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“Until now, the state has been collecting various data from entrepreneurs, but with this application the state is, for the first time, returning such a large amount of valuable information back to the entrepreneurs,” explained Sirli Heinsoo, Head of the Digital Economy Department at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. She added that the application returns an analysis compiled from the company’s own submitted data, helping entrepreneurs assess their strengths and weaknesses and compare their company with others. “The more accurate the data submitted to the state, the more

There is much value in the knowledge that the unemployment rate in Estonia was 6.6% in the second quarter of 2026, or that prices in September were 3.5% higher than in the same month a year ago. But we need comparative data on other countries to assess whether our indicators are exceptional or normal, whether the changes in Estonia are faster or slower than in other countries, and what we could learn from other countries’ experience. For a small country, comparisons are especially valuable. With a population of just 1.3 million, Estonia cannot always rely on its own experience when making

Statistics Estonia has revised the entire time series of gross domestic product (GDP) starting from 1995. During the revision, updated basic data sources were incorporated and methodological improvements were made.

International Men's Day is celebrated this coming Sunday, 19 November. Epp Remmelg, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, took the opportunity to find out how the Estonian man is doing.

Thanks to the population census being register-based, Statistics Estonia will be able to start publishing data much earlier than in previous censuses. All data will be published by the end of the year!

The crisis commission of the Government of the Republic issued an order to Statistics Estonia for the preparation of analytical output using anonymous data from electronic communications, with the purpose to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The goal is to launch the project this week.

Researchers and officials have a special interest to find out through the census how many people living in Estonia have two nationalities and speak two mother tongues. Although information on nationality and mother tongue is also available in the population register, it is the first time that it is possible to choose two options in the census questionnaire.

Statistics Estonia and all other European Union statistical authorities, forming the European Statistical System partnership, are responsible for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics. Compliance with the European Statistics Code of Practice is monitored though peer reviews. The next peer review in Estonia takes place on 6–10 September 2021.

In the Population and Housing Census, which starts at the end of the year, among else, people will be able to give an assessment of their health. Health questions in the same wording were also included in the census ten years ago, which is why the results will provide an overview of Estonian people’s health and how it has changed in a decade.