Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Estonia

Gross tertiary enrolment in Estonia was 65.7% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2003.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Estonia, 2024 65.7% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 −1.9percentage points 2023: 67.6%
European Union, 2024 79.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 77.8% Middle value of 16 countries

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Estonia over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period EstoniaEuropean Union
2024 65.7% 79.5%
2023 67.6% 79.5%
2022 71.4% 79.6%
2021 73.2% 77.9%
2020 72.0% 75.0%
2019 72.7% 74.0%
2018 72.1% 72.9%
2017 72.1% 71.8%
2016 73.0% 70.5%
2015 74.6% 69.8%
2014 76.2% 68.7%
2013 75.5% 67.6%
2012 72.9% 67.4%
2011 71.0% 67.5%
2010 68.7% 66.9%
2009 67.8% 65.6%
2008 67.8% 64.5%
2007 68.8% 63.5%
2006 68.8% 62.8%
2005 68.0% 61.6%
2004 65.8% 60.0%
2003 64.2% 58.0%
2002 61.7% 55.7%
2001 58.7% 53.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.9 percentage points from 67.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 76.2%, the figure has changed by −10.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 79.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Estonia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics