Lower secondary completion rate, total in Latvia
Latvia: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 93.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Latvia, 2013–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, total in Latvia is 93.3%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Latvia peaked at 104.7% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 93.3%, in 2024.
Latvia ranks 76th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 104.7% | — |
| 2014 | 99.9% | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 95.6% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 96.2% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 98.8% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 99.4% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 96.9% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 98.3% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 97.0% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 95.3% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 95.0% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 93.3% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 98.8% | 95.6% | 104.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 95.8% | 93.3% | 98.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 73 Slovenia 93.5% compare
- 74 Spain 93.4% compare
- 75 Andorra 93.4% compare
- 77 Seychelles 93.2% compare
- 78 North Macedonia 93.0% compare
- 79 San Marino 92.5% compare
More education data for Latvia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Latvia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Latvia was 93.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 104.7% in 2013.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.3% in 2024.
- How does Latvia rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Latvia ranks 76th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.