Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Lithuania

Gross tertiary enrolment in Lithuania was 75.6% in 2024.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lithuania, 2024 75.6% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 −1.4percentage points 2023: 77.0%
European Union, 2024 79.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 77.8% Middle value of 16 countries

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Lithuania over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period LithuaniaEuropean Union
2024 75.6% 79.5%
2023 77.0% 79.5%
2022 76.9% 79.6%
2021 75.0% 77.9%
2020 73.6% 75.0%
2019 75.1% 74.0%
2018 77.4% 72.9%
2017 76.5% 71.8%
2016 74.1% 70.5%
2015 72.1% 69.8%
2014 72.0% 68.7%
2013 74.4% 67.6%
2012 79.8% 67.4%
2011 84.1% 67.5%
2010 86.6% 66.9%
2009 89.3% 65.6%
2008 85.7% 64.5%
2007 82.5% 63.5%
2006 82.5% 62.8%
2005 79.7% 61.6%
2004 74.9% 60.0%
2003 69.6% 58.0%
2002 63.1% 55.7%
2001 57.3% 53.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.4 percentage points from 77.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 72.0%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 79.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Lithuania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics