Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia
Estonia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9185 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
Estonia recorded 0.9185 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia peaked at 0.9342 LPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6286 LPIA, in 1989.
That places Estonia 28th out of 103 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 | 0.6286 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.7578 LPIA | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8946 LPIA | +18.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8702 LPIA | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8861 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9131 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9317 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9202 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9232 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9267 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9215 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9201 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9215 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9342 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8639 LPIA | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9224 LPIA | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9082 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9185 LPIA | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6286 LPIA | 0.6286 LPIA | 0.6286 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8522 LPIA | 0.7578 LPIA | 0.8946 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9236 LPIA | 0.9131 LPIA | 0.9342 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9032 LPIA | 0.8639 LPIA | 0.9224 LPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Estonia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Estonia was 0.9185 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 0.9342 LPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6286 LPIA in 1989.
- How does Estonia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Estonia ranks 28th out of 103 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 down 0.5%. 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, 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