Healthcare

The health care field has vast potential due to a combination of highly qualified labour, low cost, and good facilities. Besides that, Latvia is home to many promising healthcare start-ups such as Printymed, Bdetect, Anatomy Next, Longenesis, and BirgerMind p that have gained international recognition.

Many foreigners see the potential of our health care system. Latvian Health Tourism Cluster specializes in an emerging sector, medical tourism, building on Latvia’s reputation as a spa destination, excellent location, and a place with high standard health services at a low cost. These services include aesthetic treatments, IVF and fertilization treatments, various surgeries, dental work, and many other medical services.

Main subsectors​​​​​

Medical rehabilitation, phlebology, stomatology, oncology, ophthalmology, reproductive medicine and infertility treatment, obstetrics, plastic and reconstructive surgery, aesthetic dermatology, hair transplantation, bariatric surgery, orthopedics and traumatology, cardiology, gastroenterology. diagnostics and comprehensive health check-ups. 

 

More detailed information about the main healthcare subsectors in Latvia is available here: healthtravellatvia.lv

Fast facts
  • We are proud of our closeness to nature and ability to enjoy natural healing resources, be it northern healing herbs, mud, seawater, fragrant pine forests, and many other things. We combine our Nordic heritage, traditional wisdom, and natural resources with world-class medical education available in Latvia.
  • Our medical achievements speak for themselves, as satisfied patients recommend our medical facilities to friends and family, whether they live near or far. No wonder because we offer high success rates for treatments. 
  • Medical tourism is on the rise in Latvia. Each year many patients from  Scandinavia, Western Europe and increasingly from North America come to Latvia to regain their health and enhance their well-being and appearance. They visit our country because they can consult and get treatment with highly qualified medical specialists at competitive costs, for example, for Western Europeans and Scandinavians these costs are 50-70% lower. In 2024, medical tourism in Latvia reached 40 733 visitors.
  • Latvia’s healthcare system offers strong geographic accessibility, with direct flight connections between Riga and major European cities, a compact national layout enabling short travel times, and a high concentration of advanced medical services in Riga and other key urban centers.
  • Latvia operates under full European Union healthcare and quality control frameworks, ensuring compliance with EU patient safety, GDPR, pharmaceutical and medical device standards, while its highly qualified, EU-trained medical professionals combine strong evidence-based expertise, international clinical experience, and broad English proficiency to provide seamless care for international patients.
     
Industry statistics
  • Infertility is a sensitive issue required to be taken care of in the most gentle, responsible, and efficient way. Latvia is among the leading European countries in treating infertility. In patients up to 30 years of age, fertilisation is successful in over 70% of cases, which is one of the best results in Europe, allowing more and more families to fulfil their parenting dreams.
  • We constantly upgrade our medical tools and devices, offering state-of-the-art medical equipment, for example, we are among the six leading countries in phlebology.
  • One of the main success factors is our excellent educational opportunities in medicine: Latvia ranks 1st among the Baltic States in the number of medical graduates per capita—a figure that keeps increasing each year and now nearly doubles the European Union average.
  • Through an exceptionally ambitious modernization effort, Latvia has significantly boosted investment in its medical infrastructure to emerge as a regional leader in high-tech diagnostics, ensuring patient access to advanced imaging technologies that exceed the standard levels found across the world's leading healthcare system. 
  • A large segment of the workforce in Latvia’s healthcare sector aged 25–64 has proficiency in English or other foreign languages, facilitating international collaboration and patient communication.
Employment and education
  • If you walk through the halls of Riga Stradiņš University during a busy afternoon in the middle of the school year, don't be surprised that you will hear many languages. Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine is becoming increasingly popular among students from abroad due to its competitive education and tuition fees in Europe. More than 3000 international students study there, with the top countries being Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, India.
  • University of Latvia (UL) has developed the Academic Science Center, which provides an opportunity for both students and academic staff to conduct world-class studies in state-of-art facilities. 
  • The Faculty of Medicine is one of the fastest growing faculties at the University of Latvia, with leading Latvian and European healthcare professionals giving lectures.
Industry leaders
  • Capital Clinic Riga is the top-level healthcare clinic in Riga that offers a wide range of medical services, including the most modern physical examinations and treatments provided by high-class physicians and specialists in their fields.
  • EGV Clinic is working in the fields of reproductive health and fertilization, offering an outstanding specialist team who can resolve the most challenging cases, provide advice, and share experiences to prevent reproductive health disorders.
  • Dr. Mauriņš Vein Clinic is one of the most modern laser surgery and vein treatment clinics in Europe. Using contemporary, safe, and approved methods, thousands of patients receive the best treatment for their varicose veins, tropical ulcers, and other vein problems.
  • Genera is specialized in molecular genetics testing for almost 20 years and is a certified diagnostic laboratory using only up-to-date equipment that allows performing a wide range of genetic analyses.
  • IVF Riga is the leading specialist in infertility treatment with the mission to provide treatment of complicated infertility pathologies to give a chance for pregnancy even after previous unsuccessful treatment courses.
  • Medical Center “ARS” is one of the largest and highly esteemed medical clinics in Latvia, bringing together leading medical specialists and using up-to-date technologies, innovations, and recent scientific discoveries in all its branches.
  • RSU Nuclear Medicine Clinic is a newly built nuclear medicine clinic with up-to-date medicine technologies, equipped laboratories, cyclotron, and one of the most advanced in Latvia the only new generation PET/CT scanner in Latvia. 
  • Radiosurgery Centre Sigulda offers treatment of benign and malignant tumours using the CyberKnife® M6, one of Eastern Europe’s most advanced robotic radiosurgery systems, capable of targeting primary and metastatic lesions throughout the body.
  • Dr. Feders Center is a comprehensive medical center specializing in cardiovascular health, delivering top-quality care aligned with German standards and international medical guidelines.
  • AESTHETICA is one of the leading plastic surgery clinics, offering premium aesthetic and surgical services delivered by experienced professionals using modern technologies in a comfortable environment.
  • Rubenhair Clinic is a specialized clinic with over 10 years of experience, providing high-quality hair, beard, and eyebrow transplantation, hair restoration and PRP treatments for men and women
  • Sky Dream Clinic is characterised by knowledge, experience, state-of-the-art technology and excellent service, offering a wide range of high-quality dental care for the whole family as well as aesthetic medicine services.
  • Gastro Center is the leading medical institution in the Baltics providing a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic measures in the field of digestive system (oesophagus, stomach, intestine, bile ducts, pancreas, liver), small pelvis health and other related fields.
  • Anatomy Next provides anatomy learning tools for students and teachers, built to guide the learning process through interaction and manipulation of the anatomical models through multiple platforms.
  • CastPrint offers custom-made, 3D printed immobilization devices for fracture treatment, serving both private and public healthcare institutions. Registered as Class I medical devices, their products are lightweight, breathable, and waterproof — ensuring patients a comfortable recovery.

 

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