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If Latvia were a US state
Where it would rank among 50 states + DC —
median rank 7th
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
76.4 years
’24
25th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
2.5 per 100k
’23
7th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
1.1 per 100k
’19
1st
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
174 per 100k
’23
10th
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
16 weeks
’25
6th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
20 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
8.1 per 100k
’19
8th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
14 per 100k
’23
6th
▸
Minimum wage
†
$7.39
’24
32nd
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
27.9 % of adults
’24
6th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$46,137
’25
52nd
▸
Lowest unemployment
6.6%
’25
52nd
▸
Lowest infant mortality
2.2 per 1k births
’24
1st
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
15.2 per 100k
’21
21st
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
3.6 t per person
’24
1st
▸
Renewable energy share
†
44%
’21
1st
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0.54 per million
’25
30th
▸
Population
1.8M people
’25
39th
▸
Land area
64,559 km²
’24
41st
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