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Latvia on the 12 axes

MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.

Latvia has the MLPG type, Free-Market Cosmopolitan. The strongest leans are Central on structure (+1.00), Democratic on authority (-0.85) and Secular on religion (-0.75). It is a unitary state with no strong elected regional governments (2025), judicial constraints on the executive score 0.942 out of 1 (V-Dem, 2025), and the data records no official or funded religion. Trade leans Global, with trade at 130% of GDP (2025). Welfare is the weakest lean, at Shared -0.15.

Lithuania is the closest match at 93%. Both lean Private, Free, Democratic, Liberty, Central, Progressive, Global, Caution and National identity. They split on religion, where Latvia reaches -0.75 and Lithuania only -0.35, as Lithuania is a secular state that recognizes or funds religions. Welfare also differs, with Lithuania at exactly 0.00. Use this page to see how Latvian politicians and historical figures compare, and take the test to see your own closeness.

Laws and institutionsData 2026-10
ECONOMYSTATESOCIETYWORLDOwnershipMarketsWelfareAuthoritySecurityStructureMoralityReligionTechnologyCultureTradeForeign
Axis by axis

Where Latvia sits

  1. 01Ownership+55
    PublicPrivate
  2. 02Markets+45
    PlannedFree
  3. 03Welfare-15
    SharedSelf-reliant
  4. 04Authority-85
    DemocraticStrong leader
  5. 05Security-60
    LibertyOrder
  6. 06Structure+100
    LocalCentral
  7. 07Morality-55
    ProgressiveTraditional
  8. 08Religion-75
    SecularReligious
  9. 09Technology+45
    EmbraceCaution
  10. 10Culture+30
    MulticulturalNational identity
  11. 11Trade-70
    GlobalProtected
  12. 12Foreign policy-25
    CooperationStrength

Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built

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What is Latvia's type on the 12 axes?

Read from its laws and institutions, Latvia comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.

Which countries are governed most like Latvia?

On the 12 axes, Lithuania is closest at 93%, followed by Estonia at 86%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.