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Estonia

Capital: TallinnRegion: Europe & Central AsiaIncome: High income
GDP
$51.04B
2026
Population
1.4M
2024
GDP per Capita
$37K
2026
Life Expectancy
78.5 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$51.04B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)1.5%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$37K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$69.65B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$51K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.03%2026
GNI (Current USD)$42.26B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$29K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$49K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)20.1%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)65.7%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)1.8%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)20.6%2023
Household Consumption (% of GDP)52.0%2023
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)24.6%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)24.0%2024
GDP Deflator (%)4.0%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$81K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)10.8%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)26.9%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$22K2021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)16.5%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)0.3%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.96%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)1.7%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.76%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$8.69B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)4.3%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)27.5%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-4.0%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-2.2%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)7.4%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)3.5%2024
Government Revenue (% of GDP)36.1%2023
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)21.3%2023
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)34.7%2023
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)21.3%2023
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)4.9%2023
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$2.07B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)0.72024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)0.922024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)151.0%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)75.4%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$32.64B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$32.51B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$18.83B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$22.43B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)-8.0%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)-8.6%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$-3.44B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$496.3M2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)1.2%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)18.4%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-1.3%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$-542.9M2024

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)60.5%2024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)9.3%2023
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)1.1%2023
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)98.9%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)99.8%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)97.9%2024
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)30.0%2023

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)762023

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)0.7%2023
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)38.0%2023
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)16.0%2023
Average Firm Age (years)9 years2023
Firms Using Computers (%)23.8%2023

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population1.4M2024
Population Growth (%)0.1%2024
Population Density (per km²)322023
Surface Area (sq km)45,3402023
Land Area (sq km)42,7302023
Urban Population (%)70.7%2024
Urban Population (total)970,2192024
Rural Population (%)29.3%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth78.5 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male74.1 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female83.1 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.32023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)8.02023
Death Rate (per 1,000)11.72023
Net Migration-13,3502025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)15.6%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)63.1%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)21.3%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)58.6%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)146.22023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)57.92023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force746,7932025
Labor Force Participation (%)65.1%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)61.0%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)69.8%2025
Unemployment (%)8.3%2025
Female Unemployment (%)8.0%2025
Male Unemployment (%)8.6%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)19.7%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)3.0%2025
Employment in Industry (%)26.0%2025
Employment in Services (%)71.0%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)7.1%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)87.9%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)33.2%2024
Employers (% of total employment)5.0%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)49.7%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)5.2%2022
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)13.0%2022
Primary School Enrollment (%)98.3%2023
Secondary School Enrollment (%)108.4%2023
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)67.6%2023
Primary Completion Rate (%)96.8%2023
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)96.1%2023
Out-of-School Children, Primary2,2642023
Out-of-School Girls, Primary1,1202023
Primary School Teachers8,4752023
Secondary School Teachers9,3912021
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary112017
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary92017
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)25.0%2016

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.8%2024
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$2K2024
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)5.7%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)21.4%2024
Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.52022
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)6.72023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)4.12023
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)2.12023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)1.92023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)2.32023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)3.6%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)92.2%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)4.2%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)83.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)81.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.102024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)82024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)33.8%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)22.8%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)14.92021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)10.72020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)3,0892023
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)5,7222023
Renewable Electricity Output (%)40.0%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)38.0%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)6.12020
Forest Area (%)57.1%2023
Forest Area (sq km)24,3842023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)20.8%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)19.3%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)100.0%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)99.0%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)23.1%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)3,4102023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)105.72022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)119.02022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)94.62022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)352,1502023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)74.92023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)9.5%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)92.2%2024
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)35.32023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)139,022.32024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)1.78%2022
Patent Applications, Residents252021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents12021
Scientific Journal Articles1,8422022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$2.27B2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)25.9%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident362021
Researchers in R&D (per million)4,6552022

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried8572019
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)0.02019
Container Port Traffic (TEU)288,4562022
Rail Lines (total km)1,0332017
Railways, Passengers (million km)2902021
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)2,1282021
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.602022
Electricity from Oil (%)0.3%2023
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)29.7%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)62.9%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)92.4%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)96.7%2017
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)5.02023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.052020

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption1.542023
Government Effectiveness1.262023
Regulatory Quality1.432023
Voice & Accountability1.222023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)91.5%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)88.7%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)89.6%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)69.2%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)3.4%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.0%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)1.52023

Poverty & Inequality

IndicatorValueYear
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)0.3%2023
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)0.6%2023
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)1.3%2023
Gini Index30.72023
Income Share, Top 10%23.7%2023
Income Share, Bottom 10%3.1%2023
Income Share, Top 20%39.3%2023
Income Share, Bottom 20%8.3%2023
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)1.0%2023
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)43.802023

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.782020
Human Capital Index, Female0.812020
Human Capital Index, Male0.752020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School11.7 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals1.7M2020
International Tourism, Departures558,0002020
Tourism Receipts (USD)$865.0M2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$676.0M2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)4.0%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$277.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City457,6572025
Population in Slums (% of urban)0.3%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)0.1%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)90.6%2024