Latvia
Europe & Central Asia · High income· 1.86M inhabitants
Last updated: November 1, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Latvia
Latvia exhibits a mixed education futures readiness profile. Some GEFRI dimensions are above the global average, but none stand out as models of global excellence. Sustained and strategic effort is needed to elevate all dimensions and ensure a leadership position in the emerging landscape of education and innovation.
Composite GEFRI Score
69.26
80th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity87.66
Above global avg. · 82nd %-tile
Infrastructure74.02
Above global avg. · 79th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance70.35
Above global avg. · 83rd %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Human Capital60.28
Above global avg. · 85th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation54.00
Above global avg. · 76th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: Europe & Central Asia
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denmark | 82.72 |
| 3 | 2 | Netherlands | 79.50 |
| 6 | 3 | Switzerland | 78.78 |
| 8 | 4 | Sweden | 77.99 |
| 10 | 5 | United Kingdom | 77.59 |
| 11 | 6 | Finland | 77.58 |
| 12 | 7 | Austria | 77.38 |
| 13 | 8 | Germany | 77.04 |
| 14 | 9 | Norway | 76.90 |
| 15 | 10 | France | 76.11 |
| 20 | 11 | Estonia | 73.95 |
| 21 | 12 | Portugal | 73.86 |
| 22 | 13 | Czechia | 72.79 |
| 23 | 14 | Iceland | 72.58 |
| 24 | 15 | Slovenia | 72.40 |
| 25 | 16 | Lithuania | 72.38 |
| 26 | 17 | Belgium | 72.24 |
| — | — | Monaco(microstate) | 72.06 |
| 27 | 18 | Ireland | 71.86 |
| 28 | 19 | Poland | 71.55 |
| 29 | 20 | Spain | 70.94 |
| 30 | 21 | Luxembourg | 70.92 |
| 32 | 22 | Italy | 70.58 |
| 33 | 23 | Greece | 70.36 |
| 35 | 24 | Cyprus | 69.97 |
| — | — | Channel Islands(microstate) | 69.90 |
| — | — | Isle of Man(microstate) | 69.40 |
| 36 | 25 | Latvia | 69.26 |
| — | — | Liechtenstein(microstate) | 68.87 |
| — | — | Faroe Islands(microstate) | 68.81 |
| 37 | 26 | Hungary | 67.00 |
| — | — | Greenland(microstate) | 66.85 |
| 38 | 27 | Croatia | 66.82 |
| — | — | Andorra(microstate) | 65.72 |
| — | — | San Marino(microstate) | 65.04 |
| — | — | Gibraltar(microstate) | 64.69 |
| 40 | 28 | Bulgaria | 64.26 |
| 43 | 29 | Moldova | 63.71 |
| 45 | 30 | Serbia | 63.53 |
| 46 | 31 | Turkiye | 62.81 |
| 48 | 32 | Slovak Republic | 62.07 |
| 51 | 33 | Montenegro | 61.21 |
| 53 | 34 | Armenia | 60.65 |
| 55 | 35 | Russian Federation | 60.36 |
| 57 | 36 | Albania | 59.96 |
| 58 | 37 | Kosovo | 59.54 |
| 59 | 38 | North Macedonia | 59.53 |
| 60 | 39 | Kazakhstan | 59.36 |
| 63 | 40 | Georgia | 59.09 |
| 65 | 41 | Belarus | 57.96 |
| 66 | 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.65 |
| 70 | 43 | Uzbekistan | 56.74 |
| 77 | 44 | Romania | 54.62 |
| 79 | 45 | Kyrgyz Republic | 54.12 |
| 84 | 46 | Ukraine | 53.20 |
| 95 | 47 | Turkmenistan | 50.01 |
| 100 | 48 | Tajikistan | 49.38 |
| 104 | 49 | Azerbaijan | 48.36 |