Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia
Latvia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 88.9% 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 88.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia peaked at 89.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 79.5%, in 2006.
Latvia ranks 8th of 42 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 79.5% | — |
| 2007 | 79.8% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 81.9% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 83.2% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 85.2% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 84.6% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 85.9% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 86.6% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 87.4% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 89.4% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 89.6% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 88.9% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.1% | 79.5% | 83.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 85.9% | 84.6% | 87.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 89.3% | 88.9% | 89.6% | 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 88.9% 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 89.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.5% in 2006.
- How does Latvia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Latvia ranks 8th out of 42 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 2.7%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release