Estonia

Education Statistics

Participation in Education
School Level	Male	Female	Total
Primary	96.3%	97.5%	96.8%
Lower Secondary	92.3%	93.9%	93.1%
Upper Secondary	90.2%	91.7%	91.0%

Key Education Indicators
Indicators	Total
Pupil to teacher ratio (primary)	12:1
Percentage of repeaters (primary)	0.54%
Primary to secondary transition rate	99.6%

Literacy Rates
Age Group	Male	Female	Total
15 to 24 years	99.9%	99.9%	99.9%
15 years and older	99.8%	99.9%	99.9%

Public Expenditure on Education
Percentage	Total
As % of GDP	5.2%
As % of total government expenditure	12.3%

This information was sourced in 2014 from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (www.uis.unesco.org) using the most recent data available in these categories: Adjusted net enrolment rate by level of education, Pupil-teacher ratio by level of education (headcount basis), Percentage of repeaters in primary education, Transition rate from primary education, Literacy rate, Expenditure on education as % of GDP (from government sources), and Expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure (all sectors).