Education in Estonia 177 indicators covering education for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex, type of 308,776 Number 2024 up 4.7% 34th Share of degree mobile graduates from abroad by education level, sex 0.0% 2024 — 1st Degree mobile graduates from abroad by education level, sex and 0 Number 2024 — 1st Degree mobile graduates from abroad by education level, sex and field 1,326 Number 2024 up 398.5% 33rd Distribution of degree mobile graduates from abroad at education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex and age 308,776 Number 2024 up 4.7% 34th Distribution of teachers at education level and programme orientation 2.7% 2024 down 42.6% 27th Teachers working part-time - as % of all teachers, by education level 11.3% 2024 down 32.3% 22nd Female students enrolled in STEM fields by education level 24.0% 2024 up 9.5% 3rd Distribution of mobile students from abroad with EU and non-EU 0.0% 2024 — 1st First-time graduates by education level, sex and age group 11,141 Number 2024 up 10.8% 34th Pupils enrolled in post-secondary non-tertiary education by programme 4,272 Number 2024 down 61.4% 23rd Public educational expenditure by education level, programme 477.7 Million euro 2023 up 617.3% 31st Public expenditure on education per pupil/student based on FTE by 7,008 Euro 2023 up 605.2% 16th Overall life satisfaction by sex, age and educational attainment 7.9 Rating (0-10) 2025 up 3.9% 17th Overall life satisfaction by level of satisfaction, age and 40.5% 2025 up 36.4% 13th Trust in others by sex, age and educational attainment 5.7 Rating (0-10) 2025 down 6.6% 25th Annual expenditure on educational institutions per pupil/student 7,811 Euro 2023 up 640.1% 14th Expenditure of the educational institutions by education level 532.4 Million euro 2023 up 653.0% 30th R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, educational 5,636 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2015 up 29.2% 40th Teachers (full database) — Classroom teachers (ISCED 0-4) and 8,366 Persons 2024 up 1.2% 5th Ratio of annual expenditure per student at the tertiary level and 1.9 Rate 2023 up 26.7% 10th Pupils and students enrolled by education level and programme 68,161 Number 2023 up 1.7% 34th Public expenditure on education by education level and programme 1.3% 2023 up 225.0% 2nd Pupils enrolled in vocational upper secondary and post-secondary 24,145 Number 2024 down 2.6% 28th Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex and field of 24,145 Number 2024 down 2.6% 28th Distribution of students at education level and programme orientation 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Funding of education by education level, programme orientation and 42.5% 2023 up 3,441.7% 18th Public subsidies to the private sector by education level and 0.8 Million euro 2023 — 23rd Agricultural training of farm managers 10,710 Holding 2023 down 44.2% 34th Students by ISCED level, study intensity and sex 289,934 Number 2012 down 18.3% 38th Students by ISCED level, type of institution and study intensity 289,934 Number 2012 down 18.3% 38th Participation/ enrolment in education by sex 65.9 2012 down 3.8% 10th Education and training context indicators 11 2012 up 14.6% 15th Students by ISCED level, age and sex 289,934 Number 2012 down 18.3% 38th Distribution of pupils/ students by level 237.6 2012 down 21.8% 38th Tertiary education participation 67.6 2012 up 11.6% 37th Participation/ enrolment in education (ISCED 0-4) 95.8 2012 down 2.0% 16th Tertiary students (ISCED 5-6) by field of education and sex 67,607 Number 2012 up 11.5% 36th Tertiary education graduates 204.1 2012 down 1.4% 3rd HRST with tertiary education by sex, age and field of education 319 Thousand 2013 up 25.0% 36th HRST with tertiary education by age and field of education 319 Thousand 2013 up 25.0% 36th Pupil/ student - teacher ratio and average class size (ISCED 1-3) 12.5 2012 up 0.8% 18th Participation of foreign students in tertiary education (ISCED 1997) 2.82 Thousand 2012 up 520.9% 33rd Graduations in ISCED 3 to 6 by field of education and sex 3,971 Number 2012 down 35.1% 33rd Students in ISCED 1-3 by modern foreign language studied 73,813 Number 2012 down 39.0% 31st Students in ISCED 1-3 by number of modern foreign languages studied 72,442 Number 2012 down 33.3% 34th Graduation from tertiary education (ISCED 1997) by sex, level and 11.5 Thousand 2012 up 28.1% 40th Participation in tertiary education (ISCED 1997) by sex, level and 67.61 Thousand 2012 up 6.3% 39th Financial aid to students 4.2% 2011 down 22.2% 28th Funding of education 71.9% 2011 up 15.6% 21st Expenditure on public educational institutions 4,074 2011 up 122.3% 31st Expenditure on public and private educational institutions 4,426 2011 up 57.0% 27th Students going abroad by level of education and destination 2,610 2012 — 37th Foreign students by level of education and country of destination 4,603 2012 — 38th Tertiary students (ISCED 5-6) by country of citizenship 2,819 Number 2012 — 32nd Foreign students by level of education and country of origin 2,406 2012 — 30th ← Previous 1 2 3 Page 3 of 3