The e-census part of the Estonian Population and Housing Census ended on Saturday, January 22. According to the preliminary data, 568,891 persons, i.e. 43% of the Estonian population, were enumerated.
Today, on 16 October, Statistics Estonia holds the opening seminar of the “Increased availability of gender pay gap statistics” project at Swissôtel in Tallinn. It is a subproject of the “Promoting gender equality and work and family life balance” programme of Norway Grants in the period 2009–2014.
Industry is the largest sector of the economy and an important driver of economic growth. Industrial enterprises create many jobs and provide opportunities for other types of business as well. Industry is a sector of the economy which covers mining and processing natural resources; energy production and manufacture of equipment, machinery and products; processing of agricultural products; processing of manufactured products. Statistics Estonia collects and publishes economic indicators for three industrial activities – mining, energy production and manufacturing. The mining industry involves