Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia
Latvia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9122 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia, 2003–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia stood at 0.9122 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia peaked at 0.9122 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7626 LPIA, in 2006.
That places Latvia 28th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.8336 LPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.8356 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.7894 LPIA | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7626 LPIA | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8012 LPIA | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8175 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8246 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8698 LPIA | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8628 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8717 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8717 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8857 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8781 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8856 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9052 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9076 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.905 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9043 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9122 LPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8092 LPIA | 0.7626 LPIA | 0.8356 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.882 LPIA | 0.8628 LPIA | 0.9076 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9072 LPIA | 0.9043 LPIA | 0.9122 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 25 Palestine, State of 0.9244 LPIA compare
- 26 Georgia 0.9236 LPIA compare
- 27 Ireland 0.9149 LPIA compare
- 29 Russian Federation 0.9103 LPIA compare
- 30 Estonia 0.9077 LPIA compare
- 31 Brunei Darussalam 0.8959 LPIA compare
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 upper secondary education or in Latvia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia was 0.9122 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9122 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7626 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Latvia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Latvia ranks 28th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release