Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Estonia's employment decreased by 1.9% compared to 2024, reaching 535k.

Estonia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

Estonia ranks 23rd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.9% (from 525k in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.