Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lithuania
Lithuania: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 2.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lithuania, 2013–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 2.0% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 334.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lithuania peaked at 2.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2013.
Lithuania ranks 1st of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.5% | — |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +272.0% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | +16.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -69.0% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | +185.1% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | +19.1% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.5% | 2.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 1 Ecuador 2.0% compare
- 1 Mexico 2.0% compare
- 1 Palestine, State of 2.0%
More education data for Lithuania
- 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 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lithuania?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lithuania was 2.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2013.
- How does Lithuania rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Lithuania ranks 1st out of 72 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 334.7%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from programmes in unspecified fields, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release