Number of judges rose 0.674% to 448 persons in Latvia in 2016, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of judges in Latvia reached an all time high of 448 persons in 2016 and an all time low of 312 persons in 1995.
Latvia has been ranked 18th within the group of 24 countries we follow in terms of number of judges, 27 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Judges | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Belarus | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,239 | ... | ... | ||||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 192,732 | ... | 196,179 | 198,863 | 201,715 | ... | ... |
| Estonia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 224 | 221 | 228 | 226 | 230 | ||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 967 | 969 | 974 | 986 | 988 | ||||||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,411 | ... | 20,382 | ... | 20,301 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,611 | 3,656 | 3,656 | 3,686 | 3,750 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Latvia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 423 | 421 | 435 | 430 | 430 | ||||||||||||
| Lithuania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 776 | 774 | 769 | 771 | 755 | ||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,927 | 9,922 | 9,938 | 9,926 | 9,967 | ||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28,515 | 28,183 | 29,361 | 30,068 | 33,603 | ... | |||||||||
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32,518 | 30,937 | 28,971 | 27,131 | 24,876 | ... | ||||||||
| Ukraine | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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