🇱🇻 Latvia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇱🇻 Latvia LV / LVA #122

Nomad Score 62.0

Cities 9

Region European Union, Baltic States, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 60/100

Press Freedom (2025) 81.8/100 #15

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.834

HDI 0.889

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Latvia	Edgars Rinkēvičs
Prime Minister of Latvia	Evika Siliņa

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 60 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 81.8 / 100

Global Rank #15 / 180

Rank Change -3 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #13 83.1

Economic #11 70.4

Legal #23 81.7

Social #17 82.0

Safety #25 92.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.834

Liberal 0.751

Participatory 0.595

Deliberative 0.684

Egalitarian 0.730

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	81.8	15	83.1	70.4	81.7	82.0	92.1
2024	82.9	12	84.4	74.7	80.3	83.2	91.9
2023	83.3	16	85.7	74.0	79.5	86.0	91.3
2022	79.2	22	79.0	64.6	80.9	87.4	84.1
2021	80.7	22	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	81.4	22	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	80.5	24	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	80.4	24	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	81.4	28	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	82.6	24	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	81.9	28	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	78.9	37	-	-	-	-	-
2013	77.1	39	-	-	-	-	-
2012	15.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
2010	8.5	30	-	-	-	-	-
2009	3.0	13	-	-	-	-	-
2008	3.0	7	-	-	-	-	-
2007	3.5	12	-	-	-	-	-
2006	3.0	11	-	-	-	-	-
2005	2.5	16	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index