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The population figure shows how many people live in Estonia at the beginning of the year. The population includes Estonian citizens as well as foreign nationals and stateless persons residing in the country. A person is considered a resident if they have lived in Estonia for at least one year or intend to live here for at least one year.
Retail trade volume up by 5% in June
Date 31.07.2025
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Johanna Linda Pihlak, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the rise in retail trade volume in June was influenced by stores selling manufactured goods and by enterprises engaged in the retail sale of automotive fuel – the turnover volume of each was up by 12% year on year. “However, the turnover volume of grocery stores continued to decline, falling by 4% compared with June last year,” Pihlak added. Among stores selling manufactured goods, the biggest increase at 22% was registered in the turnover volume of other specialised stores selling predominantly computers and their accessories
Volume of industrial production up by 0.9% in May
Date 04.07.2025
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Helle Bunder, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, in April, the volume of industrial production increased in most major manufacturing activities, while in May output rose in just a few of the main industries. “Looking at the larger industries, output increased marginally, by less than one percent, in the manufacture of wood (0.6%) and food products (0.3%). Among the major activities, output decreased in the manufacture of fabricated metal products (5.4%), electrical equipment (3.9%) and computers and electronic products (12.6%),” noted Bunder. In May this year, 65.5% of the total
Enumerators start verifying census data
Date 16.03.2012
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This week, enumerators start visiting those dwellings where the e-census questionnaires were incomplete or contained contradictory information. There are almost 70,000 cases of this kind.
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Number of unemployed down by 9,200 from last year
Date 16.05.2022
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According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2022, the labour force participation rate was 73.1%, the employment rate was 69%, and the unemployment rate was 5.5%*.
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Industrial production grew by 4% in April
Date 05.06.2025
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Helle Bunder, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that April data show that the growth in manufacturing output has become broad-based. “In April, the volume of industrial production increased in most manufacturing activities. Looking at the larger industries, output grew in the manufacture of wood (3.1%), electrical equipment (7.3%), fabricated metal products (6.6%), and food products (6.1%),” said Bunder. Among the major industries, there was a decline in output in the manufacture of chemical products (7.6%) and computers and electronic products (3.2%). In April 2025, 65.2% of the