Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia
Estonia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 97.7% 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 97.7% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia peaked at 98.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 86.5%, in 2000.
That places Estonia 16th out of 94 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 86.5% | — |
| 2006 | 97.4% | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 97.7% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 97.6% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 97.4% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 97.6% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 97.9% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 97.7% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 97.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 98.6% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 98.0% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 98.6% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 98.5% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 98.8% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 97.2% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 98.7% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 98.3% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 97.7% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.3% | 86.5% | 97.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 98.1% | 97.6% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.0% | 97.2% | 98.7% | 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 97.7% 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 98.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.5% in 2000.
- How does Estonia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Estonia ranks 16th out of 94 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release