Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia
Estonia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9077 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia, 1989–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia stood at 0.9077 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia peaked at 1 LPIA in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.6243 LPIA, in 1989.
That places Estonia 30th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.6243 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7423 LPIA | +18.9% |
| 2004 | 1 LPIA | +34.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8971 LPIA | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8639 LPIA | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8825 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9033 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9088 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9013 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9066 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8872 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8825 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8904 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8916 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9046 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8765 LPIA | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9019 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9077 LPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6243 LPIA | 0.6243 LPIA | 0.6243 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8773 LPIA | 0.7423 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8974 LPIA | 0.8825 LPIA | 0.9088 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8954 LPIA | 0.8765 LPIA | 0.9077 LPIA | 3 |
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 upper secondary education or in Estonia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia was 0.9077 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 LPIA in 2004.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6243 LPIA in 1989.
- How does Estonia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Estonia ranks 30th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release