Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania
Lithuania: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 88.8% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania, 1998β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania is 88.8%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Lithuania peaked at 88.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 59.1%, in 2005.
Lithuania ranks 9th of 113 countries on this measure, 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 | 62.9% | 62.9% | 63.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 64.5% | 59.1% | 67.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.6% | 69.0% | 85.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.1% | 84.0% | 88.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 6 Czechia 90.0% compare
- 7 Armenia, Republic of 89.5% compare
- 8 Georgia 89.4% compare
- 10 Switzerland 86.7% compare
- 11 Russian Federation 86.5% compare
- 12 Israel 85.8% 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 88.8% 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 88.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.1% in 2005.
- How does Lithuania rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Lithuania ranks 9th out of 113 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 23.6%. 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release