Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 18 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total rose 5.00% to 29.4% in Latvia in 2016, according to Eurostat.
Historically, Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 18 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total in Latvia reached an all time high of 29.4% in 2016 and an all time low of 16.2% in 2004.
Latvia has been ranked 17th within the group of 32 countries we follow in terms of Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 18 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 18 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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| Estonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.0% | 32.2% | 33.0% | 33.3% | 34.1% | ||||||||
| Finland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.3% | 33.2% | 33.4% | 34.2% | 35.4% | ||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.3% | 24.2% | 24.8% | 25.3% | 24.0% | ||||||||
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| Latvia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.8% | 23.6% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 26.8% | ||||||||
| Lithuania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.0% | 27.9% | 28.6% | 29.9% | 31.5% | ||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.6% | 20.4% | 21.5% | 22.5% | 23.7% | ||||||||
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