The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Latvia  
Rank: 43 · Score: 53.3  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 1.9   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) 3rd
GDP (US$ billions) 41.1   M&A volume (quartile) Bottom
GDP per capita (US$) 21,821.5   Venture capital investments (quartile) 3rd
GDP growth (per cent) 0.4   Private equity investments (quartile) 2nd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 43 71, 71, 73, 79, 82 53.3
1 Economic Activity 93 35, 45, 30, 40, 32 63.5
2 Depth of Capital Market 46 54, 53, 55, 77, 79 43.4
3 Taxation 31 93, 95, 92, 94, 94 103.8
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 33 92, 93, 92, 92, 92 79.6
5 Human and Social Environment 41 75, 80, 83, 85, 84 37.6
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 53 78, 72, 74, 73, 72 52.0


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Latvia  
Eastern Europe
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Romania 79.5 53.4 109.4 73.0 36.0 54.8
Turkey 70.4 68.2 95.5 65.7 31.9 50.6
Lithuania 67.0 41.6 114.8 79.3 37.6 56.8
Latvia 63.5 43.4 103.8 79.6 37.6 52.0
Hungary 76.4 38.4 119.1 61.1 34.2 63.7
Bulgaria 71.7 42.7 110.9 68.0 32.2 56.2
Slovenia 70.0 32.0 103.1 72.1 33.5 70.7
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023