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Baltic: Life satisfaction highest in Lithuania in 2024: Eurostat

Via BalticaDecember 22, 202501 mins

Life satisfaction in the Baltic States was highest in Lithuania in 2024, according to Eurostat data, LSM reports. Lithuanian residents said that their overall satisfaction with life stood at 7.2 out of 10 points, which was the same as the EU average and unchanged from 2023. Meanwhile, life satisfaction was 7.1 (7.2) in Estonia and…

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Estonia: Housing prices up 5.2% on year in Q3/2025: statistics

Via BalticaDecember 22, 202501 mins

Housing prices in Estonia rose by 5.2% on year in the third quarter of 2025, according to data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reported. The average price of apartments rose by 5.5% and of residential houses by 4.7% over a year. The number of transactions for second-hand housing increased, while the number of purchases of newly-built…

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Baltic: GDP per capita highest in Lithuania in 2024: Eurostat

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GDP per capita in the Baltic States was highest in Lithuania in 2024, according to preliminary data from Eurostat, BNS reports. Lithuania’s real GDP per capita stood at 87.5% of the EU average in 2024, followed by Estonia with 79.0% and Latvia with 68.4%. Actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita amounted to 88% of the…

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Estonia: GDP up 3.9% on year in 2024: fresh data

Via BalticaDecember 17, 202501 mins

Estonia’s GDP totalled EUR 39.848bn in 2024, which was up 3.9% from EUR 38.353bn in 2023, according to fresh data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. GDP per capita amounted to EUR 29,036, which was up EUR 1,047 from 2023. The service sector accounted for a record high of 75% of total value added in the…

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Latvia: Number of births down 10% in 1-10/2025: statistics

Via BalticaDecember 16, 202501 mins

Latvia’s population totalled 1.826 million people as of 1 November 2025, according to provisional data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP), LETA reports. The number of live births totalled 9,887 in the first ten months of 2025, which was 1,108 (10.1%) fewer than in the same period of 2024. Boys accounted for 5,162 (down 3.8%)…

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Latvia: Housing prices up 8.4% on year in Q3/2025: statistics

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Average housing prices in Latvia rose by 8.4% in the third quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of 2024, according to provisional data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP), LSM reports. Prices of new dwellings increased by 3.8% and old dwellings by 9.4% over a year. Compared to the second quarter of 2025,…

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Latvia: Exports up 4.3%, imports up 7.3% in 1-10/2025: statistics

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Latvia’s foreign trade turnover totalled EUR 35.82bn at current prices in the first ten months of 2025, which was up 5.9% from the same period of 2024, according to provisional data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP), LSM reports. Latvia’s exports of goods amounted to EUR 16.4bn (up 4.3%) and imports to EUR 19.41bn (up…

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Baltic: R&D spending highest in Estonia in 2024: Eurostat

Via BalticaDecember 9, 202501 mins

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) in the Baltic States was highest in Estonia in 2024, according to Eurostat data, LSM reports. Estonia’s R&D spending stood at 1.99% of GDP, which was up from 1.83% in 2023. The indicator stood at 1.04% (1.04%) in Lithuania and at 0.92% (0.82%) in Latvia. The EU…

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Latvia: Job vacancies down 16% in Q3/2025: statistics

Via BalticaDecember 9, 202501 mins

The number of job vacancies in Latvia totalled 19,200 in the third quarter of 2025, which was 3,700 (16.1%) less than in the same period of 2024, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau (CSP), LSM reports. The number of vacancies amounted to 10,800 in the private sector and to 8,400 in the public…

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