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284,300 Estonian residents at risk of poverty in 2018
Date 18.12.2019
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According to Statistics Estonia, 21.7% of the Estonian population lived at risk of poverty and 2.4% lived in absolute poverty in 2018. Compared to 2017, the share of people at risk of poverty decreased by 0.2 percentage points and the share of those living in absolute poverty by 0.3 percentage points.
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Kadi Kilgi (2022) Master’s thesis “ Predicting Hospitalization Risk Among Patients With Chronic Diseases” defended at the University of Tartu. Diana Sokurova (2020) Master’s thesis “Reducing the Reporting Burden on Health Professionals by Rolling and Two Occasions Designs” defended at the University of Tartu. Papuna Gogoladze (2019) Master’s thesis „Gender Income Gap over Life-cycle: Cross-country Analysis“ defended at the University of Tartu. Sven Erik Ojavee (2018) Master’s thesis "Estimating Ancestry Using Genome Data: The Analysis of Estonian Genome Center Data" completed at Tartu
Estonia’s research and development intensity is average among the European Union member states
Date 08.05.2018
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Estonia’s research and development intensity indicator was 1.28 in 2016, placing Estonia 13th in the ranking of the European Union countries. Estonia is significantly ahead of Lithuania and Latvia, but still lags far behind Finland.
Estonian residents live more years in good health
Date 28.06.2023
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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2022, life expectancy at birth was 78.1 years in Estonia. Male life expectancy was 73.6 years and female life expectancy was 82.3 years. Men live disability-free for 57.9 years and women for 60.6 years.
More and more men receiving parental benefit
Date 29.06.2020
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According to Statistics Estonia, 27,989 women and 3,920 men received parental benefit in Estonia in 2019. The average monthly parental benefit paid to men was a third higher than that paid to women.
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According to Statistics Estonia, the unemployment rate was 6.5% and the employment rate was 64.1% in the 1st quarter of 2016. There were no major changes compared to the 1st quarter of the previous year.
Expenditure on research and development fell last year
Date 03.12.2015
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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2014 the expenditure on research and development (R&D) in Estonia amounted to 286.7 million euros, which was 12% less than in 2013.
Introduction of renewable sources of energy has significantly reduced the share of oil shale in electricity production
Date 07.06.2012
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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2011 compared to the previous year, the electricity production from renewable sources has increased by 13%. During the last five years the share of electricity generated from oil shale has decreased by nearly a tenth. At the same time the electricity production from renewable sources has increased eight times.
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According to Statistics Estonia, the unemployment rate in was 5.2% and the employment rate was 67.2% in the 3rd quarter of 2015. The employment and unemployment figures of the 3rd quarter resemble those of the economic boom.
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