Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Latvia
Latvia: Official entrance age to upper secondary education was 16 years in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
16 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
12th
of 209 countries
All-time high
16 years
in 1970
All-time low
16 years
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020
Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Latvia, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official entrance age to upper secondary education in Latvia is 16 years, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to upper secondary education in Latvia peaked at 16 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 16 years, in 1970.
That places Latvia 12th out of 209 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Latvia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16 years | — |
| 1971 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 1 |
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More education data for Latvia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 9,176 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 790 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 43,211 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.5203 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 30,806 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to upper secondary education in Latvia?
- Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Latvia was 16 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to upper secondary education recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 16 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to upper secondary education recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 years in 1970.
- How does Latvia rank for official entrance age to upper secondary education?
- Latvia ranks 12th out of 209 countries with data for 2020.
- Is official entrance age to upper secondary education rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Official entrance age to upper secondary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Age at which students would enter upper secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.