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One of five part-time employees wishes to work more hours

Kuupäev 19.04.2012
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According to Statistics Estonia, one out of five part-time employees would like to work more hours and is ready to do that if there is such an opportunity. In 2011, there were more than 12,000 such underemployed part-time workers.

A fifth of the residents of Estonia live in relative poverty

Kuupäev 25.06.2009
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  3. A fifth of the residents of Estonia live in relative poverty
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2007 19.5% of the Estonian population lived in relative poverty, a similar amount to the previous year. The difference in income between the poorest and richest fifth of the population was fivefold, leaving Estonia persistently in the top ten of the poorest countries in Europe.

The number of foreign students has increased by nearly 50% in five years

Kuupäev 05.04.2011
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  3. The number of foreign students has increased by nearly 50% in five years
According to Statistics Estonia, at the beginning of the academic year of 2010/2011, 69,113 students were enrolled in higher education in Estonia, 128 students more than in the previous year. 1,282 foreign students from 62 countries are studying in Estonian universities. The number of foreign students has increased by 388 students compared to 2005.

The numbers of unemployed and employed persons both increased last year

Kuupäev 14.02.2025
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Tea Vassiljeva, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the average number of the unemployed in 2024 was 57,100 which is 9,400 more than in 2023. “Compared with 2023, unemployment increased in all age groups and among both men and women. The unemployment rate in 2024 was 7.6%. It was 1.2 percentage points higher than in 2023,” explained Vassiljeva. She added that female and male unemployment rates were similar – 7.5% and 7.6%, respectively. Unemployment indicators went up sharply in the first quarter of 2024. “For the rest of the year, there was gentle decline and stabilisation. The

The number of unemployed persons is at the highest level of the last 12 years

Kuupäev 15.05.2025
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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

Last year, life expectancy in Estonia was the highest ever, but there was a decrease in healthy life years

Kuupäev 04.06.2024
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  3. Last year, life expectancy in Estonia was the highest ever, but there was a decrease in healthy life years
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2023, life expectancy at birth was 79 years in Estonia. This is the highest result ever and puts Estonia ahead of the other Baltic countries. At the same time, there was a slight decrease in healthy life years.

Life expectancy in Estonia is 79.5 years

Kuupäev 28.05.2025
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  3. Life expectancy in Estonia is 79.5 years
“In 1994, the life expectancy of Estonian residents was 66.5 years, whereas by 2024 it had increased by 13 years and reached 79.5 years. In both Latvia and Lithuania, life expectancy has increased by about nine years in the same 30-year period. Life expectancy is currently 77.6 years in Lithuania and 75.6 years in Latvia,” explained Eveli Voolens, the social statistics team lead at Statistics Estonia. She added that Latvia has one of the lowest life expectancies in Europe. On the other hand, in Finland, life expectancy was already 76.7 years in 1994 and has now increased by 4.9 years to 81.6

Number of unemployed persons down by 1,500 in third quarter

Kuupäev 15.11.2024
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Tea Vassiljeva, analyst at Statistics Estonia, noted that the unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points compared with the second quarter. “The number of the unemployed was 56,300 in the third quarter, and it has been slowly declining since the beginning of the year, but there were still 1,500 more unemployed persons than in the third quarter of 2023,” she said. Compared with the second quarter of 2024, the number of unemployed persons was down by 1,500 in the third quarter. Unemployment fell particularly among men and young people aged 15–24. “There were 2,300 fewer unemployed people in

Unemployment decreased a little, employment is rising

Kuupäev 15.08.2024
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According to Statistics Estonia, in the second quarter of 2024, the unemployment rate was 7.6%, the employment rate was 69.7%, and the labour force participation rate was 75.4%.

The number of unemployed persons rose in the first quarter

Kuupäev 15.05.2024
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According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2024, the unemployment rate was 7.8%, the employment rate was 68.4%, and the labour force participation rate was 74.2%.

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