Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Estonia
Estonia: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 97.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Estonia, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 97.8% for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Estonia peaked at 105.7% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 97.1%, in 2015.
That places Estonia 133rd out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 103.4% | 100.2% | 105.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 98.0% | 97.1% | 99.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.5% | 97.8% | 99.3% | 5 |
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More education data for Estonia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 8,627 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.36 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Estonia?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Estonia was 97.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 105.7% in 2003.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.1% in 2015.
- How does Estonia rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Estonia ranks 133rd out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.