Human Development & Quality of Life in Latvia
HDI 0.889 · UNDP rank 41 · latest published data
With HDI 0.889 for 2023, Latvia sits at rank 41 in UNDP's latest table and falls in the very high human development group. More revealing for this profile, the gender-development lens adds GDI 1.026 in UNDP group 2, which is kept separate from the headline HDI. At the same time, inequality produces a visible but not dominant adjustment, taking HDI 0.889 to IHDI 0.812 with a 8.7% loss.
What sits inside Latvia's HDI
For Latvia, health contributes through life expectancy of 76.2; education through 16.5 expected and 13.4 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $37,998 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI.
Inequality changes the headline
In Latvia's profile, IHDI shows the effect of inequality on health, education and income achievements, the page keeps this distribution measure distinct from broader quality-of-life evidence. For a like-for-like reading, keep unlike indices separate rather than creating a broader claim than the source supports.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
The broader UNDP dashboard for Latvia adds GDI 1.026, GII 0.117, PHDI 0.749 to the HDI result. They complement one another, but none is treated as a substitute for another. For a like-for-like reading, do not substitute a different denominator so the page stays faithful to the published evidence.
A separate quality-of-life signal
OECD coverage allows this profile to show Latvia at 6.90/10 for life satisfaction in 2023. Life satisfaction adds a different perspective and is therefore not folded into HDI.
What Latvia's numbers say together
Taken alongside HDI, Latvia's profile includes IHDI 0.812 with a 8.7% loss; PHDI 0.749 after a 15.7% adjustment; GDI 1.026; life satisfaction 6.90/10 (2023). Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
In the figures presented here, the headline UNDP result for Latvia is HDI 0.889, rank 41, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index.
The IHDI is 0.812, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 8.7% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 1.026 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
For Latvia, the page shows a life-satisfaction observation of 6.90/10 from 2023. The page treats life satisfaction as a separate experience-based measure, not part of the UNDP index.
Frequently asked questions
What is Latvia's HDI?
The UNDP table records Latvia at 0.889 on HDI in 2023, with global rank 41.
How does inequality affect Latvia's HDI?
The UNDP inequality adjustment gives Latvia an IHDI of 0.812, with an overall loss of 8.7% from the unadjusted HDI.
What is the life satisfaction score shown for Latvia?
For the current profile, the OECD life-satisfaction measure for Latvia is 6.90 on a 0-10 scale for 2023. Life satisfaction adds a different perspective and is therefore not folded into HDI.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI has three core dimensions: health, knowledge and standard of living. A subjective well-being observation is contextual information here, not an HDI component.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Source for the dated 0-10 life-satisfaction observation. This separate measure is not part of HDI.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.