National accounts (quarterly)
Gross domestic product (GDP) and its components by production, expenditure and income approach GDP by production approach by institutional sector and economic activity; by components of domestic demand together with imports and exports of goods and services at current prices and by chained value; the component’s growth compared to the previous period and the corresponding period of the previous year; the component’s contribution to GDP growth and share in the GDP Economically active population, unemployed and employed persons by economic activity: employees and self-employed persons (employment, hours worked, number of jobs) Labour productivity per employee, per hour worked, labour unit cost | |
Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2 Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) Combined Nomenclature (CN) Statistical Classification of Products by Activity in the European Economic Community (CPA 2008) List of Products of the European Community (PRODCOM List) ESA: Classification of transactions and other flows 2010 | |
Non-financial corporations, financial corporations, general government, households and non-profit institutions serving households | |
Gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices – the sum of the gross value added of all resident producers at basic prices, plus taxes less subsidies on products. | |
Economic territory Institutional unit Economic activity | |
Not applicable FRAME Not applicable | |
Estonia as a whole | |
1st quarter 1995 – … | |
In case of the chain-linking method, the year preceding the accounting period (t – 1) is used as the base period. |
DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (Text with EEA relevance) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 of 15 July 2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI Regulation) Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/2005 of 24 January 2005 on the definition of the economic territory of Member States for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices Commission Regulation (EC) No 1722/2005 of 20 October 2005 on the principles for estimating dwelling services for the purpose of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/2014 of 26 June 2014 on the interchange standard for the transmission of data required under Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (Text with EEA relevance) COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2015/1342 of 22 April 2015 amending the methodology for the classification of products by activity given in Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council REGULATION (EC) No 1365/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 6 September 2006 on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways and repealing Council Directive 80/1119/EEC COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2304 of 19 December 2016 on the modalities, structure, periodicity and assessment indicators of the quality reports on data transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council OTHER LEGAL ACTS COMMISSION DECISION of 22 February 1994 on measures to be taken for the implementation of Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom on the harmonization of the compilation of gross national product at market prices (94/168/EC, Euratom) COMMISSION DECISION of 24 July 1998 on the treatment for national accounts purposes of VAT fraud (the discrepancies between theoretical VAT receipts and actual VAT receipts) (notified under document number C(1998) 2202) OTHER AGREEMENTS Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. | |
The dissemination of data collected for the production of official statistics is based on the requirements laid down in §§ 34 and 35 of the Official Statistics Act. The principles for treatment of confidential data can be found here. |
Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month). | |
All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar. |
The news release “Gross Domestic Product” once a quarter. The news release can be viewed on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section News. | |
Not published. | |
Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Economy / National accounts / Auxiliary indicators to national accounts (employment, productivity, unit labour cost)” in the following tables: RAL0011: Employment by domestic concept by economic activity (EMTAK 2008) (ESA 2010) (quarters) RAL0012: Employment by national concept (based on phc 2011) (quarters) RAL0013: Labour productivity and unit labour cost (ESA 2010) (quarters), under the subject area “Economy / National accounts / Gross domestic product (GDP) / Main national accounts indicators” in the following tables: RAA0012: Gross domestic product and gross national income (ESA 2010) (quarters) RAA0014: Disposable income, saving and net lending/borrowing at current prices (ESA 2010) (quarters), under the subject area “Economy / National accounts / Gross domestic product (GDP) / Gross domestic product by income approach” in the following table: RAA0024: Gross domestic product by income approach at current prices (quarters), under the subject area “Economy / National accounts / Gross domestic product (GDP) / Gross domestic product by production approach” in the following tables: RAA0042: Value added by economic activity (ESA 2010) (quarters) RAA0044: Output, intermediate consumption and value added by institutional sector (ESA 2010) (quarters) and under the subject area “Economy / National accounts / Gross domestic product (GDP) / Gross domestic product by expenditure approach” in the following tables: RAA0061: Gross domestic product by expenditure approach (ESA 2010) (quarters) RAA0063: Final consumption expenditure of households by purpose (ESA 2010) (quarters) RAA0064: Export of goods and services by place of destination and import by place of departure at current prices (ESA 2010) (quarters) | |
Not applicable | |
Data serve as input for statistical activities 20412 “Dwelling price index and owner-occupied housing price index”, 21401 “National accounts (annual)”, 21406 “Regional GDP” and 21407 “Sector accounts”. | |
European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010) http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-manuals-and-guidelines/-/KS-02-13-269
System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA). European Commission, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations, World Bank (2009, New York) http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/docs/SNA2008.pdf | |
According to Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2304, the quality report on data transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council |
