Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania
Lithuania: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 94.9% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania, 1998β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 94.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania peaked at 94.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 81.4%, in 2001.
That places Lithuania 7th out of 108 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.3% | 82.3% | 82.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 83.0% | 81.4% | 84.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.9% | 85.9% | 92.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.0% | 92.6% | 94.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 4 United States 95.3% compare
- 5 Kazakhstan, Republic of 95.1% compare
- 6 Russian Federation 95.0% compare
- 8 Armenia, Republic of 94.8% compare
- 9 Mongolia 93.1% compare
- 10 Azerbaijan, Republic of 93.0% compare
More education data for Lithuania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,888 (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 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0031 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania was 94.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 94.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.4% in 2001.
- How does Lithuania rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Lithuania ranks 7th out of 108 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release