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Economic units

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Business statistics are produced on the basis of the data of economically active entities. However, not all economic units in legal registers are actively operating. The statistical subject matter domain of economic units involves: identifying economically active entities; specifying statistical units for producing official statistics; classifying economic entities on the basis of international standards. In order to produce business statistics, Statistics Estonia keeps a business register for statistical purposes. Its data are obtained from the commercial register, non-profit associations and

Classification of Economic Activities in Estonia (EMTAK)

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The Classification of Economic Activities in Estonia (EMTAK) is the basis for defining the field of activity of enterprises and organisations and an important source of information for Statistics Estonia when producing sectoral statistics. Classification by activities also allows for international comparability within a sector. The classification of activities is hierarchical in structure, divided into five levels. The first four levels correspond to the Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE) and the fifth level is national, which has been created taking into

Trade in services with non-EU countries increased the most in the first quarter

Kuupäev 02.06.2025
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Jane Leppmets, analyst at Statistics Estonia, noted that, compared with 2024, exports of services to European Union countries increased by 4% in the first quarter of this year, while imports from these countries grew by 8%. Exports of services to non-EU countries rose by 6% and imports from these countries increased by 18%. “The latter was mainly due to higher imports of services from Cyprus, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the first quarter, the largest import items were other business services from Cyprus, transport services from the United Kingdom, and telecommunications

New self-service environment

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eSTAT is replaced by a new self-service environment Starting from 12 June, data can be submitted to Statistics Estonia in the new self-service environment at uuringud.stat.ee . To make data submission as easy and convenient as possible, all questionnaires will be updated in the new environment. Currently, only some of the questionnaires have been updated, however, the goal is to update all enterprise questionnaires by the end of 2026. The self-service environment offers users of Statistics Estonia's e-services a number of new options that were not available in eSTAT. More user-friendly

205,000 tourists: number of accommodated tourists up by 6% in January

Kuupäev 11.03.2025
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Helga Laurmaa, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that 95,000 foreign and 110,000 domestic tourists were accommodated in Estonia in January 2025. Year on year, the number of domestic tourists fell, as it did in several months in 2024. The number of tourists in January 2025 was 8% smaller than in January of 2020, the last pre-pandemic peak month. “Compared with the January before the crisis, there were 15,000 more domestic tourists accommodated, while the number of foreign tourists was lower by 33,000,” added Laurmaa. 30,000 tourists arrived from Finland, representing 32% of all

The number of accommodated tourists was up by 7% in April year on year

Kuupäev 10.06.2025
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Helga Laurmaa, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that 133,800 foreign and 117,500 domestic tourists were accommodated in Estonia in April 2025. The number of foreign tourists has shown considerable growth over the last year but has not yet fully recovered from the slump a few years ago. “Compared with April 2024, the number of foreign tourists increased by 16%. It is still lower than in April 2019, the last peak for this month,” said Laurmaa. “The number of accommodated domestic tourists remained similar to April last year but it was actually 11% bigger than in April 2019,” she noted

The number of accommodated tourists decreased in March year on year

Kuupäev 09.05.2025
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Helga Laurmaa, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that 108,000 foreign and 109,000 domestic tourists were accommodated in Estonia in March 2025. “The number of foreign tourists was 7% lower than in March last year and it was also smaller compared with March 2019 (down by 13%),” explained Laurmaa. Similarly to the earlier months of this year, accommodation establishments served more domestic than foreign tourists in March. The number of domestic tourists in March was 11% smaller than in the same month last year. Laurmaa added that the number of domestic tourists was at the same level

The number of foreign tourists reached 2019 levels

Kuupäev 10.04.2025
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Helga Laurmaa, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that 110,000 foreign and 120,000 domestic tourists were accommodated in Estonia in February 2025. “The number of foreign tourists increased by 3% year on year and reached the level of February 2019. However, in February 2020, just before the crisis, 10,000 more foreign tourists (8%) stayed in accommodation establishments than in February this year,” Laurmaa added. The number of domestic tourists in February was 2% higher than at the same time last year. Helga Laurmaa pointed out that, compared with pre-crisis February 2020, the number