Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in Latvia

Latvia: Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural was 0.3% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.3%
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
14th
of 96 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2016
All-time low
0.2%
in 2005
Years of data
15
2002–2016

Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in Latvia, 2002–2016

00.10.20.32002200920162002: 0.3 % of rural population in working age2003: 0.245 % of rural population in working age2004: 0.216 % of rural population in working age2005: 0.201 % of rural population in working age2006: 0.213 % of rural population in working age2007: 0.204 % of rural population in working age2008: 0.203 % of rural population in working age2009: 0.213 % of rural population in working age2010: 0.23 % of rural population in working age2011: 0.223 % of rural population in working age2012: 0.237 % of rural population in working age2013: 0.257 % of rural population in working age2014: 0.302 % of rural population in working age2015: 0.331 % of rural population in working age2016: 0.334 % of rural population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural population in working age.

Analysis

Latvia recorded 0.3% for working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in 2016. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 56.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in Latvia peaked at 0.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2005.

That places Latvia 14th out of 96 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in Latvia, year by year

Annual values for Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural (% of rural population in working age) in Latvia, 2002 to 2016.
Year % of rural population in working age Change
2002 0.3%
2003 0.2% -18.3%
2004 0.2% -11.9%
2005 0.2% -7.2%
2006 0.2% +6.0%
2007 0.2% -4.0%
2008 0.2% -0.5%
2009 0.2% +4.7%
2010 0.2% +7.8%
2011 0.2% -2.8%
2012 0.2% +6.2%
2013 0.3% +8.3%
2014 0.3% +17.5%
2015 0.3% +9.8%
2016 0.3% +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 8
2010s 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 7

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 11 Armenia 0.3% compare
  2. 12 Estonia 0.3% compare
  3. 13 Finland 0.3% compare
  4. 15 Luxembourg 0.3% compare
  5. 16 Germany 0.3% compare
  6. 17 Sweden 0.3% compare

See the full ranking of 96 places →

More reference data data for Latvia

All data for Latvia →

Frequently asked questions

What is working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in Latvia?
Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in Latvia was 0.3% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest working-age population with post-secondary education, rural recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
What is the lowest working-age population with post-secondary education, rural recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2005.
How does Latvia rank for working-age population with post-secondary education, rural?
Latvia ranks 14th out of 96 countries with data for 2016.
Is working-age population with post-secondary education, rural rising or falling in Latvia?
Over the last ten years it is up 56.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Latvia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural (% of rural population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in Latvia. Statizoid. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-with-post-secondary-education-rural-percent-of-rural-population-in/latvia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-with-post-secondary-education-rural-percent-of-rural-population-in/latvia/">Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural in Latvia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Working-age population with post-secondary education, rural (% of rural population in working age)
Unit
% of rural population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
96 places, 1,322 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed