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Latvia: prices

Latvia's prices figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Latvia, the page says so.

Food prices: Latvia is the 3rd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

annual average change: 6.3% for Latvia, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole.

Latvia against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

Consumer price inflation

all items, annual average change

Latvia: 3.8% in 2025, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole — the 6th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Consumer price inflation: Latvia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 3Hungary4.4%
5Slovakia4.2%
6Latvia3.8%
7Austria3.6%
8Bulgaria3.5%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.5%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 17.2% in 2022. Lowest: -1.2% in 2010.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.9%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 17* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Food prices

annual average change

Latvia: 6.3% in 2025, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole — the 3rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Food prices: Latvia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Estonia7.0%
2Romania6.8%
3Latvia6.3%
4Bulgaria6.2%
5Slovenia5.5%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)3.3%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 21.7% in 2022. Lowest: -1.2% in 2015.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 9.3%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 16* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Housing and utilities prices

annual average change

Latvia: 3.3% in 2025, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole — the joint 13th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Housing and utilities prices: Latvia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
11Hungary4.2%
12Netherlands3.9%
joint 13Latvia3.3%
joint 13Slovakia3.3%
15Portugal2.7%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.8%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 35.0% in 2022. Lowest: -7.0% in 2024.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 9.5%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 17* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Household energy prices

electricity, gas and heating fuel, annual average change

Latvia: 1.5% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 12th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Household energy prices: Latvia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
10Greece2.3%
11Hungary2.0%
12Latvia1.5%
13Netherlands1.3%
14Slovakia1.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 56.3% in 2022. Lowest: -13.8% in 2024.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 12.8%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 12* of 24* years with a figure for both (2002–2025).

Transport prices

annual average change

Latvia: 0.0% in 2025, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole — the joint 17th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Transport prices: Latvia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
16Denmark0.5%
joint 17Finland0.0%
joint 17Latvia0.0%
19France-0.1%
joint 20Bulgaria-0.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)0.7%
  • Published from 1997 to 2025. Highest: 21.2% in 2022. Lowest: -3.8% in 2015.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.5%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 10* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

House prices

annual change in the house price index

Latvia: 7.6% in 2025, the 10th highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

House prices: Latvia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
8Lithuania9.8%
9Netherlands8.5%
10Latvia7.6%
joint 11Denmark7.5%
joint 11Ireland7.5%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2007 to 2025. Highest: 36.3% in 2007. Lowest: -37.3% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 8.0%*.

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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