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The consumer price index rose by 1.4% in January compared with December

Date 07.02.2024
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According to Statistics Estonia, in January, the consumer price index increased by 1.4% compared with December and by 4.7% compared with January 2023. Goods were 2.9% and services 7.9% more expensive than in January last year.

Are there more or less than a million Estonians in the world?

Date 23.03.2023
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According to preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, the population of Estonia on 1 January 2023 was 1,357,739, an increase by 2% (or 25,943 people) compared with a year earlier. Ene-Margit Tiit, an expert in population statistics, took a closer look at how many ethnic Estonians live here and how many Estonians there are in the world.

Estonia wins 3rd prize in the European Big Data Hackathon

Date 21.03.2017
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On 13–15 March in Brussels, the Estonian team won the 3rd prize, after Croatia and France, in the "European Big Data Hackathon", organised by the European Commission statistical office Eurostat.

Internal trade

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In terms of turnover, internal trade is the largest economic activity in Estonia. It covers wholesale and retail trade as well as the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Internal trade is closely connected with other activities – the goods that people buy in shops come from factories, craftsmen and farmers. The goods are carried by transport enterprises. The consumption of products made in Estonia supports local business and also means that the goods are delivered to consumers in the most cost-effective way. Statistics Estonia publishes the following statistics about trade enterprises

Short-term labour market statistics, (2019–2020)

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Coronavirus and the ensuing economic crisis have affected the labour market also in Estonia. Since April, Statistics Estonia is publishing short-term statistics on changes in the labour market. Interactive charts give an overview of the current labour market situation on the basis of weekly data from the employment register. The charts show weekly changes in the number of employment relationships: how many were started, suspended or terminated. The time series starts from 6 January 2020, the beginning of the first full working week of the year. For comparison, the weekly data of 2019 have been

Gender pay gap is slowly narrowing

Date 22.07.2020
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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2019, the gross hourly earnings of female employees were 17.1% lower than the gross hourly earnings of male employees. The gender pay gap decreased by 0.9 percentage points year on year.