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Table 6.1 Demographic and economic indicators in Latvia, 2000–2012
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total population
(in thousands)
– – – 2,331.5 2,319.0 2,306.4 2,294.6 2,281.3 2,270.9 2,261.3 2,248.4 2,074.6 2,041.8
People aged 65 and over
(% total population)
– – – 15.9 16.2 16.5 16.8 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 18.4 18.6
GDP per capita
(e)
3,700
(b)
4,000
(b)
4,300
(b)
4,700
(b)
5,200
(b)
5,800
(b)
6,500
(b)
7,200
(b)
7,000
(b)
5,900
(b)
6,400
(b)
6,800 –
Real GDP growth
(%)
– – – 7.6 (b) 8.9 (b) 10.1 (b) 11.2 (b) 9.6 (b) −3.3 (b) −17.7
(b)
−0.9 (b) 5.5 (b) 5.6
Government deficit
(% GDP)
– – −2.3 −1.6 −1.0 −0.4 −0.5 −0.4 −4.2 −9.8 −8.1 −3.4 −2.1
Government consolidated
gross debt (% GDP)
– – 13.6 14.7 15 12.5 10.7 9.0 19.8 36.7 44.5 42.2 44.4
Long-term interest rates
(10-year government rate)
(%)
– – – – 4.85 3.53 4.16 5.63 6.71 15.5 6.85 6.00 4.10
Total unemployment
14.5 13.4 13.4 10.7 10.1 9.0 7.0 6.1 7.7 17.5 19.0 16.5 (b) 13.8 (f)
(% total labour force) a
Long-term unemployment
(% active population)
7.9 7.2 5.8 4.7 4.9 4.4 2.7 1.7 2.1 4.9 8.9 8.8 7.8
Notes: a Employment data for 2011 and 2012 have been recalculated using data from the Population Census of 2011; recalculations for earlier years were not available at the
time of writing. Therefore employment data for 2011 and 2012 cannot be compared with data from the previous years. (b): Break in the series; (f): Forecast.
Sources: Ministry of Economics, 2012; European Central Bank, 2013; Eurostat, 2013a.