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European legislation on population and housing censuses Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 14–20 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1201/2009 of 30 November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses as regards the technical specifications of the topics and of their breakdowns (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L 329, 15.12.2009, p. 29–68 Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2010 of 16

Construction volume surpassed the pre-pandemic level

Kuupäev 25.11.2021
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According to Statistics Estonia, in the third quarter of 2021, the total production value of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and abroad increased by 15% year on year. Considering only the Estonian construction market, the growth in construction volume was 16%.

History of Estonian statistics

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Main events in the history of Estonian statistics 2024 Statistics Estonia focuses on reducing the administrative burden to save time for respondents. As a result , Estonia becomes the first EU country where enterprises engaged in foreign trade no longer have to report arrivals data, which decreases the reporting burden by a third, on average. Statistics Estonia hosts the DGINS conference and is recognised by the city of Tallinn for organising one of the standout events in 2024. 2023 Statistics Estonia defines a customer-centric future perspective and continues efforts to ease the reporting

Life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy have decreased

Kuupäev 25.08.2022
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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2021, life expectancy at birth was 77.2 years in Estonia. Male life expectancy was 72.8 years and female life expectancy was 81.4 years. Life expectancy has decreased for both men and women. Men can expect to live disability-free for 54.9 years and women for 58 years.

Good yield slightly compensated for harvesting losses

Kuupäev 25.01.2018
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According to Statistics Estonia, the average yield of cereals was 3,967 tonnes per hectare in 2017. This is a very good result given the weather conditions in the previous year.

Data governance

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Data is everywhere and more data are continuously generated. Without data management, the data lose much of their value. Data management is necessary to make sure that data could be quickly found and effectively used.

The quantity of sold pesticides increased by 17%

Kuupäev 11.06.2020
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According to Statistics Estonia, 752 tonnes of pesticides by active substance were placed on the market in Estonia in 2019. The majority were herbicides.

Construction volume up by 14% in the first quarter

Kuupäev 26.05.2022
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According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2022, the total construction volume of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and abroad increased by 14% year on year.