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)