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Latvia

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Latvia is a country. The capital city is Riga, located in the Northern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 62,230 km², a population of 1,877,445 people and uses the currency Euro. The Prime Minister is Krišjānis Kariņš.

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currency: Euro
capital city: Riga
region: Northern Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 62,230 km²
population: 1,877,445 people
political leader: Krišjānis Kariņš (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 10.59 % of GDP
expense: 51.17 % of GDP
GDP: 42,247,850,064.51 current US$
inflation: 8.94 annual %
self-employed workers: 13.39 % of total employment
tax revenue: 24.23 % of GDP
unemployment: 6.46 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 8.37 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 9,000 people
democracy score: 7.38
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 92.20 % of population
military expenditure: 2.27 % of GDP
net migration: 7,966 people
press freedom: 4.00
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.00 %
birth rate: 8.50 per 1,000 people
death rate: 16.40 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,898.00 current US$
health expenditure: 9.04 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.19 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 5.30 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 75
suicide mortality rate: 20.10 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 19,700.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 6.84 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 6.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 49.81 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 33.62 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.02 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 16.56 % of total
net energy imports: 45.16 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.47 births per woman
forest area: 34,185 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 56.72 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 10.96 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 39.10
methane emissions: 2.40 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 1,007,833 people
male population: 869,612 people
renewable energy consumption: 44.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 62,761.74 km²
rural population: 588,185 people
urban land area: 676.27 km²
urban population: 1,289,260 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 7.96 % of total population

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