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Unemployment decreased in the 2nd quarter

Date 14.08.2014
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According to Statistics Estonia, unemployed persons numbered 47,000 and the unemployment rate was 6.9% in the 2nd quarter of 2014. Employment increased compared to the 1st quarter, but decreased compared to the same quarter of the previous year. This shows that Estonia is gradually facing the consequences of declining labour force.

In the 1st quarter, the rise in average wages and salaries continued to decelerate

Date 29.05.2017
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According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2017, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 1,153 euros and the average hourly gross wages and salaries 7.13 euros. Compared to the 1st quarter of 2016, the average monthly gross wages and salaries increased 5.7% and the average hourly gross wages and salaries 3.9%. The year-over-year growth in average monthly gross wages and salaries was 1.2 percentage points slower than in the previous quarter and the year-over-year growth decelerated for the fourth successive quarter.

In the 3rd quarter the average monthly gross wages (salaries) and the real wages grew

Date 25.11.2011
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According to Statistics Estonia, in the 3rd quarter of 2011, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 809 euros and the average hourly gross wages and salaries were 4.82 euros. Compared to the 3rd quarter of the previous year, the average monthly gross wages and salaries grew 6.6% and the average hourly gross wages and salaries by 4.7%.

Enterprise surveys

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Data submission in 2026 On 15 December, Statistics Estonia sends a notification to an enterprise’s email address listed in the Business Register regarding the obligations for the following year, so that the enterprise's representative can be informed sufficiently in advance about the data to be collected from them, the purpose of using such data, the principles of statistical processing and dissemination of the data, and the due date for data submission. For more information on the compilation, quality, and presentation of statistics, please visit the metadata page . To ensure sufficient

Last year, the gender pay gap decreased

Date 29.09.2015
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According to Statistics Estonia, in October 2014, the gross hourly earnings of female employees were 23.3% lower than the gross hourly earnings of male employees. The gender pay gap decreased by 1.5 percentage points compared to the previous year.

Innovativeness of enterprises continually at good level

Date 12.05.2010
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According to Statistics Estonia, the data from the innovation survey show that 48% of enterprises covered with the survey were technologically innovative in 2008 and 35% of them had implemented during the last three years organisational or marketing innovation. For a quarter of enterprises the innovativeness resulted in environmental benefits either within enterprise or for customer.

In the 1st quarter the decline in economy was 15.1%

Date 09.06.2009
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According to the first estimates of Statistics Estonia, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Estonia decreased by 15.1% in the 1st quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

Number of economic units up last year

Date 23.05.2018
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In 2017, there were approximately 158,000 economically active units. 3,000 units were added, which is as many as in 2016. Considering legal form, the picture looks different – growth in the number of companies picked up and the number of non-profit associations decreased for the first time.