Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania
Lithuania: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 78.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 78.8% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania peaked at 82.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 65.9%, in 1999.
Lithuania ranks 115th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 74.0% | — |
| 1999 | 65.9% | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 68.6% | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 74.3% | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 77.5% | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 79.5% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 78.7% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 78.6% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 78.8% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 78.3% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 78.9% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 79.1% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 78.7% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 78.3% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 78.1% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 79.5% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 79.8% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 79.8% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 79.6% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 79.4% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 80.3% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 81.0% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 82.3% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 81.6% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 80.1% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 80.0% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 78.8% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 69.9% | 65.9% | 74.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 77.2% | 68.6% | 79.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.4% | 78.1% | 81.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 78.8% | 82.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania was 78.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 82.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.9% in 1999.
- How does Lithuania rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Lithuania ranks 115th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release