Transport

The world is interconnected through transport. The sector ensures that bananas from Costa Rica reach our tables or that wooden furniture from Estonia finds a place in Finnish or Swedish homes. A great transport system is an important component of the modern living and business environment.

Transport is divided into land transport (i.e. road and rail), water transport and air transport. Together these modes influence almost all economic activities, including the service sector. The developments and demand of these, in turn, have an impact on the health of the transportation sector. Both local and international economic situation play a role.

Statistics Estonia publishes the following data on transport:

  • number of passengers carried by road, rail, sea and air transport, and freight volumes;
  • data on transport infrastructure;
  • registered vehicles and accidents;
  • economic indicators of transport enterprises.

Well-functioning transport networks promote local business and, more generally, the competitiveness of the economy. Transport indicators help to contribute to faster and more convenient modes of movement, to people and goods reaching destinations safely and without interruption, to quality of roads and environmental sustainability.

Persons killed in road traffic accidents 47
-14.5%
ASCENDING TOTAL 2022
Freight transport by road 8.19 million tonnes
39.9%
3RD QUARTER 2023
Bus passengers on domestic and international lines 40.24 million
5.60%
4TH QUARTER 2023
Passengers carried by rail 607 thousand
-5.3%
JANUARY 2024
Freight transport by rail 0.81 million tonnes
-7.3%
JANUARY 2024
Passenger cars registered in the traffic register 849,294
2.8%
2022
First registrations of passenger cars 1,448
-10.7%
FEBRUARY 2024
Goods transported through ports 5.17 million tonnes
-18.5%
3RD QUARTER 2023
Number of arrived passengers in Tallinn Airport 412,502
6.8%
3RD QUARTER 2023
International passenger transport through ports | 2nd quarter 2022 – 3rd quarter 2023
Transport of goods by railway | 2nd quarter 2022 – 4th quarter 2023
Passenger transport by bus | 2nd quarter 2022 – 4th quarter 2023
Passenger transport of transport enterprises by type of transport | 1st quarter 2022 – 4th quarter 2023
Unit: thousand
1st quarter 2022 2nd quarter 2022 3rd quarter 2022 4th quarter 2022 1st quarter 2023 2nd quarter 2023 3rd quarter 2023 4th quarter 2023
Total 32,341 41,447 41,366 44,499 45,455 51,832 48,972 52,082
Land transport 31,439 39,610 39,006 43,063 44,259 49,670 46,173 50,367
Sea transport 834 1,719 2,230 1,340 1,111 1,836 2,290 1,451
Inland waterways transport 0 14 38 .. 1 12 30 1
Air transport 67 105 92 .. 85 314 479 263

Traffic accidents with casualties on the roads | 2018 – 2022
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Traffic accidents 1,469 1,406 1,368 1,568 1,700
Traffic accidents with fatalities 64 51 56 40 50
Traffic accidents with the participation of drunk drivers 148 139 132 133 134
Traffic accidents with fatalities with the participation of drunk drivers 12 13 12 16 13
Persons killed 67 52 60 55 47
Persons injured 1,832 1,733 1,577 1,768 1,920

Revenue of transport enterprises by type of transport (quarters) | 1st quarter 2022 – 4th quarter 2023
Unit: million euros
1st quarter 2022 2nd quarter 2022 3rd quarter 2022 4th quarter 2022 1st quarter 2023 2nd quarter 2023 3rd quarter 2023 4th quarter 2023
Transport total 451.83 585.31 597.16 551.17 470.68 555.76 587.26 536.28
Road 369.19 470.56 462.30 447.83 380.27 395.48 394.28 372.86
Railways 8.98 8.62 8.07 7.51 6.05 7.06 6.76 4.86
Water transport 34.13 50.12 62.56 47.37 45.77 57.51 62.91 49.62
Air transport 39.52 56.01 64.23 48.46 38.59 95.71 123.32 108.94