Education in Estonia 139 indicators covering education for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Population ages 15-64 62.9% 2025 down 3.3% 136th Population ages 0-14 15.3% 2025 down 4.7% 174th Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th School enrollment, primary 97.8% 2024 up 0.2% 125th Primary education, teachers 8,627 2024 up 31.2% 146th School enrollment, primary, female 97.6% 2024 up 0.1% 127th School enrollment, primary, male 98.1% 2024 up 0.4% 126th Labor force, total 754,206 2025 up 10.4% 153rd Labor force, female 49.7% 2025 up 2.0% 11th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 1.7% 63rd School enrollment, secondary 108.5% 2024 up 0.8% 28th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.4 per 1,000 2024 down 29.4% 150th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 4.8% 138th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 153rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 down 28.6% 151st Secondary education, teachers 9,391 2021 down 9.2% 141st School enrollment, secondary, female 111.4% 2024 up 3.4% 24th School enrollment, secondary, male 105.8% 2024 down 1.7% 38th School enrollment, tertiary 65.7% 2024 down 13.8% 58th School enrollment, primary, private 7.6% 2024 up 39.4% 125th School enrollment, preprimary 94.3% 2019 down 1.1% 40th School enrollment, tertiary, female 79.2% 2024 down 14.2% 54th School enrollment, tertiary, male 52.3% 2024 down 14.3% 66th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2020 up 4.6% 64th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.34 GPI 2024 up 0.1% 48th Secondary education, teachers, female 7,169 2021 down 9.9% 126th Primary completion rate, female 100.3% 2024 up 1.3% 41st Primary completion rate, male 99.6% 2024 up 1.9% 42nd Government expenditure on education, total 5.2% 2022 up 11.4% 56th Secondary education, general pupils 63,544 2017 down 33.1% 156th Lower secondary completion rate, total 98.2% 2024 down 5.5% 35th School enrollment, preprimary, female 93.3% 2019 down 1.8% 45th School enrollment, preprimary, male 95.3% 2019 down 0.6% 35th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.4% 2023 up 1.8% 19th Government expenditure on education, total 13.0% 2022 up 9.8% 91st Secondary education, general pupils 51.9% 2017 down 1.0% 31st Lower secondary completion rate, female 97.5% 2024 down 6.0% 49th Lower secondary completion rate, male 98.8% 2024 down 5.0% 32nd Children out of school 3.4% 2024 up 38.7% 107th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 89,246 2024 up 15.6% 159th Secondary education, pupils 103,245 2024 up 32.6% 152nd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.7% 2023 up 2.2% 16th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.0% 2023 up 1.4% 24th Secondary education, vocational pupils 19,102 2017 down 0.4% 115th Number of under-five deaths, male 13 2024 down 51.9% 176th Number of under-five deaths, female 10 2024 down 50.0% 178th Number of infant deaths, male 10 2024 down 52.4% 180th Number of infant deaths, female 7 2024 down 53.3% 181st Children out of school, female 3.4% 2024 up 42.6% 115th Children out of school, male 3.3% 2024 up 35.1% 108th Secondary education, vocational pupils 40.7% 2017 up 21.1% 103rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 95.7% 2017 down 8.8% 146th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.3% 2025 up 29.6% 53rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 8.0% 2025 up 27.0% 62nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 8.6% 2025 up 32.3% 44th Primary education, teachers 89.8% 2024 down 2.3% 32nd Repeaters, primary, total 0.5% 2017 — 138th Page 1 of 3 Next →