The tax system in Latvia is one of the most difficult to understand among European Union (EU) countries, writes Diena.
This is evidenced by the results of the "Eurobarometer" survey conducted in August 2025 on behalf of the European Commission to find out how citizens of EU countries perceive the tax systems of their countries.
According to the survey data, only 3.8% of residents in Latvia consider the tax system to be well understood. The average figure for the EU is 7.9%.
"Eurobarometer" notes that Latvia is among the top five countries where the majority (52%) of residents have a moderate understanding of their country's tax system. The other four countries are Hungary (55%), Lithuania (54%), Slovakia (53%), and the Czech Republic (52%).
However, Latvia stands out for having one of the highest numbers of residents in the EU who have a weak understanding of the tax system. In August of this year, only 23.9% of survey participants in Latvia indicated that they understand their country's tax system well or very well. Latvia ranked second to last in the EU for this indicator. The situation is worse only in the Czech Republic (23.3%), which came in last place. Romania (25.1%) ranks third from the bottom, followed by Slovakia (26.4%), Hungary (27.7%), Italy (29.4%), Lithuania (30.4%), and Slovenia (31.2%). Estonia (31.7%) ranked tenth in the EU.
On average across the EU, 34.8% of residents had a good or very good understanding of their country's tax system.
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