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Working international students and graduates contributed nearly 23 million euros in taxes in the academic year 2023/2024
According to Statistics Estonia, working international students and international graduates who have stayed to work here after graduation contributed nearly 23 million euros in taxes in Estonia in the academic year 2023/2024. Although the number of international students in Estonia has decreased, their contribution to the Estonian economy has not fallen as much.
HICP flash estimate: prices up by 0.9% in August
According to the preliminary estimate of Statistics Estonia, in August 2025, the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), which includes the expenditures of tourists, increased by 0.9% compared with July. In comparison with July last year, the HICP rose by 6.2%. The HICP is a flash estimate, which will be revised based on the August price data.
Revised data: average wages and salaries were €2126 in the second quarter
According to Statistics Estonia's revised data, in the second quarter of 2025, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were €2,126, which is 5.9% higher than in the second quarter of 2024.
HICP flash estimate: prices up by 0.6% in July
According to the preliminary estimate of Statistics Estonia, in July 2025, the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), which includes the expenditures of tourists, increased by 0.6% compared with June. Compared with July last year, the HICP rose by 5.6%.
Renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions are the main drivers of Estonia’s output of environmental goods and services
According to Statistics Estonia, the output of environmental goods and services in 2023 was 4.1 billion euros. The value added of the environmental goods and services sector represented 3.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023.
Share of environmental goods and services sector in GDP up by a quarter in eight years
According to Statistics Estonia, the output of the environmental goods and services sector amounted to €5 billion in 2022. The output of goods and services in the energy efficiency and renewable energy sector accounted for nearly two thirds of this, or €3.1 billion. The share of value added of the environmental goods and services sector in gross domestic product (GDP) has increased by a quarter, or one percentage point, compared with 2014.