Overview
Youth policy in Latvia is a set of targeted actions in all national policies that promote the full and comprehensive development of young people, their inclusion in society and the improvement of their quality of life. Youth policy is an interdisciplinary policy implemented by various public administration and local government authorities within their competence, as well as youth organizations and other natural or legal persons. Young people themselves participate in the development and implementation of youth policy. The ministry responsible for youth policy is the Ministry of Education and Science. At local level, the main players involved in youth policy are municipalities and municipalities subordinate institutions, as well as institutions subordinate to sectoral ministries and their local departments.
According to Youth Law, young people in Latvia are persons from 13 to 25 years of age. In the beginning of 2023 there were 241 177 young people age 13 to 25 in Latvia, which is 12,8% of the whole population.
Statistic references
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Ratio (%) of young people in the total population (2022): Eurostat, yth_demo_020 [data extracted on 18/05/2022].
Ratio (%) of men and women in the youth population (2022): Eurostat, yth_demo_020 [data extracted on 18/05/2022].