This Survey is published on the responsibility of the Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD, which is charged with the examination of the economic situation of member countries.
The Secretariat’s draft report was prepared for the Committee by Robert Grundke and Enes Sunel under the supervision of Mame Fatou Diagne. Research inputs from Andžela Rudzīte, Jean Château, Cristiana Vitale, Luisa Lutz, Theresa Burget, Eszter Danitz, and Francesco Ballarin from the OECD Economics Department, Herwig Immervoll from the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs as well as Cathal O’Donoghue from the University of Galway are gratefully acknowledged. Statistical research assistance was provided by Corinne Chanteloup, editorial assistance provided by Robin Houng Lee, and communication assistance was provided by Laura Fortin and Francois Iglesias. Other valuable inputs and comments were received from the OECD Directorate of Public Governance, the OECD’s Environment Directorate, the International Energy Agency, the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, the Financial Action Task Force, the OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, and the OECD Centre on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity.
The economic situation and policies of Latvia were reviewed by the Committee on 21 April 2026 with participation of representatives of the Latvian authorities. The draft report was then revised considering the discussions and given final approval as the agreed report of the whole Committee on 28 May 2026. The cut-off date for data used in the Survey is 27 May 2026.
The previous Survey of Latvia was issued in April 2024.
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