Investor Presentaiton
SOLID GROWTH, FISCAL BUFFERS AND HIGH PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN
PREVIOUS YEARS
Moderate deficits and solid growth during 2012 -2019 contributed to public debt reduction
Since 1995 Latvia's GDP per capita (PPS, 1995=1) has
experienced significant increase relative to EU average
Change in GDP per capita (1995-1) current prices, purchasing power standard
(PPS, EU27 from 2020)
Moderate deficits and solid growth during 2012 -2019
contributed to debt reduction by 10 pp in 8 years thus building
fiscal buffer for next challenges
General government budget balance (% of GDP)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
1995
1996
1997
1998
Source: Eurostat
1999
2000
2001
M 2002
2003
2004
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
※ 2019
2020
2021
2022
Debt reduction has been achieved without compromising
levels of public investment, which is above EU average, even
netting out EU support
2.0
0.0
-2.0
-4.0
-4.3
-4.3
-6.0
-8.0
0.0
-0.8 -0.8
-0.6
-1.2
-1.4
-1.4
-1.6
-4.4
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-4.4
-7.1
■One-off measures (Covid-19, energy etc.)
-10.0
Source: Eurostat, Informative report on projections of macroeconomic indicators, revenue and general government budget
balance in 2024, 2025 and 2026 (approved on August 15, 2023)
-9.5 -8.6
General Government Debt (% of GDP)
6.0
50.0
45.0
5.5
40.0
LV Gross fixed capital
37.0
5.0
formation, % of GDP
35.0
30.0
4.5
25.0
18.5
LV Gross fixed capital
4.0
20.0
formation net of LV
capital transfers
15.0
11.9
3.5
receivable from EU
10.0 8.4
institutions, % of GDP
10.0
3.0
5.0
EU27 Gross fixed
capital formation, % of
0.0
2.5
GDP
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
13
Source: Eurostat
Source: Eurostat
47.6
45.1
43.7
42.0
42.4
41.6
40.8
40.3
40.3
38.9
37.0
37.0
36.5
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