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According to the flash estimates of Statistics Estonia, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Estonia increased 1.9% in the 2nd quarter of 2015 compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

On Wednesday, 5th of August, Walter Radermacher, Director General of Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, will be on a one-day visit to Estonia. He will meet with the Director General of Statistics Estonia, the Estonian Minister of Finance and the Members of the Statistical Council, and will deliver a public lecture.

According to Statistics Estonia, in October 2019, compared to October 2018, the exports of goods decreased by 7% and imports by 6%. The biggest decline, by nearly a fifth, was recorded in trade with non-EU countries.

On 4–5 June, the Eurostat committee estimating the correspondence of the methodology of Member States’ financial statistics to the international standards will visit Statistics Estonia.

Today, on 20 October the World Statistics Day is celebrated for the first time under the auspices of the United Nations. Statistics Estonia organises a conference “Estonian Statistics in Focus” for this occasion.

According to the Statistics Estonia, at the beginning of academic year 2008/2009, 154,481 pupils were acquiring general education, 27,239 vocational education and 68,399 students were acquiring higher education. The decrease in the total number of pupils is influenced by the number of pupils acquiring general education, which has decreased during the last decade.

Estonia’s research and development intensity indicator was 1.28 in 2016, placing Estonia 13th in the ranking of the European Union countries. Estonia is significantly ahead of Lithuania and Latvia, but still lags far behind Finland.

The 11th Population and Housing Census in Estonia ended at midnight on 31 March. The preliminary results will be published by 31 May the latest. The next census will be conducted in Estonia in 2021.