Use of confidential data for scientific purposes
Legal persons and organisations can use for research confidential data held by Statistics Estonia. The data can be used on a safe centre computer or remotely, depending on the nature of the data and contract conditions.
Submit an application for the use of confidential data here:
A more detailed description of processing the application and data use conditions can be found in the standard “Procedure for the dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes".
Find the metadata of Statistics Estonia’s surveys here.
Term for review of application
Statistics Estonia will notify of the approval of the application within 15 work days. If the application cannot be approved because of insufficiencies in the data submitted, Statistics Estonia will contact the applicant within two work days in order to specify the details.
Prices of contract work
The person requesting confidential data shall pay for the processing of the application and, if necessary, for the preparation of data. The use of confidential data on a secure workstation is free of charge.
Contract work price list can be viewed here.
Reserving a workstation
For working with the data, workstations are set up at Statistics Estonia. To use data on a workstation computer, please reserve a time by sending an e-mail to teadlasearvuti [at] stat.eerel="nofollow" or by calling +372 625 9345. When making the reservation, please provide the location (Tallinn or Tartu), date and time (beginning and end time).
- Workstations are located in Statistics Estonia’s offices: Tatari 51 in Tallinn and in the UT Delta Centre at Narva mnt 20 in Tartu.
- Workstations are available on work days from 9:00 to 16:00. A reservation for the following day should be sent by 12:00.