{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"lv-minimum-wage","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/lv-minimum-wage","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/lv-minimum-wage/","title":"Latvia Minimum Wage (2025)","description":"Latvia's Minimum Wage: 740 EUR per month in 2025, +5.7% YoY. Eurostat (EARN_MW_CUR), 2000–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Eurostat","Latvia","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Semi-annual","geography":"Latvia","temporal_coverage":"2000/2025","unit":"EUR per month","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Latvia Minimum Wage","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EARN_MW_CUR/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Semi-annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2000–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"26"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Latvia"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Latvia (2025)","value":"740","unit":"EUR per month","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+5.7% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+5.7%","unit":"EUR per month"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"26","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Latvia Minimum Wage"}],"observation_count":26,"observations":[{"period":"2000","value":86.5},{"period":"2001","value":99},{"period":"2002","value":104},{"period":"2003","value":111},{"period":"2004","value":120.5},{"period":"2005","value":115},{"period":"2006","value":129},{"period":"2007","value":172},{"period":"2008","value":228.5},{"period":"2009","value":255},{"period":"2010","value":254},{"period":"2011","value":282},{"period":"2012","value":286.5},{"period":"2013","value":286},{"period":"2014","value":320},{"period":"2015","value":360},{"period":"2016","value":370},{"period":"2017","value":380},{"period":"2018","value":430},{"period":"2019","value":430},{"period":"2020","value":430},{"period":"2021","value":500},{"period":"2022","value":500},{"period":"2023","value":620},{"period":"2024","value":700},{"period":"2025","value":740}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"EUR per month"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"740.0","yoyChange":"+5.7%"},{"year":"2024","value":"700.0","yoyChange":"+12.9%"},{"year":"2023","value":"620.0","yoyChange":"+24.0%"},{"year":"2022","value":"500.0","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2021","value":"500.0","yoyChange":"+16.3%"},{"year":"2020","value":"430.0","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2019","value":"430.0","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2018","value":"430.0","yoyChange":"+13.2%"},{"year":"2017","value":"380.0","yoyChange":"+2.7%"},{"year":"2016","value":"370.0","yoyChange":"+2.8%"},{"year":"2015","value":"360.0","yoyChange":"+12.5%"},{"year":"2014","value":"320.0","yoyChange":"+11.9%"},{"year":"2013","value":"286.0","yoyChange":"-0.2%"},{"year":"2012","value":"286.5","yoyChange":"+1.6%"},{"year":"2011","value":"282.0","yoyChange":"+11.0%"},{"year":"2010","value":"254.0","yoyChange":"-0.4%"},{"year":"2009","value":"255.0","yoyChange":"+11.6%"},{"year":"2008","value":"228.5","yoyChange":"+32.8%"},{"year":"2007","value":"172.0","yoyChange":"+33.3%"},{"year":"2006","value":"129.0","yoyChange":"+12.2%"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in Latvia in euro, as published by Eurostat twice a year. Note that eight EU and EEA countries — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute and therefore have no figure here at all; their absence is not a zero. It is published by Eurostat and updated twice a year."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 740 EUR per month in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 86.5 in 2000. The latest reading of 740 in 2025 represents a change of +5.7%."}]}