Urban Development in Estonia

64 indicators covering urban development for Estonia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population in the largest city 47.4% 2025 up 2.5% 23rd
Population density 32.07 people per sq. km of land area 2023 up 5.8% 169th
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 5.92 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 29.9% 182nd
Population in largest city 457,657 2025 up 10.0% 150th
Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 1,233 Number 2025 down 13.0% 34th
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 189th
Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 6.65 million Number 2024 up 14.4% 38th
Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 8.8% 2025 7th
Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 26.89 Million euro 2024 up 322.1% 34th
Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 8,572 Number 2024 down 59.5% 25th
Road freight transport by load capacity (LC) of vehicle and type of 3,913 Million tonne-kilometre (TKM) 2025 down 37.5% 36th
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status 8.8% 2025 up 29.4% 12th
At-risk-of-poverty rate after deducting housing costs by age and sex 30.2% 2025 down 3.5% 19th
Average number of rooms per person by tenure status and dwelling type 1.6 Average 2025 unchanged 23rd
Total housing costs in pps 399.4 Purchasing power standard (PPS) 2025 up 75.2% 24th
Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and 13.3% 2025 up 9.9% 19th
Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 1.0% 2025 down 89.9% 20th
At-risk-of-poverty rate by degree of urbanisation 118 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.3% 36th
Seat capacity of passenger railway vehicles by type of vehicles 7.31 Thousand 2024 down 71.0% 40th
Seat/berth capacity of passenger railway vehicles 7.31 Thousand 2024 down 71.0% 40th
Severe material deprivation rate by degree of urbanisation 21 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.2% 39th
Average number of rooms per person by degree of urbanization 1.6 Average 2025 unchanged 23rd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by degree of 133 Thousand persons 2025 up 6.4% 38th
At-risk-of-poverty rate after deducting housing costs by degree of 30.2% 2025 down 3.5% 17th
Median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of 14.2% 2025 up 8.4% 21st
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status 8.8% 2025 up 29.4% 12th
Self-propelled vessels, dumb and pushed vessels by load capacity 9 Number 2013 up 800.0% 24th
Load capacity of self-propelled vessels by year of construction 2 Thousand tonnes 2012 26th
Housing cost overburden rate by level of disability (activity) 11.4% 2025 up 29.5% 13th
Subjective poverty by degree of urbanization 13.5% 2025 down 12.3% 25th
Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 1,233 Number 2025 down 13.0% 36th
Seat capacity of new motor coaches, buses and trolley buses 4,315 Number 2025 down 40.9% 22nd
Lorries and their load capacity by permissible maximum gross weight 130,435 Number 2025 up 43.4% 33rd
Severe housing deprivation rate by age, sex and poverty status 2.9% 2023 down 50.0% 26th
Children (aged 0 to 17) living in a dwelling with a leaking roof 10.6% 2023 down 32.1% 31st
Financial burden of the total housing cost 13.9% 2023 down 54.1% 39th
Material deprivation for the 'Housing' dimension, by age, sex and by 87.7% 2023 up 18.4% 13th
Prison capacity and number of persons held 3,278 Number 2024 up 10.7% 34th
New lorries and their load capacity by permissible maximum gross 2,599 Number 2025 down 37.1% 40th
Children (aged 0 to 17) having neither a bath, nor a shower in their 1.0% 2020 down 85.7% 13th
Noise from neighbours or from the street by degree of urbanisation 12.6% 2023 down 20.3% 36th
Crime, violence or vandalism in the area by degree of urbanisation 6.7% 2023 down 56.5% 33rd
Severe housing deprivation rate by tenure status 1.3% 2023 down 70.5% 28th
Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 6.65 million Number 2024 up 14.4% 38th
Severe housing deprivation rate by degree of urbanisation 2.2% 2023 down 59.3% 34th
Power of self-propelled vessels by load capacity 0.68 Megawatt 2013 down 42.9% 22nd
Material and social deprivation rate by degree of urbanisation 8.7% 2025 down 12.1% 25th
New trailers and their load capacity, by permissible maximum gross 5,318 Number 2025 up 2.2% 22nd
Trailers and their load capacity, by permissible maximum gross weight 151,080 Number 2025 up 66.6% 22nd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by degree of 130 Thousand persons 2025 up 4.8% 32nd
Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and degree of 6.8% 2025 down 43.3% 14th
Severe material and social deprivation by degree of urbanization 3.5% 2025 unchanged 24th
Persons living in a dwelling with a leaking roof, damp walls, floors 11.2% 2023 down 33.7% 31st
Persons considering their dwelling as too dark by level of disability 4.0% 2023 down 7.0% 34th
Severe housing deprivation rate by level of disability (activity) 2.6% 2020 down 83.5% 42nd
Persons with no bath or shower in their dwelling by level of 2.9% 2020 down 72.1% 7th
Trainsets and capacity by type of speed 38 Number 2024 unchanged 14th
Lorries by load capacity 78,380 Number 2012 down 2.2% 32nd
New lorries by load capacity 2,935 Number 2012 up 21.7% 38th
Trailers by load capacity 75,157 Number 2012 up 101.0% 18th