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According to Statistics Estonia, in the second quarter of 2021, the labour force participation rate was 70.6%, the employment rate was 65.8%, and the unemployment rate was 6.9%.

In April, the trade deficit was 365 million euros, which is 18 million euros more than in April 2025. Jane Leppmets, foreign trade statistics analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the year-on-year increase in total exports was influenced the most by the 19% rise in re-exports, i.e. the exports of previously imported goods. “Re-exports of fuels showed the biggest growth. The top commodities in re-exports were transport equipment and mineral products,” said Leppmets. Exports of goods of Estonian origin increased by 10% year on year and represented 61% of total exports in April. The goods of

The trade deficit in February was 426 million euros, which is 132 million euros more than in the same month of the previous year. Evelin Puura, the Foreign Trade Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia, noted that goods of Estonian origin accounted for 61% of total exports in February this year, and their share fell by four percentage points year on year. “Exports of goods of Estonian origin fell by 8% year on year. The biggest decrease – by 62 million euros – was recorded in the exports of Estonian-origin mineral products, including oil shale fuel oil and processed fuel oils,” added

Statistics Estonia will start to publish each week the number of deaths of Estonian inhabitants in the previous week and the breakdown by sex and age group. The data are updated on Tuesdays for as long as it is necessary to assess the impact of the emergency situation.

According to Statistics Estonia, in 2021, the labour force participation rate was 71.1%, the employment rate was 66.7%, and the unemployment rate was 6.2%. There were 43,100 unemployed persons, which is 4,800 less than in 2020.

According to Statistics Estonia, at the beginning of the academic year of 2010/2011, 69,113 students were enrolled in higher education in Estonia, 128 students more than in the previous year. 1,282 foreign students from 62 countries are studying in Estonian universities. The number of foreign students has increased by 388 students compared to 2005.

Conference “Small Estonia, big Europe – what do statistics show?” of Statistics Estonia and Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, is taking place today, 24 October. The conference focuses on consumers of statistics.

According to Statistics Estonia, the preliminary estimate of the population of Estonia as at 1 January 2018 was 1,318,700, which is 3,070 persons more than at the same time a year ago.