Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Estonia
Estonia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 12.48 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Estonia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Estonia is 12.48, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Estonia peaked at 12.48 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.66, in 1960.
Estonia ranks 8th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.66 | — |
| 1965 | 7.02 | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 7.25 | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 7.88 | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 8.32 | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 8.84 | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 9.31 | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 10.49 | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 11.74 | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 12.08 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 12.48 | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.84 | 6.66 | 7.02 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.56 | 7.25 | 7.88 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.58 | 8.32 | 8.84 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.9 | 9.31 | 10.49 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.91 | 11.74 | 12.08 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.48 | 12.48 | 12.48 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More education data for Estonia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,627 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Estonia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Estonia was 12.48 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.48 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.66 in 1960.
- How does Estonia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- Estonia ranks 8th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.