| Employed persons, thousands | Estonians and non-Estonians | Economic activities total | | 837.9 | 825.8 | 806.6 | 761.4 | 698.9 | 675.4 | 633.4 | 619.3 | 617.2 | 606.5 | 579.3 | 585.3 | 589.6 | 589.9 | 602.9 | 601.9 | 615.6 | 651.7 | 657.6 | 656.0 | 593.9 | 568.0 | 603.2 | 614.9 | 621.3 | 624.8 | 640.9 | 644.6 | 658.6 | 664.7 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 174.5 | 161.4 | 152.2 | 134.5 | 108.5 | 92.5 | 65.2 | 61.0 | 58.1 | 54.7 | 46.8 | 39.2 | 38.9 | 40.4 | 37.4 | 35.3 | 31.0 | 31.9 | 30.8 | 25.5 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 26.6 | 27.6 | 26.5 | 24.1 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 23.1 | 21.9 |
| Mining and quarrying | | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| Manufacturing | | 213.9 | 211.8 | 201.7 | 183.9 | 154.1 | 143.9 | 157.4 | 147.7 | 133.7 | 130.1 | 122.8 | 130.2 | 131.7 | 127.9 | 132.0 | 135.6 | 137.1 | 133.4 | 130.8 | 133.9 | 112.2 | 106.6 | 119.1 | 115.5 | 116.4 | 114.0 | 120.6 | 120.7 | 124.9 | 123.8 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 6.1 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| Construction | | 68.7 | 69.0 | 68.4 | 62.8 | 53.4 | 49.7 | 35.3 | 36.3 | 46.5 | 46.0 | 40.7 | 40.1 | 39.1 | 39.5 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 64.8 | 82.6 | 80.6 | 58.1 | 47.7 | 58.9 | 58.2 | 56.6 | 58.7 | 61.8 | 57.9 | 57.0 | 58.3 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | | 61.2 | 62.8 | 64.5 | 70.5 | 78.8 | 84.6 | 79.2 | 81.5 | 84.2 | 83.2 | 78.8 | 79.0 | 87.4 | 86.3 | 81.8 | 79.6 | 79.2 | 88.1 | 87.0 | 92.4 | 83.0 | 80.0 | 81.1 | 79.1 | 81.1 | 81.2 | 83.9 | 83.7 | 87.5 | 86.2 |
| Transportation and storage | | 61.3 | 64.1 | 64.1 | 58.6 | 54.9 | 52.7 | 57.8 | 56.1 | 51.2 | 50.4 | 54.7 | 51.9 | 51.2 | 53.6 | 53.7 | 45.9 | 51.1 | 57.7 | 54.3 | 51.1 | 50.6 | 44.4 | 48.3 | 51.0 | 46.9 | 50.8 | 46.7 | 50.8 | 52.4 | 50.0 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | | 20.2 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 20.2 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 16.3 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 18.4 | 18.8 | 23.4 | 25.8 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 25.5 | 28.6 |
| Information and communication | | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 16.7 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 22.1 | 26.3 | 28.3 | 31.1 | 29.8 |
| Financial and insurance activities | | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Real estate activities | | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | | 20.5 | 20.9 | 19.1 | 16.6 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 15.7 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 26.2 | 26.7 | 25.5 | 24.7 | 29.3 | 30.7 |
| Administrative and support service activities | | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 17.5 | 16.1 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 19.1 | 17.4 | 21.3 | 22.7 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 21.3 | 23.5 | 24.9 |
| Public administration and defence, compulsory social security | | 29.9 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 30.6 | 32.8 | 34.2 | 33.9 | 33.0 | 34.1 | 35.9 | 35.3 | 36.3 | 36.9 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 39.6 | 39.2 | 40.2 | 38.9 | 38.2 | 37.1 | 40.3 | 39.3 | 40.1 | 43.0 | 45.1 | 42.4 | 39.7 | 38.7 | 38.0 |
| Education | | 68.6 | 65.4 | 63.5 | 63.0 | 62.0 | 60.4 | 55.0 | 54.8 | 57.7 | 55.0 | 51.4 | 48.2 | 52.7 | 56.9 | 56.7 | 54.9 | 56.0 | 58.9 | 54.7 | 59.7 | 61.9 | 55.7 | 56.5 | 61.8 | 56.1 | 55.0 | 60.6 | 57.6 | 56.8 | 61.1 |
| Human health and social work activities | | 34.2 | 33.9 | 35.6 | 34.5 | 34.7 | 33.9 | 34.3 | 33.8 | 35.1 | 33.1 | 30.1 | 28.9 | 31.4 | 31.9 | 37.4 | 39.2 | 34.9 | 36.6 | 36.1 | 30.8 | 32.9 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 34.5 | 36.4 | 38.6 | 39.1 | 39.4 | 37.8 | 40.5 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | | 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 18.6 | 17.8 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.2 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 19.4 |
