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Today, on 14 November, Statistics Estonia presented an overview on how the trial census of the Register-Based Population and Housing Census was carried out and what the results of the trial census revealed about the presence and quality of dwelling data in registers.

According to Statistics Estonia, today, on 18 May, Eurostat released a report which assesses the impact of euro changeover on the Estonian Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices.

According to Statistics Estonia, in the 2nd quarter of 2012, the net sales, costs and total profit of the business sector increased compared to the previous quarter as well as to the same quarter of the previous year.

Today, on 31 March, Statistics Estonia holds a meeting with the representatives of chief and authorised processors of registers and databases. The participants will discuss how well the registers are prepared for the register-based population and housing census in 2020/2021.

According to Statistics Estonia, in connection with a fault that occurred in the electricity supply system of the State Infocommunication Foundation today, access to Statistics Estonia’s web services was suspended.

According to Statistics Estonia, population density is the highest in the Lasnamäe district of Tallinn city, specifically in the Linnamäe-Kärberi streets area with 15,800 inhabitants per square kilometre, as shown by the 1 km x 1 km grid map of population density created on the basis of the 2011 Population and Housing Census.

Krista Vaikmets, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that there was a year-on-year increase in average monthly gross wages in all counties, but the extent of the wage growth varied regionally. “The increase in average gross wages was the biggest in Ida-Viru county (8%) and Hiiu county (7%) and somewhat more modest in Põlva, Jõgeva and Valga counties, where the rise in wages was around 4%,” said Vaikmets. At the county level, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were still the highest in Harju county (2,488 euros), followed by Tartu county (2,285 euros). In both of these

Krista Vaikmets, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that wage growth was stable at 5 to 6%. “Year on year, wages have increased in all counties, with the greatest increase registered in Rapla and Järva counties where the rise in gross wages and salaries was about 7%. The increase in average monthly wages was the smallest in Viljandi and Tartu counties – about 5%,” said Vaikmets. In the first quarter, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were again the highest in Harju county (2,405 euros), rising by 6.3% year on year, and in Tartu county (2,129 euros), growing by 5.3% year on

There is much value in the knowledge that the unemployment rate in Estonia was 6.6% in the second quarter of 2026, or that prices in September were 3.5% higher than in the same month a year ago. But we need comparative data on other countries to assess whether our indicators are exceptional or normal, whether the changes in Estonia are faster or slower than in other countries, and what we could learn from other countries’ experience. For a small country, comparisons are especially valuable. With a population of just 1.3 million, Estonia cannot always rely on its own experience when making