Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Latvia
Latvia: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 1.0% in 2018. β² Rising
Latest (2018)
1.0%
Change on year
up 192.8%
World rank
15th
of 59 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2018
All-time low
0.3%
in 2016
Years of data
5
2013β2018
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Latvia, 2013β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 1.0% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 192.8% on the previous year and up 76.7% over ten years.
Latvia ranks 15th of 59 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Countries ranked near Latvia
More education data for Latvia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,966 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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, per capita 0.0053 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Latvia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Latvia was 1.0% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
- How does Latvia rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Latvia ranks 15th out of 59 countries with data for 2018.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release