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A country’s greatest wealth is the people who live there. Knowing who make up the country's population tells us also about its past, present and future. Population includes all people living in the country, including foreign nationals and stateless persons. Population indicators show the breakdown of people living in Estonia by sex, age, nationality and educational level as well as where they come from. In Estonia, it is necessary to make sure that future generations will continue to sustain local life. The main population indicators are the following: population figure as at the beginning of

Industrial enterprises are recovering from the crisis

Date 08.07.2021
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​Industry is the largest sector of the economy and an important driver of economic growth. The index of industrial production covers the economic indicators of three industrial activities: mining, energy production and manufacturing. Helle Bunder, analyst at Statistics Estonia, noted that May was the month last year when manufacturing volumes decreased the most due to the coronavirus pandemic. “In connection with the low reference base, manufacturing production has increased by 18.5% year on year,” said Bunder. Production increased in all manufacturing activities. Among the activities with

The number of tourists in accommodation establishments increased in October

Date 08.12.2022
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According to Statistics Estonia, in October 2022, Estonian accommodation establishments served nearly 270,000 tourists, which is 19% more than in October last year. The number of foreign tourists* rose, while the number of domestic tourists fell.

The rise in industrial production volumes slowed down in January

Date 10.03.2022
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According to Statistics Estonia, in January 2022, the total production of industrial enterprises increased by 1.4% compared to January 2021. Production increased by 1.8% in manufacturing and by 3.9% in mining. Energy production was almost at the same level and grew by just 0.2% year on year.

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The main task of Statistics Estonia is to provide reliable and objective information about Estonia. In order to do that, Statistics Estonia collects data from databases, enterprises and individuals. For nearly half of the questionnaires, we use data from databases, but in order to produce statistics, we also need information that is not available there. Therefore, respondents, both enterprises and individuals, have a crucial role to play in producing reliable statistics. The data submitted to Statistics Estonia are carefully protected. We use the data only for the production of official

The number of people who are at risk of poverty decreased

Date 18.12.2020
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According to Statistics Estonia, 2.3% of the population of Estonia lived in absolute poverty and 20.7% lived at risk of poverty in 2019. Compared to 2018, the share of people at risk of poverty fell by one percentage point. The share of people living in absolute poverty rose by 0.1 percentage point.

71 percent of the Estonian population prefer an online census

Date 18.11.2021
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Most Estonian residents intend to participate in the Population and Housing Census, which begins at the end of the year. 71% of them prefer completing the census questionnaire online, as revealed by a recent survey of Kantar Emor.