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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.

Ülo Paulus, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 2024, the construction price index was primarily influenced by the 2.9% increase in employees’ wages, which accounted for 54% of the index change. “Compared with the fourth quarter of last year, labour force was 0.6% more expensive and the cost of using building machines rose by 0.3%, while the prices of building materials were down by 0.2%,” explained Paulus. The repair and reconstruction work price index decreased by 0.5% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024

The theme of this year’s conference was “Charting New Frontiers of Official Statistics”. The directors of 40 statistical institutes in Europe discussed why and how national statistical institutes (NSIs) could go beyond the traditional function of producing official statistics, by providing additional data services and serving as data stewards in the national data ecosystem. The conference focused on the drivers of such changes in NSIs’ roles. Urmet Lee, Director General of Statistics Estonia, said that the rapid, occasionally chaotic evolution of the data ecosystem means that national

“In the third quarter, the total number of vacant and occupied posts was a little under 604,000. The majority of the posts were in manufacturing, trade, and education,” said Sigrid Saagpakk, analyst at Statistics Estonia. Vacant posts accounted for 1.6% of the total number of posts. The number of job vacancies was the highest in education (1,674), trade (1,322), and public administration and defence (1,278). The number of people leaving their job was the greatest in wholesale and retail trade. The number of people hired was the highest in education. The number of people leaving their job at

Robert Müürsepp, the national accounts team lead at Statistics Estonia, said that the fourth quarter marked the end of 10 quarters of recession. “The last time the GDP grew was in the first quarter of 2022,” Müürsepp noted. In contrast to previous quarters, the majority of activities had a positive impact on the economy. “The energy sector led the way, with value added increasing by 21%. This was followed by real estate activities and information and communication – both saw their value added rise by 5.7%. Notably, manufacturing also recovered from the crisis, growing by 0.5%. The value added

Today, Statistics Estonia presented its governance dashboards, which help state authorities, the business sector, the media and everyone else to make informed and data-based decisions.