Latvia’s coastline is 5.5 times as long as Lithuania’s

Latvia: 498 km (2026 edition) · Lithuania: 90 km (2026 edition)

Latvia’s highest peak towers 18 m above Lithuania’s

Latvia: 312 m (2026 edition) · Lithuania: 294 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Lithuania, versus 32% of Latvia

Latvia: 31.7% (2024) · Lithuania: 45.6% (2024)

Lithuania has 56% more people than Latvia

Latvia: 1.85 million (2025) · Lithuania: 2.89 million (2025)

Lithuania is 55% more densely populated than Latvia

Latvia: 30 per km² (2025) · Lithuania: 46 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Latvia is 0.96 year older than in Lithuania

Latvia: 43.1 years (2023) · Lithuania: 42.1 years (2023)

Women in Latvia have 0.1 more children on average than in Lithuania

Latvia: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Lithuania: 1.11 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Latvia are 65 or older, versus 21% in Lithuania

Latvia: 22.2% (2025) · Lithuania: 20.7% (2025)

Lithuania hosts 7% more refugees per resident than Latvia

Latvia: 17.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Lithuania: 18.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Lithuania has produced 10.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Latvia 5.4

Latvia: 5.4 (2026) · Lithuania: 10.4 (2026)

Latvia and Lithuania are practically level

Latvia: 1 (2026) · Lithuania: 1 (2026)

Lithuania’s economy is 2 times the size of Latvia’s

Latvia: $48.6 billion (2025) · Lithuania: $95.2 billion (2025)

Lithuania produces 23% more per person than Latvia

Latvia: Int$46,137 (2025) · Lithuania: Int$56,838 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Lithuania than in Latvia (Gini 2 points higher)

Latvia: 34 (2023) · Lithuania: 36 (2023)

1.1% of people in Lithuania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Latvia

Latvia: 0.4% (2023) · Lithuania: 1.1% (2023)

Lithuania and Latvia are practically level

Latvia: 6.6% (2025) · Lithuania: 6.7% (2025)

Latvia spends 3.6% of its GDP on the military, Lithuania 3.1%

Latvia: 3.6% (2025) · Lithuania: 3.1% (2025)

Lithuania’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Latvia’s 18%

Latvia: 17.6% (2024) · Lithuania: 21.9% (2024)

Lithuania’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Latvia’s

Latvia: 57% (2025) · Lithuania: 58% (2025)

Lithuania spends 36% more on health per person than Latvia

Latvia: $1,645 (2023) · Lithuania: $2,232 (2024)

A baby in Lithuania is 27% more likely to die before turning one than in Latvia

Latvia: 2.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Lithuania: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Lithuania has 31% more doctors per person than Latvia

Latvia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Lithuania: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Lithuania has 15% more hospital beds per person than Latvia

Latvia: 5 per 1,000 (2023) · Lithuania: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Lithuania is 47% higher than in Latvia

Latvia: 13.7 per 100k (2023) · Lithuania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

28% of adults in Latvia are obese, versus 26% in Lithuania

Latvia: 27.9% (2024) · Lithuania: 26.1% (2024)

35% of adults in Latvia smoke, versus 31% in Lithuania

Latvia: 34.6% (2024) · Lithuania: 31.4% (2024)

People in Lithuania rate their lives 0.34 points higher than in Latvia

Latvia: 6.37 (2025) · Lithuania: 6.70 (2025)

Adults in Latvia drink 26% more alcohol than in Lithuania

Latvia: 14.2 litres (2023) · Lithuania: 11.2 litres (2023)

Latvia has 2% more meat per person than Lithuania

Latvia: 82.7 kg (2023) · Lithuania: 80.9 kg (2023)

Lithuania and Latvia are practically level

Latvia: 3,342 kcal (2023) · Lithuania: 3,348 kcal (2023)

Workers in Lithuania put in 15 more hours a year than in Latvia

Latvia: 1,625 hours (2023) · Lithuania: 1,640 hours (2023)

Adults in Lithuania went to school 0.2 years longer than in Latvia

Latvia: 13.4 years (2023) · Lithuania: 13.6 years (2023)

Latvia welcomed 23% more tourists per resident than Lithuania (2019)

Latvia: 1.01 (2019) · Lithuania: 0.83 (2024)

Lithuania has 2 more World Heritage sites than Latvia (5 against 3)

Latvia: 3 (2026) · Lithuania: 5 (2026)

Latvia has won 33 Olympic medals, Lithuania 30

Latvia: 33 (2026 edition) · Lithuania: 30 (2026 edition)

93% of people in Latvia are online, versus 89% in Lithuania

Latvia: 93% (2024) · Lithuania: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Lithuania is 38% faster than in Latvia

Latvia: 201 Mbps (2026) · Lithuania: 276 Mbps (2026)

Latvia and Lithuania are practically level

Latvia: 100% (2024) · Lithuania: 100% (2024)

Lithuania and Latvia are practically level

Latvia: 69% (2025) · Lithuania: 69% (2025)

Lithuania has 139 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Latvia 121

Latvia: 121 (2024) · Lithuania: 139 (2024)

Lithuania’s railway network is 3% longer than Latvia’s

Latvia: 1,859 km (2021) · Lithuania: 1,919 km (2021)

Airlines from Latvia fly 239 times as many passengers per resident as those from Lithuania

Latvia: 2.42 (2023) · Lithuania: 0.01 (2022)

Forest covers 56% of Latvia, but only 35% of Lithuania

Latvia: 55.6% (2024) · Lithuania: 35.4% (2024)

The average person in Lithuania emits 27% more CO₂ than someone in Latvia

Latvia: 3.5 t (2024) · Lithuania: 4.4 t (2024)

78% of Lithuania’s electricity is renewable, versus 73% in Latvia

Latvia: 73% (2025) · Lithuania: 77.6% (2025)

The air in Latvia carries 9% more fine dust than in Lithuania

Latvia: 12.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Lithuania: 11.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5% more likely to be murdered in Lithuania than in Latvia

Latvia: 2.5 per 100k (2023) · Lithuania: 2.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Latvia are 72% deadlier than in Lithuania

Latvia: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Lithuania: 9.7 per 100k (2023)

Lithuania is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Latvia

Latvia: 7.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Lithuania: 8.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Latvia and Lithuania are nearly identical here

Latvia: 769 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Lithuania: 762 mm (2016–2025 avg)