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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2022, the consumer price index increased by 19.4% compared with the average of 2021. Housing-related price changes had the biggest impact on the consumer price index in 2022.

As at the end of last year, 232,400 cattle, 283,600 pigs, 49,300 sheep and goats, and 2.4 million poultry were kept in Estonia. The number of cattle fell to an all-time low. Ege Kirs, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, pointed out that meat production in Estonia was up in 2024 due to the 6% increase in pork production. “However, poultry production decreased by 3% and beef production by 5%. Sheep and goat meat production in Estonia remained very low at 400 tonnes. 42,100 tonnes of pork, 22,200 tonnes of poultry meat, and 11,800 tonnes of beef were produced,” Kirs added. The imports of meat

Today, Statistics Estonia presented at a press conference a comparative survey of household and place of residence data. The survey, taking place from May until October, is conducted to test the quality of the methodology of the register-based population and housing census. 30,000 persons will be surveyed.

According to Statistics Estonia, in June, the consumer price index increased by 0.7% compared with May 2023 and by 9.2% compared with June 2022. Goods were 9.0% and services 9.2% more expensive than in June last year.

Helle Bunder, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, explained that manufacturing output, which had shown growth for eight months, started to decrease slightly in September. “Although output increased in most larger manufacturing industries, there was a notable fall in production volumes in several medium-sized manufacturing activities. A more significant decrease occurred in the manufacture of shale oil (37.9%), machinery and equipment n.e.c. (22.2%) and beverages (21%),” she added. Bunder mentioned price cuts in September as one of the reasons for the decreased output of shale oil. “In the

On 21 December, Liina Osila started as the project manager for the Population and Housing Census at Statistics Estonia. She will be overseeing the organisation of the 2021 census.

Ülo Paulus, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, pointed out that in the second quarter, compared with the same period in 2024, the construction price index was primarily influenced by the increase in wages of workers, which accounted for 37% of the index change. However, the impact of wage growth on the change in the index was 5.5 percentage points lower than last year. “Compared with the first quarter of 2025, labour force was 0.1% more expensive, whereas the cost of using building machines and the price of building materials each increased by 1.2%. The rise in the cost of machinery was

According to Statistics Estonia, in 2020, the Dwelling Price Index increased by 6% compared to the average of 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2020, it rose by 4.8% compared to the same quarter of 2019.

Eveli Šokman, team lead of producer price statistics at Statistics Estonia, said that, compared with July 2024, the producer price index was most affected by price decreases in electricity production and in the manufacture of fuel oils. “Higher prices in the manufacture of wood and wood products and in the manufacture of food products had the opposite effect on the index. Producer prices increased by 1.1% in manufacturing as a whole; prices in the manufacture of food products continued to rise and were up by 5.2% year on year,” added Šokman. Compared with June, the producer price index in July

Eveli Šokman, the producer price statistics service manager at Statistics Estonia, said that, year on year, the producer price index declined in December after three months of trending upwards. “Compared with December 2024, the index was affected the most by falling prices in the manufacture of fuel oils and in electricity and heat energy production. Higher prices in the manufacture of wood and wood products, peat production, and the manufacture of food products had the opposite effect on the index,” added Šokman. In manufacturing as a whole, the index was unchanged year on year. In the