School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Latvia
Latvia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 16.23 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Latvia, 1981–2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Latvia is 16.23 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Latvia peaked at 16.23 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 11.58 years, in 1994.
That places Latvia 34th out of 183 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Latvia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 13.33 years | — |
| 1982 | 13.38 years | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 13.41 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 13.44 years | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 13.51 years | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 13.47 years | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 14.08 years | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 13.95 years | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 13.79 years | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 12.67 years | -8.1% |
| 1991 | 12.55 years | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 12.37 years | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 11.88 years | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 11.58 years | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 11.63 years | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 11.89 years | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 12.27 years | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 12.89 years | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 13.51 years | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 13.93 years | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 14.57 years | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 15.03 years | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 15.25 years | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 15.68 years | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 15.96 years | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 15.98 years | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 15.9 years | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 15.93 years | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 15.57 years | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 15.5 years | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 15.53 years | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 15.38 years | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 15.83 years | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 15.82 years | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 15.83 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 15.98 years | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 16.17 years | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 16.23 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13.6 years | 13.33 years | 14.08 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 12.32 years | 11.58 years | 13.51 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.38 years | 13.93 years | 15.98 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.81 years | 15.38 years | 16.23 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More education data for Latvia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,966 (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 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.57 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Latvia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Latvia was 16.23 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.23 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.58 years in 1994.
- How does Latvia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Latvia ranks 34th out of 183 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.