Country comparison Latvia vs United States 2019

Latvia			United States
Comptes nationaux - Government
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2018Q4	3,965€	14,041€	2018Q4	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2018	29,524M.€	17,358,679M.€	2018	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	30,325M.$	20,500,600M.$	2018	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2018	15,300€	53,266€	2018	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	15,550$	62,907$	2018	GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]	2018Q4	7,670M.€	4,575,821M.€	2018Q4	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2017	10,807	18,153,924	2017	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2017	12,208	20,498,521	2017	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2017	40.00%	105.20%	2017	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2017	5,587€	55,706€	2017	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2017	6,311$	62,901$	2017	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2017	-156	-663,756	2017	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2017	-176	-749,481	2017	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2017	-0.60%	-3.85%	2017	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2017	10,220.1	6,002,786.2	2017	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2017	11,545.6	6,778,052.0	2017	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2015	1,298.0	658,066.8	2014	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	1,440.3	874,241.7	2014	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	14.13%	13.45%	2014	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2017	919.7	2,351,199.7	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			2,602,543.0	2016	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2016	9.18%	39.46%	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2017	465.4	543,187.1	2017	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2017	522.1	613,638.5	2017	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2017	4.48%	8.81%	2017	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2017	37.80%	34.79%	2017	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2017	5,283€	18,420€	2017	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2017	5,969$	20,799$	2017	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	656€	2,066€	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	725$	2,742$	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2017	472€	7,270€	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	478$	8,047$	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2017	239€	1,667€	2017	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2017	268$	1,883$	2017	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	07/14/2017	A3	Aaa	04/25/2018	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	09/21/2018	A	AA+	08/05/2011	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	10/26/2018	A-	AAA	04/05/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2018	58	71	2018	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2018	42º	1º	2018	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2018	44.9	37.7	2018	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	01/01/2019	90º	69º	09/28/2018	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2018	34º	6º	2018	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	January 2019	7.3%	3.8%	February 2019	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2018Q4	6.9%	3.6%	2018Q4	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2018Q4	67 m.	5,817 m.	2018Q4	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2019	492.4 $	1,256.7 $	2019	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2019	430.0 €	1,097.5 €	2019	NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]	2017	10,905€	46,905€	2017	Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]	2014	13,059$	52,988$	2017	Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2017	28º	4º	2017	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	03/26/2019	0.8857
			2.42%	03/26/2019	10-Year Bond Yield [+]
			244	03/26/2019	Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	03/26/2019	4.41%	9.39%	03/25/2019	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	February 2019	2.9%	1.5%	February 2019	CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]	February 2019	2.8%	1.0%	February 2019	HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]	February 2019	6.6%	1.8%	February 2019	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	10/17/2017	0%	2.25%	12/20/2018	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2019	19º	8º	2019	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	January 2019	-1.8%	3.5%	February 2019	IPI Year on Year [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	February 2019	16,939	5,963,887	February 2018	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	February 2019	10.92	53.76	February 2018	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
			10,986,225	2018	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 [+]	2018	31.4%	48.6%	2017	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2018	13,258.1 M.€	1,368,743.9 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	13,978.2 M.$	1,546,270.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2018	44.91%	7.94%	2017	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2018	16,332.3 M.€	2,131,964.2 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	16,828.6 M.$	2,408,480.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2018	55.32%	12.36%	2017	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2018	-3,074.2 M.€	-763,220.3 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-2,850.4 M.$	-862,210.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2018	-10.41%	-4.42%	2017	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	January 2019	1.2%	2.3%	January 2019	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Ranking [+]	2015	35º	9º	2015	Ranking [+]
Density [+]	2017	30	33	2017	Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	31º	121º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]	2016	3.10‰	3.20‰	2016	Crude divorce rate [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2017	1,090.0	6,621.0	2017	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	13.28%	15.27%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	19.33%	0.93%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2017	10.70‰	12.40‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2017	335.2	148,488.7	2017	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2017	14.80‰	8.40‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2017	1.69	1.80	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	3.36	5.35	2016	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2017	6.80‰	6.90‰	2016	Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]	2016	21.8%	12.3%	2017	% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]	2017	1,934,379	325,886,000	2017	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	256,889	49,776,970	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	374,002	3,016,685	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]	2017	0.847	0.924	2017	HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2018	17º	51º	2018	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2017	74.90	78.69	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	67	17,250	2016	Number of homicides [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2017	4.13	15.74	2017	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Latvia

Capital: Riga
Population: 1,934,379
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=1.1325 USD)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: G20, G8, IMF, NAFTA, NATO, OAS, OECD, UN, OSCE