Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia
Latvia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9234 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia, 2005–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia is 0.9234 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia peaked at 0.9234 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7761 LPIA, in 2006.
Latvia ranks 25th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.798 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.7761 LPIA | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8248 LPIA | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8418 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8535 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8862 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8685 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8814 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8814 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8982 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8881 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8988 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9229 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9159 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9115 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9086 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9234 LPIA | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8189 LPIA | 0.7761 LPIA | 0.8535 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8935 LPIA | 0.8685 LPIA | 0.9229 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9145 LPIA | 0.9086 LPIA | 0.9234 LPIA | 3 |
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 upper secondary education or in Latvia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia was 0.9234 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 0.9234 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7761 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Latvia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Latvia ranks 25th out of 103 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 4.8%. 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, 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