Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia
Latvia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 90.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia is 90.4%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Latvia peaked at 92.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 71.3%, in 1998.
That places Latvia 11th out of 141 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.9% | 71.3% | 72.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 81.9% | 71.9% | 87.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 89.8% | 87.1% | 92.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 90.4% | 90.3% | 90.5% | 3 |
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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 90.4% 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 92.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.3% in 1998.
- How does Latvia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Latvia ranks 11th out of 141 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 1.6%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release