Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Latvia
Latvia: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted was 0.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Latvia, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 0.3% for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Latvia peaked at 0.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2011.
Latvia ranks 115th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Latvia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.3% | — |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +107.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -47.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -19.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +17.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +23.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 0.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4%, 69% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 0.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4%, 69% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Latvia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +107.6% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| 2002 | -47.6% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More education data for Latvia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.77 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.26 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12,484 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,003 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 39,631 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 36,792 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 123,994 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 123,956 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Latvia?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Latvia was 0.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2011.
- How does Latvia rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- Latvia ranks 115th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release