To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act. | |
Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions. |
Ministry of Finance | |
Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys. | |
The quarterly national accounts are in compliance with the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010) methodology. |
The accuracy of the national accounts depends on the quality of data of other statistical activities used as input. The accuracy of input data from statistical activities is monitored. | |
Not applicable | |
Eurostat and the NSIs try to reduce non-sampling errors through continuous methodological improvements and survey process improvements. |
The geographical comparability of national accounts in Member States of the European Union is ensured by the application of common definitions of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). Worldwide geographical comparison is also possible as most non-European countries apply the System of National Accounts (SNA 2008) guidelines, and SNA 2008 is consistent with ESA 2010. | |
National accounts time series compiled according to a common methodology start from the 1st quarter 1995. | |
Within the system of national accounts there is full consistency between the domains: annual and quarterly national accounts, government accounts, sector accounts, financial accounts, regional accounts, supply and use tables. However, in practice full consistency may not always be possible and temporary discrepancies might occur. They are usually the result of vintage differences. Primary statistics like structural business statistics (SBS), short term statistics (STS) and labour force statistics (LFS) are widely used as input for national accounts. However, there is no full consistency between these statistical domains and national accounts. Main reasons are differences in concepts/definitions and in coverage. Balance of payments is also used as an important source for national accounts. The definitions and coverage of balance of payments, as defined in the BPM6 manual, are fully harmonised with those in ESA 2010. Therefore, balance of payments variables are in principle fully coherent with the corresponding national accounts variables. | |
Within the system of national accounts there is full consistency between the domains: annual and quarterly national accounts, government accounts, sector accounts, financial accounts, regional accounts, supply and use tables. However, in practice full consistency may not always be possible and temporary discrepancies might occur. They are usually the result of vintage differences. |
The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia. | |
The GDP calculations are revised regularly with updated input data. Each year, the data for the last 4 years and the quarters are revised based on the supply and use tables and the Structural Business Survey. The results of this revision are published together with the 2nd quarter GDP. When publishing the 1st quarter GDP, the 4th quarter GDP estimates are revised if necessary. When publishing the 3rd quarter GDP, the 2nd quarter GDP estimates are revised if necessary. When publishing the 4th quarter GDP, the estimates of the three previous quarters are revised if necessary. |
SURVEY DATA Not used ADMINISTRATIVE DATA Data on state budget and local government budgets by budget classification are received from the information system of governmental accounts of the Ministry of Finance. The expenditure report of state pension insurance is received from the Social Insurance Board. The expenditure report of health insurance is received from the Estonian Health Insurance Fund. Data on the following tax returns are received from the Estonian Tax and Customs Board: income tax return for a resident natural person (form A); business income of a resident natural person (form E); declaration of income and social tax, unemployment insurance premiums and contributions to mandatory funded pension (form TSD). Information about foreigners working in Estonia on the basis of a temporary work permit is received from the Police and Border Guard Board. The number of members of the armed forces based outside Estonia is received from the Ministry of Defence. The following data are received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: number of Estonian residents on diplomatic missions abroad; number of local employees working in the Estonian government agencies located outside the territory of Estonia; total number of employees working in the Estonian government agencies located outside the territory of Estonia; number of foreign employees working in foreign embassies in the territory of Estonia. The following data are received from the Eesti Pank (the central bank of Estonia): Balance of Payments, aggregated balance sheet and income statement of commercial banks, aggregated income statement of leasing companies. DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Data from statistical activities 20007 “Financial statistics of enterprises (quarterly)”, 20103 “Construction volume indices”, 20205 “Energy consumption and production (monthly)”, 20401 “Construction price index”, 20403 “Export price index”, 20404 “Import price index”, 20405 “Agricultural input price index”, 20406 “Agricultural output price index”, 20407 “Consumer price index”, 20408 “Production price index of industrial output”, 20413 “Service producer price index”, 21101 “Wages and salaries”, 21207 “Economic accounts for agriculture“, 21301 “Financial statistics of financial service activities and activities auxiliary to financial services (quarterly)”, 21307 “Financial statistics of insurance enterprises (quarterly)”, 21303 “Government finance”, 21304 “Pension funds”, 21401 “National accounts (annual)”, 21408 “Supply and use tables”, 21601 “Financial statistics of trade enterprises (monthly)”, 21603 “Trade volume indices”, 22027 “Registered motor vehicles“, 22029 “Transport of passengers and goods by transport enterprises”, 22032 “Air transport”, 22201 “Production indices”, 22303 “Foreign trade”, 30101 “Population“, 30205 “Vital events. Deaths and causes of death“, 30206 “Vital events. Births“, 40203 “Household Budget Survey” or 40204 “Consumption expenditure forecast” and 40701 “Labour Force Survey” are used. | |
Quarterly | |
Administrative data are received via X-Road, an FTP-server or by e-mail. | |
Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with the data of previous periods and other surveys. | |
Collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculation of additional indicators. | |
Time series are seasonally and working day adjusted. Seasonal adjustments are made using Demetra+ software. |