Lower secondary school starting age in Estonia
Estonia: Lower secondary school starting age was 13 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary school starting age in Estonia, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 13 years for lower secondary school starting age in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Estonia peaked at 13 years in 1994 and was at its lowest, 12 years, in 1970.
Estonia ranks 5th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.6 years | 12 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 6 |
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More education data for Estonia
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 8,627 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 98.1% (2024)
- Labor force, total 754,206 (2025)
- Labor force, female 49.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in Estonia?
- Lower secondary school starting age in Estonia was 13 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 13 years in 1994.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 years in 1970.
- How does Estonia rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- Estonia ranks 5th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.