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Unemployment up by nearly 5,000 persons in the third quarter

Date 13.11.2020
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According to Statistics Estonia, in the third quarter of 2020, the labour force participation rate was 71.8%, the employment rate was 66.3%, and the unemployment rate was 7.7%. There were 54,300 unemployed persons, which is 4,900 more than in the second quarter of the year.

Unemployment rate

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The unemployment rate shows the share of unemployed persons in the economically active population, or the labour force. The data are collected with the Labour Force Survey. An unemployed person is someone who does not work anywhere, but who is actively seeking work and is available to start work immediately (within two weeks), if he or she found work.

Statistics Estonia is suspending interviewers’ home visits

Date 12.03.2020
Article
In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Statistics Estonia is suspending interviewers’ home visits related to personal surveys and will collect data by phone or web interviews until the end of April.

Construction prices started to rise in the fourth quarter

Date 21.01.2021
Article
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2020, the construction price index increased by 0.4% compared to the average of 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to the third quarter, the construction price index rose by 0.4%, and compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, fell by 0.1%.

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Changes in the methodology of the Estonian Labour Force Survey (2021) Description of the 2021 register-based census methodology Publication of statistics according to EMTAK 2025