Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Latvia
Latvia: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 97.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Latvia, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 97.6% for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Latvia peaked at 105.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 97.6%, in 2024.
Latvia ranks 137th of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 104.2% | 102.9% | 105.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 100.4% | 99.2% | 103.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 97.6% | 99.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Latvia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 9,966 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.34 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Latvia?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Latvia was 97.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 105.5% in 2004.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.6% in 2024.
- How does Latvia rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Latvia ranks 137th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.