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People are travelling more, but still some way to go to reach pre-pandemic levels

Kuupäev 29.03.2023

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The results of Statistics Estonia's Tourism Survey of 2022 show that Estonian residents made over a million outbound overnight trips last year, which is 90% more than in 2021. The number of overnight domestic trips was nearly 2.6 million – 16% more than the year before. In 2022, the expenditures on outbound trips amounted to over 1 billion euros and the expenditures on domestic trips to more than 178 million euros.

In November, retail trade fared better than last year

Kuupäev 31.12.2020

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According to Statistics Estonia, in November 2020, the turnover of retail trade enterprises was 655 million euros. Compared to November 2019, turnover increased by 6% at constant prices.

In November, the producer price index increased by 1%

Kuupäev 21.12.2020

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In November 2020, the producer price index of industrial output, which expresses changes in the producer prices of industrial goods manufactured in Estonia for the domestic market and for exports, increased by 1.0% compared to October and decreased by 0.9% compared to November 2019.

Experimental statistics

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The aim of experimental statistics is to seek new ways of producing statistics that would allow users quick and convenient access to relevant and necessary information.

To produce experimental statistics we use:

data linking and combining;
new data sources (e.g. electricity consumption data of Elering, data of mobile network operators);
new methods (e.g. web scraping, machine learning);
modern visualisation solutions (e.g. R Shiny and Flourish).

The output of experimental statistics may diverge from the traditional requirements of official statistics such as harmonisation, coverage

Turnover of retail trade enterprises continued to grow in January

Kuupäev 02.03.2021

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According to Statistics Estonia, in January 2021, the turnover of retail trade enterprises was 618 million euros. Compared to January 2020, turnover increased by 7% at constant prices.

At the beginning of the year, Latvia conducted a register-based census

Kuupäev 29.09.2021

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Latvia conducted a census based entirely on register data on the first day of this year, and it can be considered as a complete success. In addition to various databases, a large amount of information from private companies was used to specify and compare information, for example, on housing. The first most important result of the census: last year, Latvia had the lowest population growth in a hundred years.

Construction volumes fell, but demand for new dwellings remains high

Kuupäev 26.02.2021

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According to the preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, in 2020, the total production value of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and abroad was 3 billion euros. The construction volume decreased by 6% year on year. Considering only the Estonian construction market, the decrease in construction volume was 3%.

In February, electricity had the biggest impact on the producer price index

Kuupäev 22.03.2021

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In February 2021, the producer price index of industrial output, which expresses changes in the producer prices of industrial goods manufactured in Estonia for the domestic market and for export, increased by 1.0% compared to January and by 4.1% compared to February 2020.

In the third quarter, the construction of new buildings decreased

Kuupäev 25.11.2020

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According to Statistics Estonia, in the third quarter of 2020, the total production of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and abroad decreased by 12% year on year. Considering only the Estonian construction market, the decrease in construction volume was 10%.