Digital Divide Country Profile · Europe

Latvia

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Latvia in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure, Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure, 5G, Fiber/Fiber Optic. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure3
Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure2
Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure2
Backbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile Infrastructure1
Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding1

Specific technologies

5G3
Fiber/Fiber Optic2

Intervention classification

Infrastructure and Specific Technology4
Infrastructure only2
Neither explicitly identified2

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

1 initiative explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 0 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

8 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

Broadband / connectivity initiative

Digital Transformation Guidelines – Equal Connectivity Measure

2021–2027 / ongoing · Nationwide / rural / transport corridors

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Status / period2021–2027 / ongoingLocationNationwide / rural / transport corridorsPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsLatvian ministries; regulators; operators

Sets equal, fast and high-quality communications availability for residents, public institutions and businesses.

Activities and approach: 100 Mbps-upgradable-to-gigabit target; access measures

Broadband / connectivity initiative

Electronic Communications Sector Development Plan 2021–2027

2021–2027 / ongoing · Nationwide / rural / transport corridors

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Status / period2021–2027 / ongoingLocationNationwide / rural / transport corridorsPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsLatvian ministries; regulators; operators

Coordinates public interventions for ≥100 Mbps service in urban and rural areas, concentrating on market-failure locations.

Activities and approach: VHCN policy; targeted public support

Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding

Digital inclusion

Equal Connectivity Measure under Digital Transformation Guidelines

Ongoing / through 2030 · Underserved regions

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Status / periodOngoing / through 2030LocationUnderserved regionsPopulationResidents in weaker-connectivity areasOrganizationsNational broadband authority; telecom operators; EU/public funds

Targets equal-quality electronic communications nationwide.

Activities and approach: Targeted connectivity support

Broadband / connectivity initiative

National 5G Implementation Programme

2021–2027 / ongoing · Nationwide / rural / transport corridors

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Status / period2021–2027 / ongoingLocationNationwide / rural / transport corridorsPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsLatvian ministries; regulators; operators

Coordinates spectrum and deployment measures for 5G in cities and transport routes.

Activities and approach: 5G rollout; spectrum; small-cell facilitation

Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure5G

Broadband / connectivity initiative

RRP Rural Last-Mile VHCN Development

2021–2027 / ongoing · Nationwide / rural / transport corridors

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Status / period2021–2027 / ongoingLocationNationwide / rural / transport corridorsPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsLatvian ministries; regulators; operators

Connects households, businesses, schools, hospitals and public buildings in rural areas lacking adequate commercial investment.

Activities and approach: Last-mile VHCN; rural connections

Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure

EducationK–12

Rural broadband

RRP Rural Last-Mile VHCN Investment

Ongoing / through 2030 · Rural white areas

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Status / periodOngoing / through 2030LocationRural white areasPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsNational broadband authority; telecom operators; EU/public funds

Extends VHCN last-mile broadband in rural areas.

Activities and approach: Fiber/VHCN last mile

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic

5G corridor

Via Baltica 5G Corridor Infrastructure

Ongoing / through 2030 · Via Baltica

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Status / periodOngoing / through 2030LocationVia BalticaPopulationRoad users and logisticsOrganizationsNational broadband authority; telecom operators; EU/public funds

Builds passive infrastructure enabling continuous 5G.

Activities and approach: 5G passive infrastructure

Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure5G

Broadband / connectivity initiative

Via Baltica 5G Corridor Passive Infrastructure

2021–2027 / ongoing · Nationwide / rural / transport corridors

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Status / period2021–2027 / ongoingLocationNationwide / rural / transport corridorsPopulationHouseholds, businesses and public institutionsOrganizationsLatvian ministries; regulators; operators

Builds passive infrastructure and fiber backhaul to enable 5G along Latvia's section of Via Baltica.

Activities and approach: Fiber backhaul; passive 5G infrastructure

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureMobile / Wireless InfrastructureBackbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Latvia. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/latvia/
International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Latvia. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=LV
World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Latvia. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=LV

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