Funding of education in Estonia
Estonia: Funding of education was 71.9 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Latest (2011)
71.9
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
16th
of 31 countries
All-time high
71.9
in 2011
All-time low
53.9
in 1999
Years of data
13
1999–2011
Funding of education in Estonia, 1999–2011
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 71.9 for funding of education in 2011. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, funding of education in Estonia peaked at 71.9 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 53.9, in 1999.
That places Estonia 16th out of 31 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Funding of education in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 53.9 | — |
| 2000 | 55.7 | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 62.2 | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 63.3 | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 63.9 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 65.3 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 66.8 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 71.2 | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 71.2 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 63.3 | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 68.2 | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 71.4 | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 71.9 | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.9 | 53.9 | 53.9 | 1 |
| 2000s | 65.11 | 55.7 | 71.2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.65 | 71.4 | 71.9 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More education data for Estonia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is funding of education in Estonia?
- Funding of education in Estonia was 71.9 in 2011, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest funding of education recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 71.9 in 2011.
- What is the lowest funding of education recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.9 in 1999.
- How does Estonia rank for funding of education?
- Estonia ranks 16th out of 31 countries with data for 2011.
- Is funding of education rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Funding of education (1995-2011). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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