Environment in Estonia 123 indicators covering environment for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.98 Percentage change 2025 up 207.3% 142nd Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.64 Percentage change 2025 up 203.7% 137th Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.35 Percentage change 2024 down 8,168.2% 366th Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.68 Percentage change 2024 down 646.9% 318th Land use hidden — Total area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% 10th Land use hidden — Cropland, annual growth rate 0.4213 % change on previous year 2023 down 80.7% 36th Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% 11th Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, annual growth rate -0.7299 % change on previous year 2023 up 47.9% 181st Land use hidden — Other areas, annual growth rate -0.1178 % change on previous year 2023 down 101.3% 176th Land use hidden — Other areas 8,476 Square kilometres 2023 down 14.8% 11th Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures 2,720 Square kilometres 2023 down 16.0% 13th Land use hidden — Land area 42,730 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.7% 11th Land use hidden — Cropland 7,150 Square kilometres 2023 up 11.5% 12th Land use hidden — Total area 45,340 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 11th Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 22,227 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.2% 5th Land use hidden — Planted Forest 2,157 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.2% 8th Land use hidden — Forest 24,384 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.2% 9th River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 3.12 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 2.1% 1306th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 2.82 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 25.6% 42nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.759 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 14.7% 19th Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 2,220 Square kilometres 2024 up 42.7% 5th Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 49 Patents 2023 up 92.2% 9th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 985 Hectares 2020 up 3.8% 44th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 694 Hectares 2020 up 7.6% 43rd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 699 Hectares 2020 up 7.2% 44th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 2,438 Hectares 2020 up 4.4% 40th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 4,275 Hectares 2020 up 0.8% 42nd Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 2,250 Square kilometres 2023 up 49.0% 5th Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 10 Patents 2022 up 25.0% 10th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 120.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 56.0% 46th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 470.97 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 4.0% 4th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth 5.27 US dollar 2018 up 7.4% 44th Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 2,371 Square kilometres 2022 up 1.7% 333rd Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 125.67 Square kilometres 2022 up 43.5% 428th Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 420.57 Square kilometres 2022 up 163.8% 384th Water accounts - assets — Precipitations 29.7 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 6th Water accounts - assets — Evaporation and actual evapotranspiration 15.7 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 6th Water accounts - assets — Inflows from other territories 11.66 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 4th Water accounts - assets — Outflows to other territories 0.4687 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 5th Water accounts - assets — Outflows to marine waters 24.29 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 4th Freshwater - resources — Outflow to marine waters 24.29 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 3rd Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste 81.25 Index 2024 up 9.5% 11th Inland fisheries 2,715 Tonnes 2022 down 10.5% 5th Freshwater - abstractions — Public water supply 35.42 Cubic metres 2024 up 7.3% 7th Wastewater - connection rates to treatment — Public total treatment 84 Percentage of population 2024 up 1.2% 2nd Agricultural land area — Arable and permanent crop land 707.98 Hectares 2024 up 9.3% 11th Agricultural land area — Total agricultural land area 982.44 Hectares 2024 up 0.8% 11th Agricultural land area — Arable land 704.67 Hectares 2024 up 9.4% 11th Agricultural land area — Permanent pasture 271.6 Hectares 2024 down 14.5% 11th Agricultural land area — Permanent crops 3.31 Hectares 2024 down 2.6% 11th Marine landings — National landings in domestic ports 55,930 Tonnes 2022 down 9.3% 9th Marine landings — Total landings 71,612 Tonnes 2022 down 2.8% 9th Electricity production capacities for renewables and wastes 7.75 Megawatt 2024 up 55.0% 44th Intensity of use of forest resources — Gross Increment 12,423 Cubic metres 2024 down 12.0% 4th Greenhouse gas emissions by source sector 12,147 Thousand tonnes 2024 down 41.8% 29th Net greenhouse gas emissions of the Land use, Land use change and 1,907 Thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent 2024 up 1,917.5% 10th Domestic net greenhouse gas emissions 12.1 Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent 2024 down 42.1% 29th Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Forest land 175.93 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 110.6% 1st Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Cropland 839.41 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 116.2% 6th Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Grassland -175.41 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 34.2% 8th 1 2 3 Next → Page 1 of 3