Short answer
According to Eurostat, in 2024 AI was used by 8.83% of Latvian companies with at least 10 employees — almost twice as many as in 2023 (4.53%). On average in the EU, around 20% of such companies used AI in 2025, so Latvia has a lot of room to grow.
The numbers
- Latvia, 2023: 4.53% of companies with 10 or more employees used AI.
- Latvia, 2024: 8.83% — almost doubling in one year.
- EU average, 2024: 13.5%.
- EU average, 2025: 19.95%; among large companies — around 55%.
In 2025 AI was used most by companies in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
What companies most often do with AI
Eurostat data show that companies most often use AI for text analysis, text and language generation and speech recognition — in other words, exactly for work with documents, e-mails and customer communication.
What it means for you
Latvia lags behind the EU average but is growing fast. That means two things: competitors are starting to adopt AI, and those who do it in time gain an advantage in cost and speed. Where to start — how to use artificial intelligence in a business.