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Latvia had the highest number of university students per 10,000 inhabitants? (Latvia led with 30.1, Great
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Latvia had one of the best teacher to student ratios for elementary school? (Sweden first at 28.7, Holland second at 28.4, Latvia third at 27.1)
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Latvia had the second-best life expectancy in Europe? (France led with 14.0% over the age of 60, Latvia in second with 13.9%)
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Latvian attitude toward the EU: 37% neutral, 30% positive, and 25% negative, in a SKDS December, 2005 poll.
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Latvia had the highest per-capita milk and milk products consumption? (566 litres per year per inhabitant)
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Latvia had the highest per-capita milk and milk products consumption? (566 litres per year per inhabitant)
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Latvia had the highest per-capita milk and milk products consumption? (566 litres per year per inhabitant)
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