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Latvia

#52 globally

Europe

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#28 in Europe

Positive(+2)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

46/100
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

42/100
Early Adoption

Latvia's adoption score (42) is 4 points below its readiness score (46) — significant untapped capacity not yet being deployed.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure10/20
Talent10/20
Governance10/20
Investment8/20
Economic Readiness8/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Early Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
8/20
Enterprise AdoptionStrongest
9/20
Talent DemandWeakest
8/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
9/20
R&D PipelineWeakest
8/20

IT services export growth and EU digital single market access drive gradual AI adoption.

Trajectory Outlook

48
/100

by 2028

46 now+2 pts

Top Accelerator

Baltic regional integration with Estonia's digital ecosystem and EU structural fund investment in digital infrastructure

Top Risk

Population decline and brain drain creating compounding talent shortages that limit AI ecosystem growth

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

Development Phase

Latvia is in the Development Phase

Scaling infrastructure and talent pipelines. Projected score by 2028: 48/100.

2028 Timeline

Now

Score 46

2

2025–26

Talent pipeline scaling to 1,000+ AI graduates/yr

3

2026–27

AI regulation framework published

4

2028

Domestic AI investment exceeds 0.5% GDP

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

Investment & R&D
8/20
Near

Introduce R&D tax credits (≥25%) for AI-related expenditure

Mid

Create sovereign AI venture fund targeting deep-tech Series A/B rounds

Economic Readiness
8/20
Near

Streamline business registration to under 3 days; digitise government services

Mid

Negotiate AI services trade agreements; join WTO plurilateral digital trade talks

Digital Infrastructure
10/20
Near

Extend rural connectivity and reduce mobile data costs below $2/GB

Mid

Build national data centre capacity and connect to international internet exchanges

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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