Education in Latvia

188 indicators covering education for Latvia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 60.4% 2025 up 13.1% 27th
Number of mobile students enrolled and graduated by country of origin 1 Persons 2024 — 2nd
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates 1.38 Percentage of students 2024 down 32.6% 5th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by type 18.3% 2025 up 39.7% 27th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by type 18.3% 2025 up 39.7% 27th
Early leavers from education and training by citizenship 8.8% 2025 down 11.1% 16th
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by educational attainment level 18.0% 2025 down 11.8% 26th
Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 1,003 Persons 2024 up 17.2% 4th
Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st
Share of new entrants to and first-time graduates at tertiary 31.11 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 up 14.1% 2nd
Share of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 6.51 Percentage of students 2023 down 0.8% 3rd
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold and educational 21.9% 2025 down 21.2% 12th
Share of students enrolled in school and work-based programmes 100 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st
Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by sex, age, main 2.1% 2025 up 75.0% 4th
Distribution of students in vocational education and training 0.2252 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 down 75.5% 5th
Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 7.6% 2025 up 90.0% 6th
Adults by number of children, age of youngest child and educational 124 Thousand persons 2025 down 16.9% 36th
Level of disability (activity limitation) by sex, age and educational 6.3% 2025 down 10.0% 15th
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by educational attainment level 33.9% 2025 up 82.3% 5th
Expenditure on educational institutions per full-time equivalent 0.8659 Percentage of GDP per capita 2023 up 64.2% 3rd
First permits issued for education reasons by reason, length of 2,981 Person 2025 up 166.9% 31st
Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and educational 10.2% 2025 down 69.5% 20th
Material and social deprivation rate for children by age and 6.2% 2025 down 74.2% 33rd
Deaths by age, sex and educational attainment level 26,661 Number 2024 — 35th
R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, educational 6,990 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 21.8% 42nd
Distribution of participation in formal education and training (last) 26.3% 2025 up 2.3% 12th
Pupils enrolled in upper secondary education by programme 61,683 Number 2024 down 7.6% 37th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) 46.0% 2025 up 1.8% 16th
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction 26.4% 2025 up 60.0% 27th
Children in formal childcare or education by age group, duration and 39.2% 2025 down 44.6% 28th
Pupils enrolled in primary education by sex and age 123,956 Number 2024 up 8.1% 34th
Pupils enrolled in upper-secondary education by programme 61,683 Number 2024 down 7.6% 37th
Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and educational 3.0% 2025 down 82.5% 23rd
Pupils enrolled in lower-secondary education by programme 62,311 Number 2024 up 13.7% 37th
Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme 74,017 Number 2024 down 17.5% 36th
Children in formal childcare or education by age group, duration and 39.2% 2025 down 44.6% 27th
Pupils enrolled in primary education by sex, type of institution and 123,956 Number 2024 up 8.1% 34th
Pupils enrolled in lower-secondary education by programme 62,311 Number 2024 up 13.7% 37th
Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme 74,017 Number 2024 down 17.5% 36th
Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme 74,017 Number 2024 down 17.5% 36th
Pupils and students enrolled by education level, programme 61,683 Number 2024 down 7.6% 37th
New entrants by education level, programme orientation, sex and age 22,081 Number 2024 up 0.9% 34th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, degree of 3.4% 2025 down 63.0% 13th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 12.9% 2025 down 11.0% 16th
Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 1.2% 2025 down 84.6% 19th
Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 9.7% 2025 down 52.2% 12th
Pupils enrolled in early childhood education by sex and age 94,714 Number 2024 up 2.7% 33rd
Distribution of students enrolled at tertiary education levels by sex 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Severe material and social deprivation of children by educational 2.1% 2025 down 84.2% 29th
Mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex and 10,425 Number 2024 up 132.9% 32nd
Distribution of mobile students from abroad enrolled at education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Pupils enrolled in early childhood education by sex, type of 94,714 Number 2024 up 2.7% 33rd
Graduates by education level, programme orientation, completion, sex 15,498 Number 2024 down 23.8% 35th
Pupils by education level and modern foreign language studied 172,817 Number 2024 up 69.3% 24th
Graduates in tertiary education by education level - women per 100 men 194.2 Rate 2024 up 2.5% 2nd
Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by educational 343,003 Number 2024 down 13.0% 32nd
Average number of foreign languages studied per pupil by education 1.4 Number 2024 up 55.6% 2nd
Distribution of academic staff at education level by age groups 0.5% 2024 up 25.0% 23rd
Mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex and 0 Number 2024 — 4th
Share of mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex 0.0% 2024 — 1st