Latvia: wholesale & retail trade employment 2021

In 2021, the number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in Latvia remained nearly unchanged at around 141,866 employees.
The relationship of employer to employee exists when there is an agreement, which may be formal or informal, between an enterprise and a person, normally entered into voluntarily by both parties, whereby the person works for the enterprise in return for remuneration in cash or in kind.

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Total number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in Latvia from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	141,866
2020	141,406
2019	146,221
2018	147,241
2017	149,188
2016	150,363
2015	153,663
2014	155,277
2013	148,902
2012	147,054

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Latvia

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Data coverage is for the code G of the CE_R2 of economic activities, which is wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

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