Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Lithuania
Lithuania: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 97.9% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Lithuania, 1989β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Lithuania stood at 97.9%. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Lithuania peaked at 97.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 69.6%, in 1989.
Lithuania ranks 16th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 69.6% | 69.6% | 69.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 88.7% | 87.0% | 90.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 93.7% | 91.0% | 97.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.9% | 95.7% | 97.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 13 Moldova, Republic of 98.3% compare
- 14 Azerbaijan, Republic of 98.2% compare
- 15 Switzerland 98.2% compare
- 17 Bulgaria 97.0% compare
- 18 United States 96.6% compare
- 19 Canada 96.4% compare
More education data for Lithuania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,888 (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 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0031 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Lithuania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Lithuania was 97.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 97.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.6% in 1989.
- How does Lithuania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Lithuania ranks 16th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release