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As of 15 May 2024, annual and quarterly data about the labour market are published in separate tables. The changes will primarily affect users accessing these data with a machine-to-machine interface.
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Questions about the dwelling Address of the dwelling What is the type of the dwelling? (apartment; private house; unit of a terraced or semi-detached house etc.) How many households permanently reside in this dwelling? Who is the owner of this dwelling? (type of ownership) When was this house built? (period) How many rooms does the dwelling have? What is the total area of the dwelling? (useful floor area) Is there a kitchen in the dwelling? Amenities of the dwelling (cold water; washing facilities (bath, shower, sauna); toilet; type of heating) Questions about the household List of household
The rise in retail trade volume slowed down in April
Date 28.05.2026
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Johanna Linda Pihlak, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that retail trade volume, which had grown by 7% in March year on year, did not grow as fast in April. “In April, the increase in the volume of retail trade turnover was influenced by enterprises engaged in the retail sale of automotive fuel and by stores selling manufactured goods,” added Pihlak. The turnover volume of enterprises engaged in the retail sale of automotive fuel increased again in April but at a significantly lower rate. “Compared with April 2025, the turnover volume of these enterprises was up by 3%,” said Pihlak
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The working-age population is divided into three: employees, i.e. employed persons; unemployed persons and economically inactive persons. The employed and the unemployed together form the economically active population, i.e. the labour force. An employed person is someone who worked during the reference period and was paid as a wage earner, entrepreneur or freelancer. An employed person is also someone who worked without direct payment in a family enterprise or own farm, or was temporarily absent from work. An unemployed person is someone who does not work anywhere, but who is actively seeking
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169,300 foreign and 134,900 domestic tourists were accommodated in Estonia in May. Similarly to May last year, the bigger share of accommodated guests – 56% – were foreign tourists and 44% were domestic tourists. Helga Laurmaa, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, noted that the number of foreign tourists has increased in most months this year. “The number of foreign tourists was 4% bigger than in May last year but has not yet fully recovered from the slump a few years ago,” she added. “Domestic tourism has bounced back and exceeds pre-pandemic levels. Compared with May last year, there were
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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2019, there were 82,500 amateurs of folk culture in Estonia. 59,000 of them sang in choirs or danced in folk dance groups. The most folk culture amateurs per thousand inhabitants were in Võru county and the least in Ida-Viru county.
Industrial production was down by 3.1% in March
Date 06.05.2026
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Riin Kadarik, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that manufacturing output declined in March, similarly to February. “The decline was mainly due to the 4.1% decrease in the manufacture of food products. The output of the manufacture of food products has fallen for three months now – the year-on-year decrease was 6.9% in January and 5.3% in February. The main reason behind this is the continued decline in retail trade volume and demand, coupled with inflation,” explained Kadarik. The volume of production increased in slightly more than half of manufacturing activities. Looking at the
Industrial production fell by 3% in May
Date 06.07.2026
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Riin Kadarik, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the output of manufacturing was down for the fourth consecutive month. “In May, the main reason for this was again the manufacture of food products which decreased by 3.5%. The output of the food industry has shown year-on-year decrease for five months in a row, but the decline in May was smaller than in April,” added Kadarik. In May, the volume of industrial production was up in two thirds of the manufacturing activities. “The largest manufacturing activity – the manufacture of wood – did not grow in May and remained at the same
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How great is inequality in Estonia and how is it divided? As part of the analysis, 11 person profiles were created to depict social gaps and inequality in Estonia. The profiles included a person’s household type, number of children in the household, as well as age, sex, education, ethnic nationality, place of residence, disability and its degree, income, employment, benefits received, distance between place of residence and place of work, health status and satisfaction with life.