | 9.38% | 62.2% |
| 116th | Guam | 9.67% | 16.7% |
| 117th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.68% | 6.5% |
| 118th | Croatia | 9.71% | -2.4% |
| 119th | Israel | 9.75% | 17.1% |
| 120th | Bahamas, The | 9.76% | -15.2% |
| 121st | Mauritania | 9.79% | 0.2% |
| 122nd | Germany | 9.86% | 10.7% |
| 123rd | Gambia, The | 10.00% | -1.9% |
| 124th | Ireland | 10.19% | -13.6% |
| 125th | Yemen, Republic of | 10.22% | 6.7% |
| 126th | Sweden | 10.36% | -4.8% |
| 127th | Estonia | 10.37% | 4.9% |
| 128th | Greece | 10.47% | 1.7% |
| 129th | Nepal | 10.51% | 0.6% |
| 130th | West Bank and Gaza | 10.52% | -55.3% |
| 131st | Virgin Islands (US) | 10.55% | -0.9% |
| 132nd | Suriname | 10.56% | -3.4% |
| 133rd | Sri Lanka | 10.60% | -6.1% |
| 134th | Armenia | 10.80% | 16.1% |
| 135th | Uzbekistan | 10.90% | 1.9% |
| 136th | European Union | 10.95% | -1.8% |
| 137th | Poland | 10.96% | -11.2% |
| 138th | Turkmenistan | 11.00% | 6.8% |
| 139th | Rwanda | 11.09% | -3.6% |
| 140th | Uruguay | 11.44% | -3.9% |
| 141st | Georgia | 11.50% | -9.6% |
| 142nd | Guyana | 11.57% | 0.2% |
| 143rd | Russian Federation | 11.81% | 27.6% |
| 144th | French Polynesia | 11.87% | -0.5% |
| 145th | Slovak Republic | 11.89% | -5.6% |
| 146th | Italy | 11.99% | 7.5% |
| 147th | South Sudan | 12.07% | -2.0% |
| 148th | Colombia | 12.14% | 55.6% |
| 149th | France | 12.57% | 16.0% |
| 150th | Belize | 12.68% | -8.1% |
| 151st | Cabo Verde | 13.01% | -48.0% |
| 152nd | Kazakhstan | 13.01% | 0.4% |
| 153rd | Zambia | 13.27% | -13.2% |
| 154th | Bulgaria | 13.70% | 24.7% |
| 155th | Jordan | 13.74% | 4.9% |
| 156th | Puerto Rico (US) | 13.80% | 3.0% |
| 157th | Serbia | 13.80% | 4.5% |
| 158th | Morocco | 14.03% | -9.5% |
| 159th | Lithuania | 14.13% | -13.8% |
| 160th | São Tomé and Principe | 14.41% | 2.5% |
| 161st | Barbados | 14.61% | -7.2% |
| 162nd | Argentina | 14.82% | -21.0% |
| 163rd | Latvia | 14.90% | -28.1% |
| 164th | Finland | 14.97% | 2.5% |
| 165th | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.01% | -7.6% |
| 166th | Sudan | 15.32% | 9.5% |
| 167th | Lesotho | 15.82% | 0.7% |
| 168th | Tunisia | 15.94% | -0.7% |
| 169th | Angola | 16.06% | -0.7% |
| 170th | Albania | 16.87% | 37.2% |
| 171st | Belarus | 17.10% | 94.9% |
| 172nd | Gabon | 17.17% | -0.9% |
| 173rd | New Caledonia | 18.38% | -1.4% |
| 174th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.90% | -2.9% |
| 175th | Libya | 19.15% | -0.3% |
| 176th | Congo, Republic of | 19.89% | -0.8% |
| 177th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.13% | -1.0% |
| 178th | St. Lucia | 20.47% | 25.4% |
| 179th | Spain | 20.70% | -6.3% |
| 180th | Botswana | 21.03% | -2.6% |
| 181st | Eswatini | 22.50% | 1.9% |
| 182nd | South Africa | 22.55% | 11.1% |
| 183rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.59% | -54.8% |
| 184th | Namibia | 24.45% | 7.0% |
| 185th | Algeria | 25.43% | -9.1% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 27.18% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Montenegro | 30.22% | 0.2% |
| 188th | North Macedonia | 36.00% | 12.5% |
FAQ
What was Latvia's unemployment rate in 1997?▾
Latvia's unemployment rate in 1997 was 14.90%. This ranked 163rd globally.
How did Latvia's unemployment rate change in 1997?▾
Latvia's unemployment rate decreased by 28.1% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 1997?▾
North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 1997 at 36.00%.
What is the unemployment rate of Latvia in 1997?▾
The unemployment rate of Latvia in 1997 was 14.90%. This ranked 163rd globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Latvia's unemployment rate?▾
Latvia's unemployment rate went from 20.70% in 1996 to 14.90% in 1997, a 28.1% decrease.
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