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2024
global knowledge index
Latvia
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):71.154
- Population:1,882,396
- HDI:0.879
31/141
Gki
Score
59.5
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Latvia is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 31st out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 31st out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Mobile broadband Internet traffic per subscription
- Pupil-trained teacher ratio in primary education
- Educational attainment rate, master's or equivalent
- Labour force participation rate with short-cycle tertiary education
- MSME financing gap (% GDP)
Areas of Improvement
- Ecological footprint per capita
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
- Growth of innovative companies
- Teaching staff compensation (% tertiary expenditure)
- Share of students enrolled in post-secondary vocational programmes
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
21
77.89
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
21
62.18
Higher
Education
27
55.84
Research, Development
and Innovation
43
34.41
Information and
Communications Technology
23
65.29
Economy
28
64.56
Enabling
Environment
27
71.14
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GKI Pillars
