Informal employment in Latvia
Latvia: Informal employment was 28.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Informal employment in Latvia, 2014–2024
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total agricultural employment.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 28.3% for informal employment in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.3% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment in Latvia peaked at 28.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 2018.
That places Latvia 26th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Informal employment in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % of total agricultural employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 23.7% | — |
| 2015 | 23.9% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 22.8% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 16.1% | -29.5% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | +24.4% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | -12.1% |
| 2021 | 22.6% | +28.4% |
| 2022 | 23.2% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 23.7% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 28.3% | +19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.7% | 16.1% | 23.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 23.1% | 17.6% | 28.3% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment in Latvia?
- Informal employment in Latvia was 28.3% in 2024, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest informal employment recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest informal employment recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 2018.
- How does Latvia rank for informal employment?
- Latvia ranks 26th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is informal employment rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers, informality is determined by enterprise characteristics (unincorporated, market-based, and unregistered); for contributing family workers, it is determined by the absence of written contracts and lack of coverage under labor legislation; and for employees, it is determined by whether the employment relationship is not subject to national labor legislation, income taxation, or social protection. The data are based on the statistical standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).