Inequality in education in Lithuania
Lithuania: Inequality in education was 0.0196 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Inequality in education in Lithuania, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 0.0196 for inequality in education in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.6% on the previous year and down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inequality in education in Lithuania peaked at 0.0698 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0196, in 2023.
Lithuania ranks 175th of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0531 | 0.0388 | 0.0698 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0288 | 0.0196 | 0.0358 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 8,888 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.21 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inequality in education in Lithuania?
- Inequality in education in Lithuania was 0.0196 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest inequality in education recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0698 in 2011.
- What is the lowest inequality in education recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0196 in 2023.
- How does Lithuania rank for inequality in education?
- Lithuania ranks 175th out of 184 countries with data for 2023.
- Is inequality in education rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Inequality in education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of the number of years adults older than 25 participated in formal education.