Sustainable development indicators
The statistical activity includes data that allow to monitor how Estonia is moving towards both the global sustainable development and the goals set in the strategy “Sustainable Estonia 21”. The 17 sustainable development goals and 169 targets provide guidance in the protection of people and the environment, as well as in the achievement of well-being. | |
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Data for indicators are compiled on a cross-sectoral level. | |
Definitions of the indicators are available here: the sustainable development of Estonia. | |
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Estonia as a whole Estonian counties | |
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Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month). | |
All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar. |
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Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Multidomain statistics / Sustainable development and Estonia 2035 development strategy” in the following table: SN11: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ACCORDING TO UN GOALS | |
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An overview of the sustainable development domain can be obtained from the sustainable development dashboard (https://juhtimislauad.stat.ee/dashboard/7), where all indicators are presented as data graphs. Sustainable development indicators are also presented in Statistics Estonia's application the Tree of Truth (https://tamm.stat.ee/?lang=en). In 2018, the sustainable development compilation "Sustainable Development Indicators" was published, available here: https://www.stat.ee/sites/default/files/2020-08/Indicators_of_sustainable_development.pdf | |
The selection of indicators is based on the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the global sustainable development goals (https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda). | |
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To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act. | |
Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions. |
Government Office The Commission for Sustainable Development | |
Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys. | |
The Commission for Sustainable Development approved the relevant indicators for Estonia to monitor progress towards the goals. |
The national and international comparability of sustainable development indicators varies by indicator. | |
The data are comparable over time. | |
When comparing statistics with data from other sources, differences in methodology, especially in the data collection method should be considered. | |
The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent. |
The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia. | |
The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available. |
SURVEY DATA Not used ADMINISTRATIVE DATA Data are received from the Estonian Environment Agency, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Finance, National Institute for Health Development, Health Board, Labour Inspectorate, Institute of Economic Research, and National Heritage Board of Estonia. Data from the databases of Eurostat, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and other international organizations are also used. DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Data from statistical activities 10001 "Environmental trends", 10106 “Environmental goods and services sector accounts”, 10401 “Waste management”, 10503 “Sales of pesticides”, 20206 “Energy consumption and production (annual)”, 10601 “Material flow accounts“, 20506 "Information technology in households", 21108 “Gender pay gap”, 21214 “Crop farming”, 21303 “Government finance”, 21401 “National accounts (annual)”, 21701 “Research and development”, 22025 "Traffic accidents", 30101 “Population”, 30205 “Vital events. Deaths and causes of death”, 30206 “Vital events. Births”, 40003 "Estonian Social Survey", 40009 "Income, poverty and material deprivation", 41001 "Social exclusion – Laeken indicators", 40422 “Participation in culture”, 40612 “Health”, and 40013 “Labour Force Survey” are used. | |
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Administrative data are either obtained from the websites of the data sources or received by e-mail. | |
The data are compared with the data of previous periods or other surveys. | |
Mainly aggregated data from other statistical activities and administrative sources are used. Variables which were not collected but which are necessary for producing the output are also calculated. | |
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