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Average wages and salaries were €1,959 in Q3

Kuupäev 25.11.2024
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“Looking at the wage change trend, wage growth is still slower now than in 2023,” said Sigrid Saagpakk, analyst at Statistics Estonia. Average wages in seven groups of economic activities are higher than the national average Saagpakk stated that the average monthly gross wages and salaries in the third quarter of 2024 were the highest in information and communication (€3,506), financial and insurance activities (€3,068), and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (€2,540). The lowest average monthly gross wages and salaries were seen in accommodation and food service (€1,285)

Number of unemployed persons down by 5,000 from first quarter

Kuupäev 15.08.2025
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“Compared with the first quarter, labour market indicators have improved, but remain below the figures for the second quarter of 2024,” said Tea Vassiljeva, analyst at Statistics Estonia. The analyst noted that while the unemployment rate in the second quarter (7.8%) was slightly higher than in last year’s second quarter (7.6%), it was 0.8 percentage points lower than in the first quarter of 2025. “The unemployment rate for men (8.4%) was higher than that for women (7.2%). There were a total of 59,200 unemployed persons in the second quarter, which is 5,000 fewer than in the previous quarter

5. Gender Equality

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The focus of the global goal “Gender Equality” is basic rights of women and girls and gender equality. In order to achieve the goal, it is important to contribute more, including establish legal frameworks to help reduce gender discrimination and change attitudes and social norms. The 2030 Agenda lays down ending gender inequality affecting women and girls, ending abuse against them and empowering them. The goal is to end the discrimination of women and girls as well as violence against them. It is essential to ensure that women have equal opportunities to participate at all levels of decision

Short-term statistics of enterprises, 2019–2020

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Turnover of enterprises Labour costs of enterprises Turnover of enterprises Statistics Estonia publishes short-term statistics on the turnover of enterprises. The interactive charts provide an overview of the situation of enterprises on the basis of VAT returns. The statistics cover companies liable to VAT and self-employed persons who have submitted a VAT return. Data are presented for three time periods. The longest time series start in 2005 and also cover the previous economic crisis. The shorter time series show changes since 2017, and in the case of municipalities, since 2018. The chart

Short-term statistics of enterprises (2019–2024)

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Supply of enterprises The publication of short-term statistics of enterprises ended in March 2024. . The interactive charts provide an overview of the situation of enterprises on the basis of VAT returns. The statistics cover companies liable to VAT and self-employed persons who have submitted a VAT return. There have been some methodological changes compared to the 2020 version. The chart shows the monthly supply (sum and median) of enterprises based on VAT returns (form KMD), starting from 2019. Median is the middle value, with 50% of enterprises having a supply smaller than this and 50% of

Document register

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Document register (only in Estonian) The document register contains documents, legal acts and contracts received and prepared by Statistics Estonia during its activities. Documents are registered no later than on the working day following the day on which they were received, signed or released. The public view of the document register allows viewing electronic documents that are not restricted or published in the Riigi Teataja. Documents containing personal data or registration data of documents with restricted access are not published in the document register. In the public register, a

Enterprise surveys

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Why is it necessary to submit data to Statistics Estonia? Official statistics are collected in the public interest. Statistics Estonia, as a producer of official statistics, fulfils the requirements of the Estonian state and the European Union. The exact data that Statistics Estonia collects are determined by the specific data needs of Estonia and the EU and by the list of statistical activities approved by the Government of the Republic. The statistics produced on the basis of the data provided are used by government authorities and research institutions, enterprises, international

Young workers are turning away from the information and communication sector

Kuupäev 17.07.2024
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Statistics Estonia's short-term labour market statistics show that over the past year and a half, there have been fewer young people aged 20–29 working in both the broader information and communication sector and the more specific field of computer programming. While in previous years the field of computer programming was growing mainly because of young people, in the past year their numbers have fallen.