According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2009 the percentage change of the construction price index was -4.7% compared to the 1st quarter of 2008. Since 1995, the construction price index fell for the first time compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
According to Statistics Estonia, the change of the consumer price index was -0.1% in October 2011 compared to September and 4.4% compared to October of the previous year.
According to Statistics Estonia, the consumer price index increased 3.5% in June 2010 compared to June of the previous year and 0.4% compared to May this year.
According to Statistics Estonia, in the 2nd quarter of 2011, 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. At the same time the continually improving comparison basis turns the growth rate slower.
According to Statistics Estonia, in January 2013, 163,000 tourists stayed in the accommodation establishments of Estonia, which was 6% more than in January a year earlier. One third more tourists came from Russia than from Finland.
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2008 tourists spent over 2.3 billion nights in nearly half million accommodation establishments of the European Union. At the same time, this decade has seen an increase in the terrorist attack risk and the economic crisis of recent years has had a significant influence on people's travel behaviour and on accommodation establishments.
The personal questionnaires of the 2011 Population and Housing Census have now been completed on more than one million permanent residents of Estonia. In the first week of the interview census, enumerators interviewed more than 100,000 people.
According to Statistics Estonia, the percentage change of the construction price index in the 3rd quarter of 2012 was 1.3% compared to the 2nd quarter and 5.0% compared to the 3rd quarter of the previous year. The quarterly change was mostly influenced by an increase in labour costs and the annual change by an increase in the cost of building materials.
According to Statistics Estonia, in the 2nd quarter of 2013 compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the total production of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and foreign countries grew 0.4%. In Estonia the construction activities increased 4%, but in foreign countries the construction volumes decreased nearly by a third.