Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia
Latvia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 87.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 87.2% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia peaked at 88.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 76.1%, in 2006.
That places Latvia 11th out of 43 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 76.1% | — |
| 2007 | 77.0% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 79.1% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 79.9% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 82.4% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 81.5% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 82.8% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 83.8% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 84.4% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 85.2% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 86.4% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 85.9% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 87.1% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 87.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 87.8% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 88.9% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 87.2% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.0% | 76.1% | 79.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 84.7% | 81.5% | 87.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.0% | 87.2% | 88.9% | 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 upper secondary education or in Latvia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia was 87.2% 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 88.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.1% in 2006.
- How does Latvia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Latvia ranks 11th out of 43 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 4.0%. 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, non-immigrant background, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release