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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.

According to Statistics Estonia, in November 2019, the production of industrial enterprises decreased by 7% compared to November 2018. Production decreased in manufacturing as well as in energy and mining.

According to Statistics Estonia, in 2020, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 1,448 euros, which is 2.9% higher than the year before. It has been ten years since the annual growth in wages and salaries was so modest. Since 2011, the annual growth rate has steadily been over 5% and has even risen above 7% in several years.

According to the preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, in 2012 the total production of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and in foreign countries amounted to 2.1 billion euros, which is 19% more than a year earlier. Construction volumes increased for the second year in a row.

Today, on 20 October, a conference of Statistics Estonia and the Estonian Statistical Society “Registers and Big Data in Statistics”, presenting the options of using register and big data, will be held in Viljandi.

Construction volume decreased more than a tenth in the previous year According to preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, in 2010 the total production of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and in foreign countries amounted to 1.3 billion euros (20.1 billion kroons), which is 13% less than a year earlier. The construction volumes which had started to decline in 2008 kept decreasing in 2010, too.

According to Statistics Estonia, in May 2018, compared to May of the previous year, the turnover of retail trade enterprises increased 3% at constant prices. While in April, the turnover increased 1% compared to the same month of the previous year, the growth accelerated slightly in May.

According to the revised data of Statistics Estonia, 1,315,819 persons lived in Estonia on 1 January 2014. In 2013 the population declined by 4,355 persons (0.3%). Increased immigration has reduced the impact of emigration on population decline. However, the falling number of births means that natural increase has a bigger role in population decline.

According to Statistics Estonia, in December 2018, the change of the producer price index of industrial output was -0.6% compared to November and 1.6% compared to December 2017.

According to Statistics Estonia, in July 2018, compared to July of the previous year, the turnover of retail trade enterprises increased 2% at constant prices.