The majority of Latvia’s residents — 84% — are satisfied with their lives, according to an Eurobarometer survey conducted this autumn.
Overall life satisfaction among Latvian citizens has not changed significantly since spring 2025. In autumn, Latvia’s satisfaction indicator remained relatively high and matched the overall European average, with 86% of Europeans saying they are generally satisfied with their lives. The 84% recorded in Latvia повторs the historically highest level among Latvian residents.
When asked to name the two main problems facing Latvia, respondents in autumn 2025 most frequently cited rising prices, inflation, and the cost of living (33%). The second most commonly mentioned areas were healthcare (23%) and the economic situation (22%).
Europeans’ overall perception of the main problems facing their countries is similar. Nearly one third (31%) consider rising prices, inflation, and the cost of living to be the primary issue, while almost one fifth (19%) cite the economic situation as one of the main challenges facing EU member states.
Asked about the two main problems currently facing the European Union,
Latvian citizens most often pointed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (32%) and immigration (27%).
Since spring 2025, concern about immigration as a key EU-level issue has increased by nine percentage points. The share of Latvian respondents identifying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as one of the EU’s two most important problems has also risen this year, increasing by five percentage points since spring.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (26%) and immigration (20%) are also the two most frequently mentioned issues among Europeans overall. However, on average, Europeans identify these challenges significantly less often than Latvian respondents.
The survey also found that trust in the EU among Latvian citizens has remained unchanged since spring. In autumn 2025, more than half (55%) of Latvian citizens said they tend to trust the EU.
Overall trust in the EU is lower across Europe than in Latvia.
Only 48% of Europeans said they tend to trust the EU, and unlike in Latvia, trust among Europeans has declined significantly over the past six months, falling by four percentage points since spring 2025.
The highest level of trust in the EU was recorded in Portugal, where a majority (71%) of citizens tend to trust the EU, while the lowest was in France, where only about a quarter (27%) expressed trust in the EU in autumn 2025.
The aim of the survey was to assess the views of EU citizens living in all 27 EU member states, as well as citizens living in current candidate and potential candidate countries (excluding Ukraine) and the United Kingdom. The survey was conducted between the 9th and the 29th of October, 2025.
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