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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 people living in poverty down year on year, perceived deprivation up

According to Statistics Estonia, 20.2% of Estonia’s population lived at risk of poverty and 2.7% in absolute poverty in 2023. Compared with 2022, the share of people living at risk of poverty decreased by 2.3 percentage points and the share of those living in absolute poverty by 0.8 percentage points. The share of people living in self-perceived deprivation was up by 1.5 percentage points in 2024.

Number of people living in absolute poverty rose by two and a half times

At-risk-of-poverty rate is highest among the elderly, while among families with children it is highest for single parents (corrected on 09.12.2022)

Poverty fell among households with three or more children but grew among single parents

The number of people who are at risk of poverty decreased

284,300 Estonian residents at risk of poverty in 2018

According to Statistics Estonia, 21.7% of the Estonian population lived at risk of poverty and 2.4% lived in absolute poverty in 2018. Compared to 2017, the share of people at risk of poverty decreased by 0.2 percentage points and the share of those living in absolute poverty by 0.3 percentage points.

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