Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania
Lithuania: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 28.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania stood at 28.0%.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Lithuania peaked at 43.1% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 24.8%, in 2020.
Lithuania ranks 71st of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling 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 | 34.0% | — |
| 1999 | 43.1% | +26.6% |
| 2000 | 39.6% | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 32.3% | -18.5% |
| 2002 | 28.2% | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 26.1% | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 27.5% | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 28.1% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 28.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 28.7% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 28.5% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 28.6% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 29.8% | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 30.4% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 30.4% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 27.6% | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 26.7% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 26.8% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 27.2% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 26.8% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 26.1% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 24.8% | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 25.6% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 27.0% | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 27.0% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 28.0% | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.6% | 34.0% | 43.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.6% | 26.1% | 39.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.9% | 26.1% | 30.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.5% | 24.8% | 28.0% | 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 28.0% 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 43.1% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.8% in 2020.
- How does Lithuania rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Lithuania ranks 71st out of 168 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 up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release