Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Latvia
Latvia: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.3% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Latvia, 1990–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 4.3% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2022.
That represents a change of down 9.4% on the previous year and down 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Latvia peaked at 7.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 1990.
Latvia ranks 91st of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.9% | 3.6% | 6.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 5.4% | 4.9% | 5.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.4% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 88 Peru 4.4% compare
- 89 Cape Verde 4.3% compare
- 90 Afghanistan 4.3% compare
- 92 Poland 4.3% compare
- 93 Czechia 4.3% compare
- 94 Turkmenistan 4.3% compare
More education data for Latvia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 9,966 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.34 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Latvia?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Latvia was 4.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 1990.
- How does Latvia rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Latvia ranks 91st out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.