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Latvia has a compulsory eID card and eParaksts. Its first EU wallet version is planned for December 2026 and will be voluntary. As a euro-area member it falls under the digital euro project; it made an IHR Article 59(3) declaration in 2025.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Latvia
- Program
- eID card; eParaksts; planned EU Digital Identity Wallet
- Status
- Available, partial uptake
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- EU Regulation 2024/1183
The Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development plans to release the first wallet version in December 2026 for identification and e-signatures. It will be voluntary and will not replace existing e-ID solutions. A national pilot ran from 2023 to 2025 under the NOBID project.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- In development
- Name
- Digital euro
Euro-area member. The ECB says it is preparing a possible first issuance during 2029, with a pilot planned for 2027, and assumes EU law is adopted in 2026. The European Parliament voted on 9 July 2026 to open talks with the Council; no final law is confirmed.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-07-09Rolling it out
The European Parliament voted 416 to 169 to open talks with the Council on the digital euro law. Sofia Globe — European Parliament votes to open negotiations on the digital euro ↗
- 2026-04-01Rolling it out
VARAM updated its plan to launch the first national EU wallet version in December 2026. VARAM ↗
- 2025-07Courts & law
Latvia sent WHO a declaration under IHR Article 59(3) on the 2024 amendments rather than a rejection. WHO — Circular Letter C.L.26.2025, rejections of the 2024 IHR amendments (mirror copy) ↗
UN and WHO
How Latvia has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Abstained
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 81.7 · rank 14 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the -3 adds up
- -1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
- -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
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