Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latvia
Latvia: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 0.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latvia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latvia stood at 0.1%.
That represents a change of down 23.1% on the previous year and down 81.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latvia peaked at 1.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2022.
Latvia ranks 75th of 88 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.0% | — |
| 1999 | 0.9% | -15.0% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -45.5% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +49.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | +20.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -17.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -38.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -33.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -36.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +33.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -23.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More education data for Latvia
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 123,994 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.3272 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9,966 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 61,027 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.0802 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 62,967 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5653 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 76,423 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -4.83 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latvia?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Latvia was 0.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2022.
- How does Latvia rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Latvia ranks 75th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.8%. 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 Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release