Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.361 billion (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$10.8 billion (1 January 2006)

Economic aid - recipient:
$1.2 billion (2004-06)

Currency (code):
Latvian lat (LVL)

Currency code:
LVL

Exchange rates:
lati per US dollar - 0.5647 (2005), 0.5402 (2004), 0.5715 (2003),
0.6182 (2002), 0.6279 (2001)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Latvia

Telephones - main lines in use:
731,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.872 million (2005)