language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for latvian in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries latvian is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where latvian is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Latvian speakers are Latvia (87.8%), Lithuania (0.4%), and Estonia (0.4%).
0.4% of the European Union population speaks Latvian (0.3% as a native language and 0.1% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 0.4% of 15–34 year olds speak Latvian, compared to 0.4% of people aged 55 and over.