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According to Statistics Estonia, in the 3rd quarter of 2014, the total profit of the business sector was 859 million euros, 7% less than the same time a year ago.

The 2011 Population and Housing Census (PHC 2011), which began in the first minutes of 31 December, has had a flying start – during the first 24 hours, online questionnaires were completed on more than 26,000 persons. The census questionnaires can be completed online until the end of January.

Johanna Linda Pihlak , analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, compared with November 2024, turnover volume fell by 5% in grocery stores and by 1% in stores selling manufactured goods. “The turnover volume of enterprises engaged in the retail sale of automotive fuel continued to increase and was up by 13% year on year,” added Pihlak. Among stores selling manufactured goods, the biggest decrease at 10% was registered in the turnover volume of stores selling via mail order or the internet. “It is important to note that the turnover volume of Estonian retail trade enterprises does not include

Egle Raidsalu, the Enterprise Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia, said that 2025 was a positive year for manufacturing when compared with the year before. “The volume of production grew for eight months, then fell in September and October, and started to rise again in the final months of the year,” explained Raidsalu. In 2025, output increased in most of the 23 manufacturing activities. Looking at the larger industries, output increased in the manufacture of computers and electronic products (1.9%), fabricated metal products (3%), food products (0.2%), wood (0.4%) and electrical

According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2014, 83% of households in Estonia had access to the Internet at home. The gap between the younger and older population in computer and Internet use is decreasing.

In the third quarter, the total production value of Estonian construction enterprises was €1.1 billion, including €684 million worth of building construction and €455 million worth of civil engineering. Compared with the third quarter of last year, the volume of building construction was down by 1.9%, whereas the volume of civil engineering works (roads, bridges, port facilities, pipelines, communication and electricity lines, sports fields, etc.) was up by 1.6%. Merike Sinisaar, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, pointed out that after the growth in the first quarter, construction volumes

According to Statistics Estonia, more than 251,000 tourists stayed in accommodation establishments in October 2023, which is 7% less than in October last year and 8% less than in September this year. Year on year, accommodation establishments hosted fewer foreign as well as domestic tourists.

More than 62% of the estimated population of Estonia were enumerated in the e-census, based on preliminary data. The final proportion of e-census participants will be revealed after the publication of the census results in May, when the actual population size of Estonia has been determined.

Statistics Estonia has approved the questionnaire for the sample survey of the Population and Housing Census beginning at the end of this year. The final additions were questions about nationality, mother tongue and immigration.