Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Estonia

Estonia: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.6523 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.6523 GPIA
Change on year
down 2.8%
World rank
98th
of 160 countries
All-time high
0.7276 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.4779 GPIA
in 2003
Years of data
27
1998–2024

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Estonia, 1998–2024

00.20.40.60.81998201120241998: 0.541 GPIA1999: 0.517 GPIA2000: 0.513 GPIA2001: 0.491 GPIA2002: 0.484 GPIA2003: 0.478 GPIA2004: 0.479 GPIA2005: 0.493 GPIA2006: 0.485 GPIA2007: 0.489 GPIA2008: 0.504 GPIA2009: 0.523 GPIA2010: 0.544 GPIA2011: 0.542 GPIA2012: 0.536 GPIA2013: 0.529 GPIA2014: 0.546 GPIA2015: 0.574 GPIA2016: 0.643 GPIA2017: 0.68 GPIA2018: 0.7 GPIA2019: 0.716 GPIA2020: 0.728 GPIA2021: 0.714 GPIA2022: 0.703 GPIA2023: 0.671 GPIA2024: 0.652 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Estonia is 0.6523 GPIA, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Estonia peaked at 0.7276 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4779 GPIA, in 2003.

That places Estonia 98th out of 160 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Estonia, year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Estonia, 1998 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1998 0.5413 GPIA
1999 0.5167 GPIA -4.6%
2000 0.5128 GPIA -0.7%
2001 0.4906 GPIA -4.3%
2002 0.4841 GPIA -1.3%
2003 0.4779 GPIA -1.3%
2004 0.4788 GPIA +0.2%
2005 0.4933 GPIA +3.0%
2006 0.4845 GPIA -1.8%
2007 0.4887 GPIA +0.9%
2008 0.504 GPIA +3.1%
2009 0.5228 GPIA +3.7%
2010 0.5441 GPIA +4.1%
2011 0.5424 GPIA -0.3%
2012 0.5365 GPIA -1.1%
2013 0.5293 GPIA -1.3%
2014 0.5458 GPIA +3.1%
2015 0.5744 GPIA +5.2%
2016 0.6429 GPIA +11.9%
2017 0.6799 GPIA +5.8%
2018 0.6998 GPIA +2.9%
2019 0.7165 GPIA +2.4%
2020 0.7276 GPIA +1.6%
2021 0.7144 GPIA -1.8%
2022 0.7033 GPIA -1.6%
2023 0.6712 GPIA -4.6%
2024 0.6523 GPIA -2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.529 GPIA 0.5167 GPIA 0.5413 GPIA 2
2000s 0.4938 GPIA 0.4779 GPIA 0.5228 GPIA 10
2010s 0.6011 GPIA 0.5293 GPIA 0.7165 GPIA 10
2020s 0.6938 GPIA 0.6523 GPIA 0.7276 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near Estonia

  1. 95 Sri Lanka 0.6906 GPIA compare
  2. 96 Germany 0.6804 GPIA compare
  3. 97 Benin 0.6597 GPIA compare
  4. 99 Iran 0.652 GPIA compare
  5. 100 Greece 0.6504 GPIA compare
  6. 101 Rwanda 0.6476 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 161 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Estonia?
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Estonia was 0.6523 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Estonia?
The highest recorded value was 0.7276 GPIA in 2020.
What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Estonia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4779 GPIA in 2003.
How does Estonia rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Estonia ranks 98th out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Estonia?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
161 places, 2,998 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release