RIGA FACTS & FIGURES 2017

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1 RIGA FACTS & FIGURES 2017

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION...2 CLIMATE...3 TERRITORY...4 POPULATION...6 EDUCATION AND CULTURE...10 BUSINESS...12 TRANSPORTS...14 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY...16 INVESTMENTS...17 Stockholm 550 km

3 1 Riga is the capital city of the Republic of Latvia. Geographically it is located in the centre of the Baltic State region, and it is the largest city in the Baltics and the third largest city (after St. Petersburg and Stockholm) in the entire Baltic Sea region. Helsinki 400 km Tallinn 310 km Moscow 920 km Riga Vilnius 300 km Minsk 480 km Warsaw 660 km

4 2 GENERAL INFORMATION Area: 304 km 2 Time zone: Accessibility: Population (2016): Share of economically active population (2016): The average monthly gross wages and salaries (2016): GMT+2 By plane from more than 80 cities all over the world By train from Russia, Belorussia and Estonia By ferry from Sweden By bus from more than 100 European cities thousand 71.2 % 949 EUR Unemployment rate (2016): 4.8 % National currency: Number of enterprises (2015): Number of newly established enterprises (2016): The largest sectors of the economy based on the number of enterprises (2015): Non-financial investments (2015): Accumulated foreign direct investment in share capital of companies (2015): World Bank Doing Business 2017 rating of Latvia: Standard & Poor s credit rating of Riga (2016): Climate: Information about Riga: Euro (EUR) Services (32 064) Trade (15 016) Construction (4 783) Manufacturing (3 994) million EUR billion EUR 14th place among world countries 6th place among the member state of the European Union BBB+/A-2 Average temperature in summer months does not exceed 20 C Average temperature in winter months is not lower than 0 C

5 3 CLIMATE The average air temperature in Riga, I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII -10 The number of days with precipitations in Riga, I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Sunshine hours in Riga in I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII 1 2 3

6 4 TERRITORY The planned usage of territory of Riga 4 30% km 2 residential area 28% km 2 green area 16% km 2 water bodies 15% km 2 roads (streets), within the borders of red lines km 2 5% km 2 port territory 3% 2% 8.65 km km 2 technical industrial construction area territories 1% 2.86 km 2 airfield territory 4 The Spatial Plan of Riga for with amendments. Explanatory memorandum

7 5 The total area of the city is 304 km 2 ; and it is divided into six districts that, in turn, are sub-divided into 58 neighbourhoods The terrain of Riga is mostly flat and gently sloping, and its relative height is 1-11 m above the sea level. Judging by the size of the green area, Riga can be considered as one of the greenest capital cities in Europe. There are large variety of green areas in Riga parks, forest areas and forest parks, squares, courtyards, boulevards, etc. The green area of the city consists of 29 parks, 10 large forest areas and parks, 24 cemeteries and 66 squares. Daugava the largest river of Latvia runs through the city, as well as several smaller rivers. 9 lakes and ponds are located in the territory of Riga.

8 6 POPULATION The number of permanent residents in Riga Number of new-borns in Riga

9 7 The proportion of nationalities in Riga, Latvians Russians Belarusians Ukrainians Poles Lithuanians Romans Other nationalities, including unspecified nationality The proportion of population till the working-age, in the working-age and above the working-age groups in Riga, In the workingage 23.6 Above the working-age 14.9 Till the working-age 7 8

10 8 Level of education of economically active population of Riga in 2016, share % Higher education Vocational education or professional secondary education General secondary education Basic education or less than basic education Average monthly wages and salaries, EUR Public sector Private sector 9 10

11 9 Employed by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2.), on average per year (time period ), share % 11 Trade, accommodation and food service activities Financial, insurance, scientific and administrative activities; real estate activities Transportation, storage, information and communication Manufacturing, mining and quarrying, other industry Education Construction Human health and social work activities Public administration and defence; compulsory social security Agriculture, forestry and fishing Other services

12 10 EDUCATION AND CULTURE Education possibilities in Riga pre-school education institutions sports schools 13 interest education institutions 145 general education institutions 46 high schools and colleges 4 childcare centres 36 sports arenas located at education institutions 9 music and art schools 23 leisure time centres 12 The Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council. Available:

13 11 The largest culture events in Riga in Riga Restaurant Week in spring Lattelecom marathon Museum Night Riga Opera Festival Midsummer Fair in Dome Square in the Old Town Midsummer Night celebration in 11th November Embankment and in Dzeguzkalns European Chorus Games Jazz music festival Rigas Ritmi Riga City Festival Contemporary culture forum White Night Riga Restaurant Week in autumn Staro Riga Light Festival Christmas markets in Riga Festival of environmental objects Path of Christmas Spruces Arts students exhibition Jarmarka Celebration of New Year Eve in Riga, in 11th November Embankment 13 The Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council. Available: The Tourism Department of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia. Available:

