Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Latvia
Latvia: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total was 4.64 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Latvia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Latvia stood at 4.64. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Latvia peaked at 4.64 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.33, in 1960.
That places Latvia 24th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Latvia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.33 | — |
| 1965 | 1.59 | +19.5% |
| 1970 | 1.81 | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 2.15 | +18.8% |
| 1980 | 2.49 | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 2.91 | +16.9% |
| 1990 | 3.07 | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 3.75 | +22.1% |
| 2000 | 3.9 | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 4.37 | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 4.64 | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.46 | 1.33 | 1.59 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.98 | 1.81 | 2.15 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.7 | 2.49 | 2.91 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.41 | 3.07 | 3.75 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.13 | 3.9 | 4.37 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.64 | 4.64 | 4.64 | 1 |
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More education data for Latvia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 9,176 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 790 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 43,211 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.5203 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 30,806 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Latvia?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Latvia was 4.64 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.64 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.33 in 1960.
- How does Latvia rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Latvia ranks 24th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people over age 25.