Education in Latvia 157 indicators covering education for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 62.6% 2025 down 4.2% 142nd Population ages 0-14 15.2% 2025 up 0.5% 175th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th School enrollment, primary 97.6% 2024 down 2.3% 129th Primary education, teachers 9,966 2024 down 3.6% 138th School enrollment, primary, female 97.8% 2024 down 2.0% 124th School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% 2024 down 2.5% 133rd Labor force, total 948,428 2025 down 5.9% 145th Labor force, female 49.8% 2025 up 0.5% 10th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 2.1% 64th School enrollment, secondary 101.3% 2024 down 11.0% 57th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3 per 1,000 2024 down 21.1% 135th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.8% 142nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 down 44.4% 163rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 down 44.4% 151st Secondary education, teachers 12,484 2024 down 15.6% 134th School enrollment, secondary, female 102.1% 2024 down 9.0% 56th School enrollment, secondary, male 100.4% 2024 down 12.8% 58th School enrollment, tertiary 82.9% 2024 up 17.0% 23rd School enrollment, primary, private 4.2% 2024 up 158.1% 156th School enrollment, preprimary 94.6% 2020 up 10.2% 39th School enrollment, tertiary, male 67.2% 2024 up 14.6% 29th School enrollment, tertiary, female 99.5% 2024 up 18.8% 21st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 1.8% 106th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.32 GPI 2024 up 1.9% 57th Secondary education, teachers, female 10,082 2024 down 17.6% 116th Primary completion rate, female 98.3% 2024 down 1.6% 58th Primary completion rate, male 97.8% 2024 down 2.9% 60th Government expenditure on education, total 4.3% 2022 down 36.8% 89th Secondary education, general pupils 93,459 2017 down 41.2% 146th Lower secondary completion rate, total 93.3% 2024 down 6.6% 76th School enrollment, preprimary, female 94.5% 2020 up 11.6% 36th School enrollment, preprimary, male 94.8% 2020 up 8.9% 38th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 94.7% 2023 up 1.2% 74th Government expenditure on education, total 9.9% 2022 down 44.1% 152nd Secondary education, general pupils 50.5% 2017 down 2.6% 73rd Lower secondary completion rate, female 93.7% 2024 down 6.4% 79th Lower secondary completion rate, male 92.9% 2024 down 6.8% 68th Children out of school 2.7% 2024 up 39.1% 112th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 123,956 2024 up 8.1% 149th Secondary education, pupils 123,994 2024 up 2.0% 147th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 95.1% 2023 up 1.1% 70th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 94.3% 2023 up 1.4% 68th Secondary education, vocational pupils 23,901 2017 down 35.3% 106th Number of under-five deaths, male 20 2024 down 69.2% 171st Number of under-five deaths, female 16 2024 down 69.8% 171st Number of infant deaths, male 16 2024 down 70.9% 172nd Number of infant deaths, female 14 2024 down 68.9% 170th Children out of school, female 2.2% 2024 up 35.6% 129th Children out of school, male 3.2% 2024 up 41.1% 110th Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.1% 2017 up 2.4% 98th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 99.6% 2017 down 0.2% 116th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.6% 2025 down 33.5% 68th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.5% 2025 down 36.1% 98th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.6% 2025 down 31.4% 51st Primary education, teachers 92.1% 2024 down 0.8% 24th Repeaters, primary, total 0.7% 2017 down 78.1% 133rd Page 1 of 3 Next →