Estonia's adult literacy rose from 99.7 % in 1989 to 99.9 % in 2011.
Estonia's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 105.5 % in 2001 to 97.8 % in 2024.
Estonia · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Estonia's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 99.9 % in 1989 to 99.9 % in 2011.
Estonia's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 96.2 % in 2001 to 108.5 % in 2024.
Estonia's tertiary enrolment rose from 58.7 % in 2001 to 65.7 % in 2024.
Estonia's children out of school, primary rose from 1,933 in 2014 to 3,091 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +3.1 pts26th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentdown −0.5 pts21st of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)up +1.1 pts24th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −0.9 pts10th of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs45th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)down −0.0 yrs18th of 145
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- Education spendingdown −0.0 pts44th of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.6 pts74th of 156*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +0.4 %17th of 135
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- Learning povertyNo data