Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Latvia
Latvia: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 36.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Latvia, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 36.0% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Latvia peaked at 36.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20.5%, in 2006.
Latvia ranks 32nd of 102 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.6% | 20.5% | 23.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 26.6% | 23.6% | 30.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.4% | 31.8% | 36.0% | 4 |
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)
- 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 36.0% 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 36.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.5% in 2006.
- How does Latvia rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Latvia ranks 32nd out of 102 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 up 35.1%. 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, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release