Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Latvia
Latvia: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 95.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Latvia, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Latvia stood at 95.0%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Latvia peaked at 95.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.6%, in 2001.
Latvia ranks 27th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.8% | 63.6% | 85.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 90.6% | 84.3% | 93.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 92.9% | 95.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
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 share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Latvia?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Latvia was 95.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.6% in 2001.
- How does Latvia rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Latvia ranks 27th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.