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DEMOGRAPHICS
WOMEN
MEN
WOMEN
MEN
JOBS
EDUCATION
LIVING ABOVE US$ 5.00
LIVING BETWEEN US$ 2.50- 5.00
LIVING BELOW US$ 2.50
Women Men
Sector share of total employment
Source: 1 WDI. 2 World Bank ECATSD using EUSILC.
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
GENDER AT A GLANCE
LATVIAGNI per capita (Atlas Method, US$)1
15,280 (2013)
Population living below US$2.5023% (2011)
Population living below US$5.00211% (2011)
GNI per capita loss due to gender gaps in the 4% (2010)
labor market3
Most recent….
Government Gender Action Plan
Country Gender Assessment4
2012-2014
2015
3 Teignier, Marc and David Cuberes (2014). "Aggregate Costs of
Gender Gaps in the Labor Market: A Quantitative Estimate."
Universitat de Barcelona Economics Working Papers 2014/308.4 EU.
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL PROGRESS
Ratio of girls to boys in primary
education
98 (2002) 99 (2012)
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary
education
101 (2002) 97 (2012)
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary
education
166 (2002) 154 (2012)
Share of women in wage employment
in the non-agricultural sector
53% (2002) 54% (2012)
Proportion of seats held by women in
national parliament18% (2002) 18% (2015)
Source: World Bank Gender Statistics, Inter Parliamentary Union.
GLOBAL INDICES Score Max Rank Year
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Global Gender Gap Index 0.7691 1 15/142 2014
UNDP
Gender Inequality Index 0.2220 0 42/152 2013
OECD
Social Institutions & Gender Index 0.0511 0 24/108 2014
EU
Gender Equality Index - 100 - 2013
POPULATION BY AGE AND POVERTY STATUS (MILLIONS), 2011Source: World Bank ECATSD using EUSILC.
0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.20
0-14
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-older
SHARE OF TERTIARY GRADUATES BY AREA OF STUDY (%), 2012Source: World Bank Gender Statistics.
0% 50% 100%
Engineering, manufacturing and construction
Science
Agriculture
Services
Social science, business and law
Humanities and arts
Education
Health
SHARE OF EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR* (%), 2014Source: EuroStat. *Sectors include those with highest shares of total employment
0% 50% 100%
Construction
Transportation and storage
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Manufacturing
Public administration and defence;
compulsory social security
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor
vehicles and motorcycles
Professional, scientific and technical
act ivities
Education
Human health and social work act ivities 9%
10%
8%
13%
7%
15%
5%
9%
6%
EMPLOYMENT BY AGE GROUP (%), 2012Source: World Bank ECATSD using EUSILC.
0
20
40
60
80
100
15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64
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Source: Women, Business, and the Law (2013).
The constitution of Latvia guarantees equality for men and women before the law. Men and women have equal ownership
and inheritance rights to property. There are no laws restricting the industries in which women may work. Women are enti-
tled to 112 calendar days of maternity leave with 68% of wages paid. Men are entitled to 10 days of paternity leave with 68% of wages
paid. Parents are entitled to an additional 547.5 days of partially paid parental leave. The law guarantees pregnant and nursing women workplace protections from
dismissal, placement in an equivalent position when they return from maternity leave, and rights to a flexible schedule. The law stipulates public provision of childcare for
children under the age of primary education. The age at which both men and women can retire and receive full benefits is 65. There is no legislation that specifically address-
es domestic violence.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Latvia
Europe & Central
Asia OECD High Income Year*
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Endowments: Education, Health, and Demographics
Gross pre primary enrollment (% of relevant age group)1 93 92 78 77 87 86 2012
Gross primary enrollment (% of relevant age group)1 103 103 102 102 102 101 101 101 2012
Gross secondary enrollment (% of relevant age group)1 99 96 100 98 98 98 101 100 2012
Gross tertiary enrollment (% of relevant age group)1 52 79 57 69 65 77 67 84 2012
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and above)1 100 100 99 99 2011
Labor force with tertiary education (% of relevant group)1 22 40 26 32 26 31 31 39 2012
Life expectancy at birth (years)1 69 79 73 80 77 83 76 82 2012
Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births)1 - 13 - 18 - 21 - 17 2013
Fertility rate (births per woman)1 - 1.4 - 1.7 - 1.8 - 1.7 2012
Access to Economic Opportunity
Labor participation rate (% of population ages 15-64)1 78 73 78 63 79 62 79 65 2013
Unemployment (% of labor force)1 11.8 10.5 9.7 9.5 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.8 2013
Youth unemployment (% of population ages 15-24)1 19.1 21.7 21.7 22.4 17.5 17.2 18.3 18.5 2013
Self-employed (% of employed men/women)1 14 9 22 16 18 13 15 10 2012
Employment rate of persons ages 25-49 with a child under 3 living in household 2 86 62 2012
Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms)1 - 36 - - - 2013
Gender pay gap (in average monthly earnings, % of men's wages, unadjusted)2 - 17 - 23 - - 2012
Account at a formal financial institution (% age 15+)1 87 92 73 66 86 80 92 87 2011
Land owners (% of adult population)1
Agency
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)3 - 18 - 20 - - 2015
Share of women among members of municipal councils or other local area governing
bodies2
- 31 - 31 - - 2013
Firms with female top managers (%)1 - 32 - - - 2013
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%)1 - 31 - 21 - 27 - 21 2014
Percentage agreeing that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife4
Women who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a partner and/or non-
partner since the age of 155
- 39 - - - 2015
KEY INDICATORS
*Indicates year of country data. All benchmarking data is from the most recent available year.
Source: 1 World Bank Gender Statistics. 2 UNECE. 3 Inter-Parliamentary Union (as of 1/ 1/2015). 4 Demographic and Health Survey. 5 EU Violence Against Women Survey.
ABOUT THE DATA
Practice at the World Bank Group. All indicators are as of 03/19/15
QUESTIONS?
Where possible, data is from harmonized regionally comparable sources. All numbers based on microdata in this document calculated
by the Europe and Central Asia Team for Statistical Development (ECATSD) are produced using the 2005 PPPs, as the use of the 2011
PPPs in the calculation of global poverty estimates still requires additional analysis. This note was produced by the Poverty Global
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