416.691 (Persons) in 2016.

This statistic shows the biggest cities in Latvia in 2021. In 2021, approximately 0.62 million people lived in Riga, making it the biggest city in Latvia.

-0,4 (%) in 2013.

127.691 (Persons) in 2016.

639.630 (Persons) in 2016.

Abstract

The objective of the LFS is to obtain detailed information about the situation on the labour market in Latvia, i.e. activity of the population.The survey is carried out by way of interviewing persons aged 15-74 years who are living within the household (prior to 2001 persons aged 15 years and over). The questionnaires contain relevant questions characterising the activity of the population; these questionnaires were prepared in accordance with the internationally approved methodology of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) specifically in the area of labour force surveys that ensures comparability of information with other countries. The LFS provides information on the number of population including the active population (employed and unemployed) broken down by various characteristics (sex, age, education qualification, place of residence, employment status, etc.).

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Households Individuals

Universe

The LFS has two target populations: - Resident population of Latvia aged 15-74 that during the reference period are living in private households; - Private households, in which at least one member during the reference period is permanent resident of Latvia aged 15-74. People temporary absent from home one year and longer are excluded from the survey.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Work was started on the development of the new LFS methodology in 2000. The main aims for the new LFS methodology were: To obtain quarterly estimates; To organize LFS as continuous survey; To introduce effective variance estimator. A new sample design was developed. The list of territories covering all private households of Latvia was formed using the census counting areas of the Population and Housing Census 2000. These territories were used as primary sampling units by the new sampling design. The territories were stratified into four strata - Riga, cities under state jurisdiction, towns and rural territories.

Starting from January 2002 significant changes in the sample design were made for LFS of Latvia- this survey is carried out as a continuous one. Sample design is two-stage stratified sample. Households are stratified by the degree of urbanisation (Riga, the capital city; 6 other largest cities; towns; rural areas). As a rule census counting areas are used as the primary sampling units in both - urban and rural territories. The annual household sample is evenly distributed over time (same number of households participate in the survey within each of 52 weeks of the year). The developed sampling procedures guarantee that within each quarter sample of PSUs is evenly distributed over space, too. From one to the next week sampled PSUs are completely rotated. Within each stratum the sample of PSUs can be subdivided into three equally sized sub-samples: one of them contains PSUs included in the sample first time, another contains PSUs included in the sample second time, and the last one contains PSUs included in the sample third time. Altogether within each selected PSU sample of households is taken 3 times with a 26 weeks' time shift. It offers an opportunity to keep each selected household in the sample of the LFS exactly 3 times with 6 months time shift as it is done in the current LFS.

The Population Census 2000 was used as the frame of labour force survey. The frame was updated with information from the Population Register and the statistical register of farms/households. Size of the sample :Size of the quarterly sample was 2574 households both in 2003 and in 2004.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Data are collected throughout the year with identical questionnaires. The questionnaire is divided into two parts: - Household questionnaire - Individual questionnaire. The household questionnaire is related to the household identification and changes against the previous survey wave and collects mainly demographic information of all members of the household, including those aged less than 15 years and more than 74 years. The individual questionnaire, is dedicated only to the household members aged from 15 to 74 years. The questions are focussed on employment (both main job and secondary job), unemployment, previous working experience, education or training, the situation one year ago and main sources of person's income. Questions on wage intervals refer to the previous calendar month and are designed for national purposes in order to get a better description of the time actually worked and the corresponding level of wages. Each household is surveyed three times with 6 month interval. For data collection, 43 interviewers are trained.

Sampling error estimates

Estimation of variance: Jackknife was used for the estimation of variance. The method was implemented using the software SUDAAN.

283.113 (Persons) in 2016.

The online shopping penetration rate across Latvia was the highest in the Riga region in 2024. Over three quarters of Latvians residing in that region had shopped online at least once.

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