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GDP flash estimate: the economy contracted by 0.7% in Q3

Tallinn as the statistics capital of Europe for three days: new technologies and evolving user needs mean significant changes in the role of NSIs

Which smart devices do people in Estonia use at home?

COVID-19 pandemic pushed up accommodation prices and boosted domestic tourism

3 skills that Estonian enterprises consider important for employees

Oil shale electricity production decreased last year

Then and now: People in Estonia are getting married at later and later ages

Estonian residents have become more aware of the importance of travel insurance

The value of travel insurance policies taken out in Estonia was 25.7 million euros in 2023, and 22.4 million euros in 2022. How common is travel insurance in Estonia? What is the total value of premiums and claims paid? In this blog post, Statistics Estonia’s analyst Egle Loorits takes a closer look at the latest data on travel insurance.

The 2024 major revision of Estonia’s GDP has been completed

Over 2,000 persons have participated in the pilot Census of PHC 2011

The decline in foreign trade in goods in February was mainly due to mineral fuels

Last year the number of tourists in accommodation establishments decreased

Number of unemployed down by 9,200 from last year

Last year, there were fewer unemployed persons, but the duration of unemployment increased

Unemployment fell by 7,400 persons in a quarter

Part-time employment decreased in the second quarter

Unemployment fell by 1,500 persons in a quarter

Unemployment up by 16,000 persons in a year

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

Unemployment rate reached 7.1 percent

According to Statistics Estonia, in the second quarter of 2020, the labour force participation rate was 70.4%, the employment rate was 65.4%, and the unemployment rate was 7.1%. There were 49,400 unemployed persons, which is 14,400 more than in the first quarter.

In the first quarter, part-time employment increased

According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2020, the labour force participation rate in Estonia was 71.7%, the employment rate was 68.1%, and the unemployment rate was 5%. These indicators do not yet reflect the negative impact of the emergency situation on the Estonian labour market.

Working part-time continues to be popular

According to Statistics Estonia, in 2019, the labour force participation rate was 71.6%, the employment rate was 68.4% and the unemployment rate was 4.4%. The annual average number of persons active in the labour market was 702,600 and persons employed numbered 671,300.

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