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According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2023, the construction price index increased by 1.5% compared with the fourth quarter of 2022 and by 12.6% compared with the first quarter of 2022.

According to Statistics Estonia, the year-on-year growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Estonia was 4.5% in the first quarter of 2019.

According to Statistics Estonia, in the 4th quarter of 2019, there were 10,376 job vacancies in the enterprises, institutions and organisations of Estonia.

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.

Ülo Paulus, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the increase in the construction price index in 2024, compared with the average of 2023, was primarily due to wage growth, which accounted for 65% of the total index rise. “In 2024, the construction price index rose by 1.6%. Labour force was 6.3% more expensive and the cost of using building machines went up by 1.7%, while the cost of building materials decreased by 1.1%,” noted Paulus. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the construction price index increased by 0.4% compared with the third quarter. The cost of building materials rose by

“Compared with the first quarter, labour market indicators have improved, but remain below the figures for the second quarter of 2024,” said Tea Vassiljeva, analyst at Statistics Estonia. The analyst noted that while the unemployment rate in the second quarter (7.8%) was slightly higher than in last year’s second quarter (7.6%), it was 0.8 percentage points lower than in the first quarter of 2025. “The unemployment rate for men (8.4%) was higher than that for women (7.2%). There were a total of 59,200 unemployed persons in the second quarter, which is 5,000 fewer than in the previous quarter

According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2022, the construction price index increased by 4.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021 and by 19.3% compared to the first quarter of 2021.

According to Statistics Estonia, in the third quarter of 2022, there were 13,190 job vacancies in the enterprises, institutions and organisations of Estonia. This is 15% more than in the same quarter of 2021. Over 5,000 people left their jobs at the initiative of the employer.

According to Statistics Estonia, in the fourth quarter of 2022, there were 11,289 job vacancies in the enterprises, institutions and organisations of Estonia. This is 1.7% more than in the same quarter of 2021. Fewer than 7,000 persons left their job at the initiative of the employer.