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Johanna Linda Pihlak, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the rise in the volume of retail trade turnover in October was mainly driven by enterprises engaged in the retail sale of automotive fuel and stores selling manufactured goods. “The decline in the turnover volume of grocery stores slowed in October, falling by 3% compared with October 2024. The drop in their volume of turnover was influenced by the rise in food prices,” Pihlak added. The turnover volume of enterprises engaged in the retail sale of automotive fuel increased by 25% compared with October last year. The rise in

In the first quarter, the prices of apartments rose by 2.7% and the prices of houses by 8.9% compared with the same quarter last year. Märt Umbleja, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, compared with the previous quarter, apartment prices went up by 1.8% and the prices of houses by 5.4% in the first quarter of 2025. “Compared with the fourth quarter of 2024, square metres prices remained at the same level only for apartments in Tallinn city. Prices increased for apartments in areas bordering Tallinn and in Tartu and Pärnu cities, and in the rest of Estonia – apartment prices in

Sigrid Saagpakk, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the average monthly gross wages and salaries in 2024 were the highest in Tallinn (€2,325) and in Harju (€2,218) and Tartu (€1,995) counties. “Compared with 2023, the biggest increase in wages and salaries was seen in Hiiu (9.9%) and Ida-Viru (9.7%) counties. Wages and salaries rose by more than 6.5% in all Estonian counties,” the analyst stated. The highest average wages and salaries in 2024 were found in information and communication, at €3,484. “This was followed by financial and insurance activities (€3,127) and electricity, gas

Environmental goods and services refer to production activities which have as their main purpose the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution and of any other degradation of the environment, as well as the safeguarding of natural resources against depletion. In the renewable energy field, for example, the relevant goods and services include solar panels and wind turbines as well as their installation and maintenance, but also the production of renewable energy and related energy carriers. In the circular economy and waste management domain, the environmental goods include, for

In Estonia, the general government sector comprises three sub-sectors: central government, local governments, and social security funds. The central government sub-sector includes state budget units, foundations, and legal entities governed by public law. The local government sub-sector includes city and rural municipality governments with their subsidiary units, and foundations. Pauline Kommer, team lead of government finance statistics at Statistics Estonia, said that both the central government and local governments ended 2024 in deficit. “The deficit was 553.9 million euros for the central

Johanna Linda Pihlak, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that retail trade volume started to grow again in January this year and the growth continued in February. “The growth rate, however, was slightly slower in February than in January,” she added. In February, the increase in the volume of retail trade turnover was influenced by enterprises engaged in the retail sale of automotive fuel and by stores selling manufactured goods. Compared with February 2025, the volume of turnover grew by 17% in enterprises engaged in the retail sale of automotive fuel and by 8% in stores selling manufactured

Tea Vassiljeva, analyst at Statistics Estonia, explained that there were 64,200 unemployed persons in the first quarter of 2025, which is the highest value of this indicator in the last 12 years. “The number of the unemployed increased by 5,300 compared with the same quarter of last year. The unemployment rate rose to 8.6%, which is 0.8 percentage points more than a year earlier and 1.2 percentage points more than in the fourth quarter of last year,” noted Vassiljeva. The unemployment rate was 9% for men and 8.2% for women. “Ida-Viru county was the only region where the unemployment rate

Kadri Rootalu, the service manager of population and education statistics at Statistics Estonia, said that the demographic trends of recent years continued in 2025. “Last year, over 6,000 more people died than were born. Emigration remained at the level of 2024, but immigration decreased. Net migration was negative for the first time since 2014. The population of Estonia declined by 7,041 overall,” explained Rootalu. The number of births was under 10,000 for the second time in history 9,092 children were born in 2025, which is 6% less than in 2024. “Compared with 2024, there were 600 fewer