Estonia

Country at a glance

Estonia is a baltic member of the European Union, with its capital in Tallinn. The country joined the European Communities in 2004 in the largest single enlargement to date — the ten central-and-eastern European, Mediterranean accession. Economically, Estonia is a Baltic digital-government pioneer with a tech-heavy services sector, paper-and-pulp exports and the smallest population of the three Baltic states. The country has used the euro since 2011, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Estonian is the official language. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Estonia is currently 24th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 25th by GDP at current prices.

Key insights

How Estonia stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🟡Fertility rate 1.2 — well below the 2.1 replacement level
• 🟢Public debt 24.1% of GDP — well below the 60% Maastricht threshold
• 🟢Female employment 75.2% — top 2 in EU

Estonia vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Estonia's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Estonia, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Estonia

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Estonia (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Estonia buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Estonia.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Estonia.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (403 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API