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Parental benefit gender gap was the lowest ever (Corrected on 30.06.2022)

Kuupäev 29.06.2022
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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2021, the average monthly parental benefit was 1,205 euros for women and 1,463 euros for men. Last year, a total of 38,882 persons received parental benefit and a third of them were men.

Positive trends in retail trade continued in June

Kuupäev 30.07.2021
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According to Statistics Estonia, in June 2021, the turnover of retail trade enterprises was 780 million euros. Compared to June 2020, turnover increased by 12% at constant prices.

Gender pay gap

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Gender pay gap refers to the difference between the average gross hourly wages and salaries of male and female employees by economic activity at the letter code level. Part-time employees' earnings are also taken into account when comparing gross hourly wages and salaries. Hourly wages and salaries are used to calculate the gender pay gap on the basis of a pan-European methodology. The gender pay gap is calculated by subtracting the average gross hourly wages and salaries of female employees from those of male employees and dividing the difference by the average gross hourly wages and salaries

In March, industrial production increased compared to the previous year

Kuupäev 30.04.2015
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According to Statistics Estonia, in March 2015, the production of industrial enterprises increased by 1% compared to March of the previous year. Production increased in manufacturing, but decreased in mining and energy production.

Total number of pupils is decreasing

Kuupäev 26.02.2009
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According to the Statistics Estonia, at the beginning of academic year 2008/2009, 154,481 pupils were acquiring general education, 27,239 vocational education and 68,399 students were acquiring higher education. The decrease in the total number of pupils is influenced by the number of pupils acquiring general education, which has decreased during the last decade.

Statistics Estonia is suspending interviewers’ home visits

Kuupäev 12.03.2020
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In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Statistics Estonia is suspending interviewers’ home visits related to personal surveys and will collect data by phone or web interviews until the end of April.