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According to the discussions on today’s Partner Day of Statistics Estonia “How to Measure Regional Development”, the information to be collected in the course of the 2011 Population and Housing Census (PHC 2011) will provide significantly more detailed information on the necessities of the population of local governments.

Iti, a virtual assistant, is serving customers on the website of Statistics Estonia since April. Iti can respond to the most common questions of data providers and users of statistics. If Iti does not know the answer, it directs the question to customer support, based on the content asked.

Starting today, 15 December, Statistics Estonia will send out information leaflets on the Population and Housing Census (PHC 2011) beginning on 31 December. The leaflets will be delivered to all mailboxes of private individuals in Estonia – with the help of Estonian Post, the leaflets will reach more than 650,000 mailboxes.

Today, on 20 October, a conference of Statistics Estonia and the Estonian Statistical Society “Registers and Big Data in Statistics”, presenting the options of using register and big data, will be held in Viljandi.

According to Statistics Estonia, Estonian resident consumes 188 grams of potatoes a day, Latvian and Lithuanian residents 274 and 234 grams, respectively. The data are based on the European food consumption database DAFNE (Data Food Networking), which since autumn 2010 also contains data on Estonia.

Jane Leppmets, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that foreign trade in goods grew in each quarter of 2025. “Exports and imports showed the biggest growth in the first quarter, when they were up by 14% and 15%, respectively. The rate of growth was more moderate in the following quarters but still remained at 3% to 8% for exports and at 6% for imports,” she added. Exports of goods of Estonian origin grew by 4% last year The main commodities exported in 2025 were electrical equipment (15% of Estonia’s total exports), agricultural products and food preparations (13%) and wood and articles of

According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2021, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 1,473 euros. Highest were in Harju and Tartu counties, in information and communication, financial and insurance activities and the energy sector.

According to Statistics Estonia, in the third quarter of 2022, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 1,679 euros, which is 8.1% more than in the third quarter last year.

According to Statistics Estonia, in the 4th quarter of 2009 less than half of the population in age group 15–74 coped well in economic terms, two years earlier the respective figure was 60%.

According to Statistics Estonia, 85% of employees are very or rather satisfied with their job. In the last 12 months, every fifth employee has had conflicts interfering with the relations and work of enterprise and employees.