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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
Article
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2019, Estonian museums were visited slightly more than 3.5 million times, which is 100,000 visits more than the year before.
Gender pay gap is slowly narrowing
Date 22.07.2020
Article
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2019, the gross hourly earnings of female employees were 17.1% lower than the gross hourly earnings of male employees. The gender pay gap decreased by 0.9 percentage points year on year.
More and more men receiving parental benefit
Date 29.06.2020
Article
According to Statistics Estonia, 27,989 women and 3,920 men received parental benefit in Estonia in 2019. The average monthly parental benefit paid to men was a third higher than that paid to women.
Producer price index increased in June
Date 22.07.2019
Article
In June 2019, the change in the producer price index of industrial output was 0.1% compared to May 2019 and 0.5% compared to June 2018.
Growth of industrial production came to a halt in June
Date 02.08.2022
Article
According to Statistics Estonia, in June, the total production of industrial enterprises increased by 0.4% at constant prices compared with June 2021. Output increased in two of the three sectors – by 18.4 in electricity production and by 28.9% in mining –, but fell by 2.5 in manufacturing.
In June, the consumer price index was still affected the most by fuel-related price increases
Date 07.07.2022
Article
According to Statistics Estonia, in June, the consumer price index increased by 2.7% compared to May, and by 21.9% compared to June 2021. Goods were 17.9% and services 29.7% more expensive than in June last year.
Article
According to the preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, in October 2018, the gender pay gap was present in all economic activities. The pay gap was biggest in financial and insurance activities (32.2%) and smallest in transportation and storage (1.9%).
Social protection expenditure on the rise
Date 18.06.2018
Article
In 2017, the social protection field was mostly characterised by growth trends: the average old-age pension exceeded 400 euros, labour market measures are being used more and there is a greater variety of them, the expenditure on family allowances increased and new allowances for large families were added. The number of old-age pensioners and subsistence benefit recipients has declined.