Lithuania's adult literacy rose from 98.4 % in 1989 to 99.8 % in 2011.
Lithuania's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 103.1 % in 2001 to 100.5 % in 2024.
Lithuania · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Lithuania's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 99.7 % in 1989 to 99.9 % in 2011.
Lithuania's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 99.6 % in 2001 to 104.9 % in 2024.
Lithuania's tertiary enrolment rose from 57.3 % in 2001 to 75.6 % in 2024.
Lithuania's children out of school, primary fell from 639 in 2001 to 156 in 2024.
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- Primary completion ratedown −5.1 pts24th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +2.2 pts13th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)up +2.5 pts7th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +1.1 pts4th of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs37th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.1 yrs16th of 145
- Learning povertyup +0.2 pts2nd of 53
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- Education spendingup +0.0 pts77th of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.4 pts100th of 156*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +2.2 %38th of 135