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Survey: Compared to neighboring countries, Latvia has the smallest population investing

About half of the population in each of the Baltic countries does not make any investments. In turn, when choosing where to invest money, Estonians prefer real estate, Latvians – private pension funds, but Lithuanians invest equally in real estate, pension funds and accumulative insurance, ”he concluded.SEB bank ”.

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Compared to neighboring countries, Latvia has the lowest number of residents who make any investments at all – 49% of respondents note that they invest money somewhere. The majority (24%) invest in private pension funds. In second place is savings insurance, which is chosen by 16% of respondents, and in third place – real estate, which is chosen by 11% of respondents.

Of those Latvians who make investments, 60% do it once a month. Almost half of them invest from 20 to 50 euros every month, about 20% – up to 20 euros and the same amount – from 50 to 100 euros. Others can afford to invest more than 100 euros per month.

Estonians are the most active investors, with 59% of the investment experience there. About a third prefer real estate. In second place are private pension funds, chosen by 26% of respondents, and in third place – shares, in which 18% of respondents invest.

In Estonia, only a third of investors invest every month, but 40% do so less than once a year. About a third of the month is spent on investments from 20 to 50 euros, 26% – from 50 to 100 euros, 14% – from 100 to 200 euros and 23% – more than 200 euros.

In Lithuania, where 52% of the population invests, real estate is as popular as private pension funds and endowment life insurance – about 17-18% of respondents invest in each of these instruments. 36% of investors invest on a monthly basis and most of them (35%) invest between 20 and 50 euros. 30% invest from 50 to 100 euros, and 17% – from 100 to 200 euros.

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