Country profile · 2025
Business software and digital adoption in Latvia
Latvia is below the series median on 7 of 8 indicators and clears it on documented security policies (49.4%).
Sebastiaan SmitsFounderLatvia, figure by figure
8 indicators- 01
Latvia is 21st of 33 for paid cloud use: 44.1%, which is 3.9 points below the median (48.0%). Spain (41.6%) follows; Croatia (46.6%) is one place up. Eurostat isoc_cicce_use, 2025 Verified
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12.2% of enterprises in Latvia use at least one AI technology: 5.8 points under the 18.0% median, 21st of 33, between Croatia (15.2%) and Portugal (11.5%). Eurostat isoc_eb_ai, 2025 Verified
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17.3% of enterprises in Latvia use CRM software, 7.0 points under the 24.3% median and 30th of 33. Next below: Romania (13.9%). Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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Latvia ranks 23rd of 33 for ERP use at 32.1%, 8.9 points short of the median (41.0%); Ireland (33.8%) is one place above. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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The figure for BI software use is 12.8% in Latvia: 23rd of 33, between Portugal (13.0%) and Poland (11.7%), against a median of 15.9%. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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On online selling the distance to the 25.5% median is 5.9 points: 19.6%, 26th of 33, just behind Italy (20.1%). Eurostat isoc_ec_esels, 2025 Verified
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Latvia places 6th of 33 for documented security policies with 49.4%, 15.0 points over the median (34.4%). Romania (49.5%) is one place ahead, Sweden (46.6%) one behind. Eurostat isoc_cisce_ra, 2024 Verified
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2.4% of enterprises in Latvia had hard-to-fill vacancies for ICT specialists, 2.5 points under the 4.9% median and 31st of 32. Next below: Poland (1.8%). Eurostat isoc_ske_itrcrs, 2024 Verified
How Latvia compares
Ordered by mean rank over all indicators, Latvia is 25th of 33 (22.6), directly between Poland (22.0) and Croatia (24.4).
The spread is wide, 25 places: 6th for documented security policies (49.4%) against 31st for hard-to-fill ICT vacancies (2.4%).
ERP at 32.1% and CRM at 17.3% lie 14.8 points apart, close to the median gap of 13.9.
Against the EU27 value instead of the median, Latvia is ahead on 1 of 8: furthest ahead on documented security policies (+13.9), furthest behind on ERP use (−14.4).
| Highest rank first | Latvia | Rank | vs median | vs EU27 | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security policy | 49.4% | 6/33 | +15.0 | +13.9 | 2024 |
| Paid cloud | 44.1% | 21/33 | −3.9 | −8.6 | 2025 |
| AI | 12.2% | 21/33 | −5.8 | −7.7 | 2025 |
| ERP | 32.1% | 23/33 | −8.9 | −14.4 | 2025 |
| BI software | 12.8% | 23/33 | −3.1 | −3.5 | 2025 |
| E-commerce sales | 19.6% | 26/33 | −5.9 | −4.0 | 2025 |
| CRM | 17.3% | 30/33 | −7.0 | −11.2 | 2025 |
| ICT vacancies | 2.4% | 31/32 | −2.5 | −3.1 | 2024 |
Software vendors based in Latvia
3 in the database3 products in our software database come from a vendor headquartered in Latvia.
- DeskTime: Automatic time and app tracking with a private-time switch for staff. Placed 6 of 13 in Employee monitoring.
- Mapon: Latvian telematics with tachograph download and fuel monitoring. Placed 6 of 16 in Fleet management.
- Zabbix: Free open source monitoring with no device or host limit. Placed 4 of 15 in Network monitoring.
- Zabbix: Free, open-source infrastructure and log monitoring with zero feature gating at any scale. Placed 10 of 11 in Observability & Log Management.
Latvia in our reports
Latvia is also named in the country rankings of these reports: business software, point 39 and security, point 42.
Enterprises with 10+ employees. Method and citation · previous: Italy · next: Lithuania