There were 531 employees working at Latvijas Banka at the end of 2023, of whom eight had fixed-term employment contracts; there were 376 employees at the end of 2022 before the integration with the FCMC.
At the end of 2023, 47% of Latvijas Banka's employees were men and 53% were women, while at the end of 2022, 56% were men and 44% were women; 48% of all managers were men and 52% were women.
A Counsellor from Latvijas Banka worked at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the EU in 2023.
Like in previous years, Latvijas Banka ran training sessions for employees to foster their professional development and growth, while also enhancing their expertise. Staff training costs at Latvijas Banka were 1.2% of the total spending on staff remuneration in 2023, and also 1.2% in 2022.
At the end of 2023, 93% of the employees of Latvijas Banka had completed higher education, and 4% of them held a PhD degree; these figures were 88% and 5.6% in 2022.
Chart 1. Education of Latvijas Bankas employees