Work & Labour in Estonia 601 indicators covering work & labour for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Monthly unemployment rates 7.44 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 up 16.4% 2nd Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 623.27 Persons 2025 up 6.8% 7th Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 79.22 Persons 2025 up 32.3% 7th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 88.77 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 3.0% 5th Minimum relative to average wages of full-time workers 36.57 Percentage of average wage of full-time employees 2025 up 3.7% 6th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 593.19 Persons 2025 up 1.3% 11th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 7.3% 2026 down 15.1% 20th Infra-annual registered unemployment and job vacancies 46,095 Persons 2025 up 64.7% 6th Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 13.51 Persons 2025 down 46.0% 10th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT 35.1% 2026 up 152.0% 4th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 2.08 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 down 48.7% 9th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 35.1 Thousand persons 2024 up 21.9% 37th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 2.76 Percentage of employment 2025 up 105.7% 4th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 1,166 Hours 2024 up 2.9% 10th Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 49.43 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 9.0% 8th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 3.42 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 1.4% 9th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 96.58 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.0% 3rd Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 37.42 Hours per week per person 2025 down 3.5% 6th Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 18.59 Persons 2025 up 119.2% 9th Strictness of employment protection — Individual and collective 1.81 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 7th Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals 1.81 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 7th Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts 3 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 2nd Labour force participation rate 66.45 Percentage of working age population in the same subgroup 2025 up 7.0% 2nd Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 68.3 National currency 2024 down 59.7% 8th Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Dependent employment 7.69 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 39.5% 3rd Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force 381.52 Persons 2025 down 8.4% 10th Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Employment tenure 7.34 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 39.6% 3rd Employment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group and 85.26 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 5.3% 5th Labour force participation rates of adults, by educational 91.93 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 7.6% 2nd Unemployment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group 7.26 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 up 37.0% 2nd Physiotherapists — Health and social employment 0.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 83.9% 6th Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Dependent 8.19 Years 2025 up 2.8% 8th Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Employment 8.54 Years 2025 up 6.1% 8th Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total 1,169 Hours 2024 up 3.8% 4th Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 157.7 Persons 2024 up 11.9% 6th Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 0 National currency 2025 — 2nd Dentists — Health and social employment 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 16.0% 1st Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 70,569 2020 up 25.0% 24th Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.96 Factor of decile 1 2024 up 2.1% 2nd Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 68.3 National currency 2024 down 59.7% 6th Hospital employment 13.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 13.1% 4th Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 68,710 2019 — 20th Gender wage gap 7.39 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2024 down 62.6% 4th Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 16.2% 3rd Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 94.1 Index 2026 down 9.3% 36th Employment by permanency of the job 0.12 Persons 2020 up 33.3% 8th Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 1,361 Thousand persons 2026 up 3.4% 39th Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 92.7 Index, 2020=100 2025 down 21.0% 24th Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 16.01 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 down 21.1% 39th Nurses — Health and social employment 11.92 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 22.0% 1st Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 51 Thousand persons 2026 up 15.9% 39th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 297,210 Thousand hours worked 2026 up 2.4% 35th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 102.76 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 5.1% 36th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 15,970 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 28.4% 23rd Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 15,970 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 28.4% 23rd Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 15,970 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 28.4% 23rd Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 624.86 Persons 2025 up 9.2% 10th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap 20.31 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 up 9.1% 2nd Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 1,370 Thousand persons 2025 up 4.3% 41st Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 705.03 Persons 2025 up 11.7% 10th ← Previous 6 11 1 2 3 4 … 11 Next → Page 2 of 11