# Long-term unemployment rate in Latvia

Long-term unemployment rate in Latvia was 2.3% in 2025. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `long_term_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `lv`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 15 to 74 who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74. Unemployment follows the ILO definition: without work, available to start within two weeks and actively seeking work.
- Note: A share of the labour force, not of the unemployed. From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Long-term unemployment as a percentage of the labour force, 15 to 74 years (une_ltu_a) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/une_ltu_a/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Long-term unemployment as a percentage of the labour force, 15 to 74 years (une_ltu_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/une_ltu_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/long-term-unemployment-rate/latvia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=long_term_unemployment_rate&place=lv

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 3.4 |
| 2017 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | 4.4 |
| 2015 | 4.9 |
| 2014 | 5.1 |
| 2013 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | 8.6 |
| 2011 | 9.8 |
| 2010 | 9.7 |
| 2009 | 5 |