Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Latvia
- Data from June 2018. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables. Planned article update: September 2019.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Latvia.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
Main statistical findings
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Latvia has made notable progress on reducing the number of early leavers from education and training and increasing the share of tertiary graduates. The country reached its respective targets in 2013 and 2011 and continued to meet them in 2017. By 2017, the country had already reached its national poverty reduction target by limiting the number of people at risk of poverty after social transfers and/or in households with very low work intensity to 544 000. Unlike the EU-level target, Latvia’s poverty target refers to monetary poverty and very low work intensity only and does not take into account severe material deprivation. The country’s GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors did not rise notably between 1990 and 2016, staying within the national target to limit emissions increases to 17 % by 2020. Since 2008, Latvia has fulfilled its commitment on primary energy consumption and has steadily moved towards its target of 40 % renewable energy in gross final energy consumption; this is the second most ambitious target for this indicator in the EU. By 2017, the country had also exceeded its employment target of 73 % by 1.8 percentage points. Latvia would need to triple its expenditure on R&D to meet its 2020 commitment.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Main tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics