Education in Estonia 177 indicators covering education for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by educational attainment level 14.6% 2025 down 9.9% 32nd Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 706 Persons 2024 up 75.6% 5th Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st Share of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 7.18 Percentage of students 2023 down 3.8% 2nd At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold and educational 17.7% 2025 down 12.8% 16th Share of students enrolled in school and work-based programmes 4.44 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 up 307.9% 4th Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by sex, age, main 0.6% 2025 — 18th Distribution of students in vocational education and training 6.31 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 up 337.0% 2nd Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 4.6% 2025 up 70.4% 11th Adults by number of children, age of youngest child and educational 94.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 7.4% 38th Level of disability (activity limitation) by sex, age and educational 13.3% 2025 up 33.0% 7th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by educational attainment level 22.6% 2025 down 3.0% 20th Expenditure on educational institutions per full-time equivalent 0.7291 Percentage of GDP per capita 2023 up 271.8% 4th First permits issued for education reasons by reason, length of 408 Person 2025 down 58.6% 37th Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and educational 7.3% 2025 down 13.1% 31st Material and social deprivation rate for children by age and 8.8% 2025 up 14.3% 24th Deaths by age, sex and educational attainment level 15,756 Number 2024 up 1.8% 42nd R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, educational 9,845 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 70.0% 40th Distribution of participation in formal education and training (last) 30.6% 2025 up 17.2% 6th Pupils enrolled in upper secondary education by programme 52,623 Number 2024 up 28.0% 39th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (excluding pensions) 42.1% 2025 down 0.7% 29th Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction 40.2% 2025 up 53.4% 9th Children in formal childcare or education by age group, duration and 50.9% 2025 down 21.9% 21st Pupils enrolled in primary education by sex and age 89,246 Number 2024 up 15.6% 39th Pupils enrolled in upper-secondary education by programme 52,623 Number 2024 up 28.0% 39th Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and educational 0.6% 2025 down 40.0% 39th Pupils enrolled in lower-secondary education by programme 50,622 Number 2024 up 37.7% 39th Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme 44,377 Number 2024 down 26.0% 40th Children in formal childcare or education by age group, duration and 50.9% 2025 down 21.9% 20th Pupils enrolled in primary education by sex, type of institution and 89,246 Number 2024 up 15.6% 39th Pupils enrolled in lower-secondary education by programme 50,622 Number 2024 up 37.7% 39th Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme 44,377 Number 2024 down 26.0% 40th Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme 44,377 Number 2024 down 26.0% 40th Pupils and students enrolled by education level, programme 52,623 Number 2024 up 28.0% 39th New entrants by education level, programme orientation, sex and age 14,150 Number 2024 up 0.7% 39th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, degree of 1.4% 2025 down 53.3% 36th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 9.5% 2025 down 26.4% 22nd Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.7% 2025 down 78.8% 27th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 7.5% 2025 down 46.0% 22nd Pupils enrolled in early childhood education by sex and age 67,636 Number 2024 down 1.5% 37th Distribution of students enrolled at tertiary education levels by sex 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Severe material and social deprivation of children by educational 4.1% 2025 up 86.4% 21st Mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex and 4,336 Number 2024 up 94.4% 40th Distribution of mobile students from abroad enrolled at education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Pupils enrolled in early childhood education by sex, type of 67,636 Number 2024 down 1.5% 37th Graduates by education level, programme orientation, completion, sex 11,153 Number 2024 up 0.5% 37th Pupils by education level and modern foreign language studied 75,859 Number 2024 down 9.6% 33rd Graduates in tertiary education by education level - women per 100 men 179.5 Rate 2024 down 9.1% 7th Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by educational 128,789 Number 2024 down 54.3% 37th Average number of foreign languages studied per pupil by education 0.9 Number 2024 down 18.2% 23rd Distribution of academic staff at education level by age groups 0.3% 2024 up 50.0% 28th Mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex and 0 Number 2024 — 4th Share of mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex 0.0% 2024 — 1st Enterprises that provided training to develop/upgrade ICT skills of 6.1% 2024 up 13.6% 29th Pupils by education level, age and number of modern foreign languages 188,588 Number 2024 up 24.3% 32nd Classroom teachers and academic staff by education level, programme 8,366 Number 2024 up 1.1% 30th Ratio of pupils and students to teachers and academic staff by 8.3 Rate 2024 down 5.7% 34th Pupils enrolled in post-secondary non-tertiary education by programme 4,272 Number 2024 down 61.4% 23rd Expected school years of pupils and students by education level 18 Number 2024 unchanged 20th Female teachers - as % of all teachers, by education level 99.1% 2024 down 0.3% 8th ← Previous 1 2 3 Next → Page 2 of 3