Country comparison Latvia vs United States 2018

Latvia			United States
Comptes nationaux - Government
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2018Q1	3,622€	12,455€	2018Q1	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	26,857M.€	17,164,380M.€	2017	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2016	27,584M.$	19,390,600M.$	2017	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	13,900€	52,670€	2017	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	14,009$	59,501$	2017	GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]	2018Q1	7,064M.€	4,058,902M.€	2018Q1	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2017	10,782	18,036,300	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2017	12,181	19,959,114	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2017	40.10%	107.17%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2017	5,529€	55,818€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2017	6,246$	61,769$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2017	-131	-705,437	2016	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2017	-148	-780,642	2016	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2017	-0.50%	-4.19%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2017	10,214.1	5,960,541.6	2016	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2017	11,538.9	6,595,983.0	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2014	1,248.3	705,864.4	2014	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2014	1,658.8	937,740.8	2014	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2014	13.96%	14.55%	2014	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	807.2	1,418,770.3	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			1,570,436.8	2016	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	9.81%	21.29%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	367.9	552,161.2	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	407.1	611,187.2	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2016	3.44%	14.44%	2016	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2017	38.00%	35.42%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2017	5,238€	18,446€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2017	5,917$	20,413$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	624€	2,216€	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	829$	2,941$	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	410€	4,391€	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
			4,860$	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	187€	1,709€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	207$	1,889$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	07/14/2017	A3	Aaa	04/25/2018	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	05/30/2014	A-	AA+	08/05/2011	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	04/27/2018	A-	AAA	04/05/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	58	75	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2017	54º	2º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	48.6	35.3	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	11/01/2016	79º	56º	11/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2017	33º	4º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	April 2018	7.4%	3.8%	May 2018	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q4	8.1%	4.3%	2018Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q4	80 m.	6,984 m.	2018Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2018	515.7 $	1,256.7 $	2018	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2018	430.0 €	1,047.8 €	2018	NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]	2017	10,905€	46,905€	2017	Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]	2014	13,059$	52,988$	2017	Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2016	27º	24º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Euros [+]	12/31/2013	0.7028	1.1596	06/15/2018	Euro / United States dollars [+]
			2.91%	06/18/2018	10-Year Bond Yield [+]
			251	06/18/2018	Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	06/15/2018	4.53%	1.50%	06/15/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	May 2018	2.3%	2.8%	May 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]	May 2018	2.4%	2.6%	May 2018	HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]	April 2018	4.6%	3.0%	May 2018	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	10/17/2017	0%	1.75%	06/14/2018	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	19º	6º	2018	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	April 2018	0.9%	2.1%	May 2018	IPI Year on Year [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	June 2017	16,276	5,963,887	February 2018	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	June 2017	10.37	53.76	February 2018	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
			11,189,985	2017	Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	390.99	823.30	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	07/01/2012	21.00%	0%	01/01/2013	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2017	21.4%	48.6%	2017	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2017	12,250.6 M.€	1,369,146.3 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	13,823.3 M.$	1,546,724.6 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2017	45.61%	7.98%	2017	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	14,873.1 M.€	2,132,862.8 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	16,799.8 M.$	2,409,495.1 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2017	55.38%	12.43%	2017	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-2,622.5 M.€	-763,716.5 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-2,976.4 M.$	-862,770.5 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2017	-9.76%	-4.45%	2017	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	April 2018	3.3%	4.7%	April 2018	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	30	33	2017	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	1,950,116	325,886,000	2017	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	256,889	49,776,970	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	1,269.3	6,547.0	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	13.17%	15.27%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	284.8	138,164.6	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	374,002	3,016,685	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	19.18%	0.93%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.830	0.920	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	31º	121º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	18º	45º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	35º	9º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	11.20‰	12.40‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	1.74	1.80	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	14.60‰	8.40‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	74.90	78.69	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2016	6.60‰
Crude divorce rate [+]	2016	3.10‰
Number of homicides [+]	2015	81	15,696	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	4.11	4.88	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
% risk of poverty [+]	2016	21.8%	12.7%	2016	% risk of poverty [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	4.14	15.56	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Latvia

Capital: Riga
Population: 1,950,116
Surface Area: 64,490 km2
Currency: Euros
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CoE, EA, EEA, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU

United States

Capital: Washington D.C.
Population: 325,886,000
Surface Area: 9,831,510 km2
Currency: United States dollars (1 EUR=1.1596 USD)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: G20, G8, IMF, NAFTA, NATO, OAS, OECD, UN, OSCE