Published: 15.06.2021.
Responsible authority
Central Statistical Bureau
Status
National
Purpose of introduction

Provision of common coding of population nationalities in the Republic of Latvia.

Classification object

Nationality of a natural person.

Area of application
  • national information systems;
  • compilation of population statistics.
Legal basis

Approved by the Regulations of the Cabinet No 329 “Regulations on Classification of Nationalities" of 31 May 2016.

Author

Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia 

Planned update or revision

Performed when necessary, but no more often than once a year until 31 December of the respective year.

Availability
Coding system, code length, number of levels

Coding system - one-level
Code length – 3 digits
Number of levels - 1

Description of level
Level 1 – 202 nationalities

Anna Karolīna Ozola

Senior Expert
+371 67366828
Anna.Ozola [at] csp.gov.lv