NationMaster - Latvian Education statistics

Duration of compulsory education	9 years	[87th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	4	[167th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	8	[11th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.8%	[36th of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	74.4%	[49th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level	48.6%	[67th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	49.3%	[82nd of 170]
Grade 12 advanced students science	488	[10th of 15]
School life expectancy > Male	11.2 years	[60th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	11.2 years	[61st of 110]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13	90%	[22nd of 28]
Students from households with calculator > Age 9	74%	[10th of 16]
Students from households with computer > Age 13	13%	[26th of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 9	21%	[13th of 16]
Students from households with more than 25 books > Age 13	92%	[3rd of 28]
Students from households with more than 25 books > Age 9	76%	[6th of 16]
Students from households with study desk > Age 9	92%	[1st of 16]
Students whose father has secondary education	41%
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	48%
Tertiary enrollment	63.1%	[8th of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; TIMSS; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija

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