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Fewer and fewer people are commuting on foot and by public transport. Increasingly, people in Estonia prefer to travel to work by car

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In the last 20 years, the share of people walking to work has fallen by nearly half. There is less use of public transport, while commuting by car has risen. Tea Vassiljeva, analyst at Statistics Estonia, looked at the data and examined how the commuting habits of Estonians have changed in recent decades.

Projects supported from EU Structural Funds

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Creation of an application for transmission of administrative data Statistics Estonia received 296,380.80 euros for project “Input gateway for administrative data” under the European Regional Development Fund measure 2014-2020.12.3 “Development of offering public services”. During the project, a solution was developed for the standardised and automatic management of the submission, validation, monitoring and processing of administrative data. In the future, customers who submit administrative data under a contract will be able to access a special environment that gives an overview of each

Two out of five adults would have liked to study more last year

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According to Statistics Estonia, an estimated 80% of the population aged 20–64 participated in adult education in the previous year*. Participation in adult education is higher among women, younger age groups, people with higher educational attainment, and native speakers of Estonian. Self-development has become considerably more popular among 50–64-year-olds. At the same time, the results indicate that two out of five adults would have liked to study more.

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We serve as the reliable home of national data and give meaning and value to data. We help people understand the world better through data. Our new combined mission and vision statement above reflects Statistics Estonia’s main responsibilities: ensure the quality of data on the national level consistently provide relevant, reliable, and meaningful information. As the main data competence centre in Estonia, Statistics Estonia is also responsible for coordinating the system of classifications and for data governance in the country. Official statistics is in accordance with international

Indicators of Sustainable Development

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ISBN 978-9985-74-621-9 Inglise keeles Formaat A4. 223 lk Ilmus: 30.11.2018 How has Estonia developed in the light of the United Nations global sustainable development goals? The publication includes 87 visualised and analysed indicators. Links are drawn to the Estonian National Strategy on Sustainable Development and to several national development and action plans. The publication was prepared in cooperation with the Strategy Unit of the Government Office and field experts. While the focus is mainly on sustainable development, the publication provides a wide range of information for people

Oil shale electricity production increased last year

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According to Statistics Estonia, power plants produced 8,910 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity and 5,074 GWh of heat in 2022. Compared with the year before, electricity production increased by 21% and heat production by 8%.