Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Estonia
Estonia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9989 LPIA in 2023. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Estonia, 1989–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 0.9989 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over five years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Estonia peaked at 0.9989 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9913 LPIA, in 1989.
That places Estonia 24th out of 100 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Estonia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.9913 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9955 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.998 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9969 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9983 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9989 LPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9913 LPIA | 0.9913 LPIA | 0.9913 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9955 LPIA | 0.9955 LPIA | 0.9955 LPIA | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.998 LPIA | 0.9969 LPIA | 0.9989 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 22 Azerbaijan 0.9998 LPIA compare
- 23 Slovenia 0.9992 LPIA compare
- 25 Czechia 0.9988 LPIA compare
- 26 Republic of Moldova 0.9987 LPIA compare
- 27 Fiji 0.9987 LPIA compare
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 primary education or higher in Estonia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Estonia was 0.9989 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9989 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9913 LPIA in 1989.
- How does Estonia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Estonia ranks 24th out of 100 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release