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What is official statistics? Official statistics are public information that reflect the social situation and changes in the society. Official statistics are produced on the basis of the Official Statistics Act and in accordance with the principles and quality criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The production of official statistics is guided by the needs of the society or the European Union statistical programme. The statistics are produced under the official statistical programme or as contract work outside the programme . Official

Decline in the economy continued in the 2nd quarter

Date 12.08.2009
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According to Statistics Estonia, by flash estimates, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Estonia decreased by 16.6% in Estonia in the 2nd quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

Information leaflets on the census will be sent to every household

Date 15.12.2011
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Starting today, 15 December, Statistics Estonia will send out information leaflets on the Population and Housing Census (PHC 2011) beginning on 31 December. The leaflets will be delivered to all mailboxes of private individuals in Estonia – with the help of Estonian Post, the leaflets will reach more than 650,000 mailboxes.

Eurostat Committee will visit Estonia

Date 01.06.2009
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On 4–5 June, the Eurostat committee estimating the correspondence of the methodology of Member States’ financial statistics to the international standards will visit Statistics Estonia.

Representatives of 142 ethnic nationalities live in Estonia

Date 23.09.2011
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According to Statistics Estonia, by the data of the last, 2000 Population Census, five bigger ethnic groups and over a hundred representatives of various ethnic nationalities live in Estonia.

Statistics Estonia starts to search for employees of the Population Census

Date 02.06.2011
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Starting from today, the persons interested in working for the 2011 Population and Housing Census can register on the website of Statistics Estonia, so that they could be contacted when the job competition has been announced. Large-scale recruitment competitions will be announced in autumn.