14 12 BUSINESS Economically active statistical units in Riga Commercial companies Individual merchants Self-employed persons Number of newly established enterprises in Riga Economically active enterprises in Riga by size group according to the number of employees Lursoft statistics. Available: 16

15 13 List of the largest enterprises by turnover (million EUR) in Riga in LLC URALCHEM Trading LLC RIMI LATVIA JSC Latvenergo LLC ORLEN Latvija JSC Latvijas Gāze LLC NESTE LATVIJA JSC ELKO GRUPA LLC Circle K Latvia LLC LDZ CARGO LLC TransBaltic OIL 318 Economically active enterprises in Riga by main kind of activity (NACE Rev. 2) in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Trade Industry Pārējie 288 Environment and energy Construction Financial and insurance activities 458 Not defined Human health and social work activities 17 Lursoft statistics. Available: Services Education 2 Public administration

16 14 TRANSPORT Cargo, flights and passengers at the Riga International Airport Cargo (tons) Flights Passengers (million) Passenger arrivals and departures at the airport Riga by country in year 2015 (top 10 destinations 20 ) 21 Total number DE Germany Changes 2015/2012, % +26 UK United Kingdom RU Russian Federation NO Norway FI Finland SE Sweden LT Lithuania EE Estonia IT Italy DK Denmark Riga International Airport. Available: 20 Passenger departures - according to the first point of landing, passenger arrivals - according to the last point of departure 21

17 15 Passengers served in the Port of Riga Number of ships entering the port Number of passengers of cruise ships Number of passengers of ferries Cargo handled in the Port of Riga Number of ships served Turnover of ships (thousand tons) Structure of cargo handled at the Port of Riga in 2016 (thousand tons; share %) Liquid cargo Containerized cargo General cargo Bulk cargo Others Coal Oil products Chemical freight Timber 22 Freeport of Riga. Available: 23 Freeport of Riga. Available: 24 Freeport of Riga. Available:

18 16 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY According to the assessments carried out by the company Akamai in 2016, Latvia has 7th fastest Internet in the world (5th place among European countries and 1st place among Baltic States) the average Internet speed in Latvia was 17.5 Mbps, while the world average speed is only 6.1 Mbps. 25 In 2014 Riga became the capital city of free wireless Internet in Europe (taking into account the number of free Wi-Fi points on one km2 and the number of citizens) and also maintained this status in 2015, overcoming all other 27 EU capital cities. On average, in Riga one Lattelecom free Wi-Fi connection point is available for 750 people and three Wi-Fi points on one square kilometre. 26 Usage of computers and the Internet among citizens of Riga Using computer regularly Using the Internet regularly Using the mobile phone for accessing the Internet No data Akamai`s [state of the internet]. Q Report. Available: us/en/multimedia/documents/state-of-the-internet/akamai-state-of-theinternet-connectivity-report-q pdf 26 Information of Lattelecom. Available: 27

19 17 INVESTMENTS Non-financial investments in Riga (at constant prices of 2015, million EUR) Non-financial investments in Riga by main kind of activity (at current prices, thousand EUR) 29 Transportation and storage Real estate activities Public administration and defence; compulsory social security Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply Information and communication Human health and social work activities Administrative and support service activities Professional, scientific and technical activities Financial and insurance activities Accumulated foreign direct investments in share capital of companies registered in Riga (billion EUR) Lursoft statistics in the Riga Strategy Monitoring System. Available: lv/lv/2-ekonomika-un-finanses/23-investicijas

20 18 Sister Cities of Riga TallinN (EST) Tartu (EST) Aalborg (DK) Vilnius (LT) Rostock (DE) Brēmene (DE) Warsaw (PL) Stockholm (SE) Norrkoping (SE) Amste Bordeau Fl Dallas (USA) Santiago (CL)

21 Pori (FI) St. Petersburg (RU) Moscow (RU) Minsk (BY) rdam (NL) Astana (KZ) Kiev (UA) x (FR) orence (IT) Tbilisi (GE) Yerevan (AM) Almaty (KZ) Tashkent (UZ) Beijing (CN) Kobe (JP) Suzhou (CN) Taipei (TW) Cairns (AU)

22 RĪGAS DOMES PILSĒTAS ATTĪSTĪBAS DEPARTAMENTS The Riga City Council City Development Department Amatu street 4, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia (+371) RDPilsetasattistibasdepartaments