Work & Labour in Estonia 954 indicators covering work & labour for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment rate of men vs. women 8.6% 2025 up 32.3% 44th Female unemployment rate 8.0% 2025 up 27.0% 62nd Share of male vs. female employment in industry 38.2% 2025 down 13.5% 15th Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 4.5% 2025 down 17.4% 144th Share of male vs. female employment in services 57.3% 2025 up 13.7% 72nd Employment rate, men vs. women 63.8% 2025 down 1.0% 107th Employment rate 59.7% 2025 up 3.2% 78th Youth unemployment rate 19.7% 2025 up 37.3% 52nd Population by labor force status 205,049 people 2025 down 2.6% 162nd Employee compensation as share of government spending 16.4% 2023 up 0.3% 113th CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 21.39 2025 down 8.3% 113th LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 101.14 2024 up 10.7% 66th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 1.0% 2020 up 18.7% 71st Female labor force by age 31,353 people 2024 up 116.5% 111th Labor force participation rate by age 43.6% 2024 up 11.2% 74th Female labor force participation rate by age 46.4% 2024 up 25.5% 46th Jobs gap 110.42 2024 up 10.2% 58th Jobs gap rate 13.6 2024 down 1.4% 22nd Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 53.36 2024 up 5.3% 54th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 6.6 2024 down 5.7% 25th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 19.3% 2024 up 28.6% 53rd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0003 units per square kilometre 2023 down 21.0% 169th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0002 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% 151st Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.5202 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% 137th Employment by status 87.9% 2024 up 0.4% 26th Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 87.9% 2024 up 0.4% 26th Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.017 units per square kilometre 2023 up 130.5% 110th Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.017 units per square kilometre 2023 up 130.5% 110th Employment 698.77 2025 up 10.4% 124th Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -1.61 % change on previous year 2025 down 157.5% 104th Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -1.61 % change on previous year 2025 down 157.5% 104th Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -1.61 % change on previous year 2025 down 157.5% 104th Cases of fatal occupational injury 14 2024 down 12.5% 91st Annual growth of GDP per employed person 2.5% 2025 up 1,108.0% 58th Unemployment with basic education 14.7% 2024 up 15.3% 20th Unemployment with basic education, male 12.4% 2024 down 6.8% 27th Unemployment with intermediate education 8.4% 2024 up 3.1% 39th Unemployment with basic education, female 18.8% 2024 up 65.0% 13th Unemployment with advanced education 4.7% 2024 down 2.1% 65th Unemployment with intermediate education, female 8.3% 2024 down 1.2% 52nd SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0 2024 — 174th Level of national compliance with labor rights 0 score 2024 — 175th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 10.2% 2024 down 12.9% 92nd Unemployment with intermediate education, male 8.4% 2024 up 6.5% 28th Labor force with basic education, female 32.2% 2024 up 11.3% 75th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 8.6% 2024 down 25.9% 101st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 11.9% 2024 up 0.1% 69th Labor force with basic education, male 46.6% 2024 down 3.2% 91st Labor force with basic education 40.1% 2024 down 0.8% 86th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 62.6% 2024 down 1.2% 36th Labor force with intermediate education, male 77.4% 2024 down 2.1% 41st Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 70.5% 2024 down 1.3% 35th Unemployment with advanced education, male 3.7% 2024 down 23.0% 65th Labor force with advanced education, male 81.9% 2024 down 5.7% 68th Labor force with advanced education 78.0% 2024 down 2.4% 67th Labor force with advanced education, female 75.8% 2024 down 0.1% 62nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 57.8% 2025 up 9.9% 45th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.7% 2025 up 1.5% 94th Unemployment with advanced education, female 5.2% 2024 up 10.1% 60th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 61.5% 2025 up 5.8% 68th ← Previous Page 4 of 16 Next →