Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia
Estonia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 99.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 99.2% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over five years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia peaked at 99.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 90.6%, in 2000.
That places Estonia 7th out of 97 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 90.6% | — |
| 2020 | 98.2% | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 99.1% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.6% | 90.6% | 90.6% | 1 |
| 2020s | 98.9% | 98.2% | 99.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More education data for Estonia
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.82 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia was 99.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.6% in 2000.
- How does Estonia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Estonia ranks 7th out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release