Volume of industrial production increased by 1.7% in 2025

Egle Raidsalu, the Enterprise Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia, said that 2025 was a positive year for manufacturing when compared with the year before. “The volume of production grew for eight months, then fell in September and October, and started to rise again in the final months of the year,” explained Raidsalu.

In 2025, output increased in most of the 23 manufacturing activities. Looking at the larger industries, output increased in the manufacture of computers and electronic products (1.9%), fabricated metal products (3%), food products (0.2%), wood (0.4%) and electrical equipment (3.8%). Among the major industries, the volume of production decreased in the manufacture of other machinery and equipment n.e.c. (6.5%) and shale oil (0.4%).

66.3% of the total production of manufacturing was sold to the external market in 2025. Compared with 2024, export sales increased by 3.3% and domestic sales by 6.1% at current prices according to working-day adjusted data

In December 2025, the volume of industrial production at constant prices was at a similar level as in December 2024 – total industrial production was up by 0.2% and manufacturing production by 0.4%.

In December compared with November, the seasonally adjusted total industrial production fell by 1.8% and the production of manufacturing by 2.4%.

In energy production, the volume of electricity production (in megawatt-hours) decreased by 21.8% and the production of heat increased by 0.4% in December.

The volume index and trend of production in manufacturing, January 2015 – December 2025 (2021 = 100)

Volume index of industrial production – an index that expresses the change in the volume of industrial production at constant prices compared with the base period. The producer price index is used for calculating the production values at constant prices.

Value index of industrial sales – an index that expresses the change in the value of sold industrial production at current prices compared with the base period.

Industry is the largest sector of the economy and an important driver of economic growth. The index of industrial production covers the economic indicators of three industrial activities: mining, energy production, and manufacturing.

Statistics Estonia performs the statistical activity “Production indices” for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications with the aim to determine the economic situation in Estonia.

Data as at 5 February 2026 are published. The indicator values may change if there are any revisions made in the data sources after this date.

Information about various industrial activities can be found on the business dashboards. See also the industrysection on our website. More detailed data have been published in the statistical database.

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