Trade and Jobs: Latvia

Latvian companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €8 billion in 2019. And this keeps 221,000 Latvian workers busy.

Latvian extra-EU exports support 183,000 jobs in Latvia.
Another 38,000 Latvian workers are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world. This means 25% of jobs in Latvia depend on extra-EU exports.
Latvian extra-EU exports also support over 19,000 jobs in EU countries.
In Latvia, most people in export-related jobs are medium-skilled workers.
58% of export-related jobs in Latvia are in services.

Access these facts and figures in Latvian.

EU exports support over 30 million jobs. 1 in 7 jobs in the EU depends on exports.

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