⚡ Operating Systems in Latvia

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

Latvia is a Northern European country with a population of around 1.9 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 16% of websites from Latvia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in Latvia in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Linux, which dominates the market with a substantial 89.4% share.
It is followed by Ubuntu with 43.1% and Debian with 9.5%.

Linux 89.4%
Ubuntu 43.1%
Debian 9.5%
Windows 9%
CentOS 5.1%
Amazon Linux 1.5%
Unix 1%
FreeBSD 0.7%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.5%
Gentoo 0.5%
Oracle Linux 0.3%
Rocky Linux 0.2%
OpenBSD 0.2%
Scientific Linux 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in Latvia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Ubuntu ^(-1)
3. Debian ^(-1)
6. Amazon Linux ^(-5)
8. FreeBSD ^(-1)
10. Gentoo ^(-3)
11. Oracle Linux ^(-3)
13. OpenBSD ^(-4)
14. Scientific Linux ^(-6)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 14 operating systems used on sites from Latvia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	89.4%
2	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for use on desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices. FreeOpen source$500+/year	43.1%
3	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	9.5%
4	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	9%
5	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	5.1%
6	Amazon Linux Seattle, Washington, United States A supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Free	1.5%
7	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	1%
8	FreeBSD Boulder, Colorado, United States An open source Unix-like operating system designed for reliability, performance, and advanced networking across servers, desktops, and embedded systems. FreeOpen source	0.7%
9	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	0.5%
10	Gentoo Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States A Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.	0.5%
11	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.3%
12	Rocky Linux Albany, California, United States An open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. FreeOpen source	0.2%
13	OpenBSD Edmonton, Alberta, Canada A security-focused open-source operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution.	0.2%
14	Scientific Linux A discontinued Linux distribution based on RHEL. Legacy	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 3,834 websites from Latvia.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.