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Today’s news release on the dwelling price index used the wrong data as the reference prices by mistake, which was due to problems in the analysis software. The data have now been corrected. We apologise! The revised data are shown in red, and the graph has been updated to show the correct data for the most recent quarter. Lii Kruusla, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, in the first quarter of 2026, apartment prices went up by 1.6 % and the prices of houses by 7.1 % compared with the previous quarter. “When compared with the fourth quarter of last year, the biggest rise occurred in the

Lauri Veski, the Consumer Price Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia, said that the year-on-year increase in prices has been very small in the last three months – the last time that prices rose so little was in spring 2021. “Although housing and transport costs have increased compared with August last year, the index was driven down by the decrease in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages,” explained Veski. Housing costs were influenced by the rise in the prices of refuse collection (53.6%), wood fuel (10%) and electricity (3.7%) compared with August last year. Fuels were

Compared with May 2025, the rise in the consumer price index was influenced the most by the 10.4% increase in transport costs and the 5.4% higher housing-related costs. “Prices in transport were mainly driven up by petrol and diesel fuel prices which rose by 14.3% and 32.3%, respectively. The increase in housing costs was primarily due to 9.4% more expensive electricity and the 19.5% increase in the cost of natural gas. The index rise was slowed down by the prices of clothing and footwear which fell by 3.9% in May year on year,” said Mark Herman Ilumets, consumer price statistics analyst at

Lauri Veski, the Consumer Price Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia, said that diesel fuel and petrol prices have risen to record levels due to the armed conflicts in the Middle East, and this had a significant impact on the consumer price index for March. The rise in the consumer price index in March year on year was influenced the most by the increase in the prices of food products (4.2%), transport (7%) and health products and services (11.7%). “In transport, prices were mainly driven up by the higher cost of diesel fuel and petrol. The increased prices in the health group are

Lauri Veski, the Consumer Price Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia, said that the 0.5% month-on-month decrease in the consumer price index is not unusual – there were several similar decreases last year, most recently in December. “However, the year-on-year increase in June was 2.3%, which is the smallest rate since April 2021. To an extent, this can be explained by the high index value in June 2025. But a more significant factor has been the decrease in prices in more than half of the commodity groups, including food and non-alcoholic beverages which has the biggest weight in

“Due to the armed conflicts in the Middle East, the prices of diesel fuel and petrol continued to rise rapidly, which had a significant impact on the consumer price index for April,” said Lauri Veski, the Consumer Price Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia. Compared with April 2025, the rise in the consumer price index was influenced the most by the 9.2% increase in transport costs and 3.7% higher housing-related costs. “Prices in transport were mainly driven up by the rise in diesel fuel and petrol prices – up by 39.1% and 10.3%, respectively. The increase in housing costs was due

In July, the enterprises’ confidence indicator remained the highest in trade (+10.5), although compared with June, trade enterprises have become more cautious in forecasting sales for the next three months. The indicator was +6.5 in the services sector and +0.3 in the industry sector. The confidence indicator remained the lowest in the construction sector (-14.6). As in the previous month, construction enterprises consider insufficient demand to be the main factor limiting construction activity. In addition, compared with June, there has been an increase in the share of enterprises which

In the second quarter, the prices of apartments rose by 4.5% and the prices of houses by 7.8% compared with the second quarter last year. Märt Umbleja, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, compared with the previous quarter, apartment prices went up by 4.8% and the prices of houses by 1.4% in the second quarter. “Apartment prices across Estonia have risen for two consecutive quarters following a period of decline in 2024. As an exception, apartment prices per square metre remained unchanged in Tallinn in the first quarter, with prices rising only now, in the second quarter, by 3.9

The consumer price index uses weights reflecting the average expenditure structure of Estonian residents, while the harmonised index of consumer prices also takes into account the expenditures of tourists and is comparable to the international HICP. “According to initial estimates, the decline in the HICP in November was influenced by cheaper holiday trips, airline tickets, and hotel accommodation,” stated Lauri Veski, team lead of consumer price statistics at Statistics Estonia. The consumer price index data for November will be published by Statistics Estonia on Friday, 5 December . The

Märt Umbleja, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the dwelling price index, which increased rapidly in 2021 and 2022, has continued to rise in the last three years but at a more modest rate ranging from 5.2% to 6.1%. “The increase in 2025, calculated as the average of four quarters, was 5.9% for house prices and 5% for the prices of apartments. Last year, apartment prices were up by 5% in Tallinn, by 4.1% in areas bordering Tallinn and in Tartu and Pärnu cities, and by 6.9% elsewhere in Estonia,” added Umbleja. The total value of transactions in 2025 increased year on year, both