Table 40
Latvia: Selected Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product, 1994-96a Percent
 199419951996
Real growth 0.6-1.67.7
Per capita real growth 2.2-0.39.8
a Official statistics.

Industrial Production by Selected Sector, 1993-95b
 1993 19941995
Electricity (billion kWh) 3.94.44.0
Steel products (thousand metric tons)584.0649.0534.0
Internal combustion engines (thousands units) 585.01,024.0994.0
Buses (thousands units) 7.44.83.3
Electronic IC's and micro-assemblies (million units) 2.7 2.41.2
Sawn Timber (thousand cubic meters) 445.1584.0719.3
Radios (thousands units)125.833.17.9
b Official statistics.

Labor Force by Sector, 1995c Percent
Industry and construction 25.2
Agriculture and forestry 18.5
Trade and distribution 22.5
Transportation and communications 8.8
Health, social security, education, culture, and science 19.7
Other 5.3
c Official estimates.

Agricultural Production by Selected Commodity, 1990-93d Thousand
metric tons
  1990 1991 19921993
Production growth (percent) -10.2 -4.0 NA-16
Total grains e 1,627 1,3361,1521,100
Potatoes 1,016944 1,1671,250
Vegetables 170 209 251280
Fruit and berries 24 100 NANA
Sugar beets 439378463250
Fiber flax 3 4NANA
Meat f 308 296 NANA
Milk 1,893 1,741 1,4781,219
Eggs (billion) 0.8 0.8 64
d Official statistics.
e Clean weight includes wheat, rye, barley, oats, pulses, and miscellaneous grains.
f Includes beef, veal, pork, mutton, kid, poultry, offals, and slaughter fat.

Foreign Trade, 1993-95g Billion US$
 199319941995
Exports1.11.01.3
Imports 1.11.21.7
Balance 0-0.2-0.4
g Official statistics includes trade with other former Soviet republics.

Selected Energy Indicators, 1995
Production: h
Oil (thousand b/d) NA
Natural gas (billion m3) NA
Coal (million metric tons) NA
Electricity (billion kWh) 4
h Official statistics.

Selected Transportation Indicators, 1989-91i Million
metric tons
 1989 1990 1991
Rail freight 20 18 16
Truck freight NA 206 170
i Official statistics.

Per Capita Consumption of Selected Foods, 1989-91j Kilograms
 1989 1990 1991
Meat k 85 83 75
Milk 457 454 427
Eggs (units) 286 259 240
Fish 23.6 22.5 18.0
Sugar 47.0 48.0 40.5
Vegetable oil 8.8 7.8 3.8
Potatoes 120 125 127
Vegetables 96 69 74
Grain productsl 102 107 112
j Official statistics.
k Includes offals and slaughter fat.
l In terms of flour.