Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Latvia
Latvia: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.6656 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Latvia, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 0.6656 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Latvia peaked at 0.7822 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.524 LPIA, in 2005.
That places Latvia 28th out of 87 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5763 LPIA | 0.524 LPIA | 0.6291 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7111 LPIA | 0.628 LPIA | 0.7822 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6948 LPIA | 0.6656 LPIA | 0.7311 LPIA | 3 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.57 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Latvia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Latvia was 0.6656 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7822 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.524 LPIA in 2005.
- How does Latvia rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Latvia ranks 28th out of 87 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release