| Other activities | | 16.6 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 16.8 | 14.7 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 14.4 |
| Estonians | Economic activities total | | 547.3 | 526.0 | 513.3 | 489.6 | 456.8 | 446.9 | 414.9 | 406.8 | 414.6 | 406.5 | 384.0 | 394.2 | 397.4 | 403.2 | 413.7 | 415.3 | 418.9 | 445.4 | 446.8 | 447.0 | 406.6 | 391.6 | 416.5 | 426.6 | 430.0 | 438.7 | 448.1 | 455.0 | 460.5 | 461.0 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 152.4 | 139.3 | 130.6 | 115.3 | 92.9 | 78.7 | 56.3 | 53.1 | 50.4 | 48.1 | 41.4 | 34.9 | 35.5 | 36.7 | 33.4 | 32.0 | 27.9 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 21.4 | 20.1 |
| Mining and quarrying | | .. | .. | .. | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | .. | .. | 2.1 | 2.1 | .. | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Manufacturing | | 104.3 | 100.4 | 95.3 | 89.1 | 77.6 | 75.1 | 82.3 | 78.2 | 73.4 | 71.0 | 67.4 | 72.1 | 71.1 | 75.2 | 79.7 | 82.9 | 80.9 | 78.8 | 76.1 | 78.7 | 67.1 | 60.7 | 70.4 | 67.5 | 67.9 | 70.8 | 77.5 | 75.8 | 75.6 | 75.2 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | | .. | .. | 2.6 | .. | .. | 2.4 | .. | .. | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | .. | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Construction | | 47.2 | 46.6 | 46.0 | 42.1 | 34.6 | 32.7 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 31.9 | 30.7 | 26.1 | 26.9 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 28.1 | 29.8 | 32.7 | 43.5 | 53.6 | 52.2 | 40.8 | 36.3 | 43.1 | 41.1 | 39.5 | 41.8 | 41.7 | 40.8 | 38.0 | 38.9 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | | 43.5 | 43.3 | 44.1 | 47.8 | 53.6 | 60.3 | 55.6 | 57.2 | 61.3 | 58.7 | 54.8 | 57.8 | 64.6 | 65.7 | 57.4 | 57.4 | 56.8 | 63.4 | 63.8 | 67.8 | 57.0 | 57.5 | 56.0 | 55.7 | 57.2 | 55.7 | 58.8 | 60.1 | 62.2 | 63.0 |
| Transportation and storage | | 31.0 | 31.1 | 30.8 | 27.9 | 26.8 | 25.1 | 29.0 | 28.4 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 27.9 | 31.1 | 31.7 | 28.8 | 27.0 | 30.6 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 30.1 | 26.2 | 28.1 | 29.6 | 26.6 | 29.1 | 25.7 | 30.0 | 30.7 | 27.6 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | | 12.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 14.9 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 18.4 |
| Information and communication | | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 14.2 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 17.2 | 21.0 | 21.3 | 22.5 | 21.6 |
| Financial and insurance activities | | .. | .. | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 9.2 |
| Real estate activities | | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | | 15.8 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 16.0 | 18.8 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 19.6 | 21.0 | 23.7 | 25.1 |
| Administrative and support service activities | | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 12.6 | 14.6 | 15.1 |
| Public administration and defence, compulsory social security | | 17.5 | 17.0 | 18.2 | 21.0 | 24.4 | 26.3 | 28.3 | 27.7 | 26.8 | 29.5 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 30.5 | 29.4 | 31.1 | 33.8 | 33.9 | 35.0 | 33.1 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 35.2 | 35.1 | 35.8 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 37.4 | 35.8 | 34.6 | 33.0 |
| Education | | 49.7 | 45.9 | 44.8 | 45.2 | 44.9 | 44.1 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 42.2 | 39.1 | 36.6 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 37.6 | 40.3 | 39.1 | 42.7 | 44.9 | 40.3 | 45.1 | 47.4 | 42.5 | 43.6 | 46.7 | 43.3 | 43.8 | 49.1 | 45.5 | 44.2 | 47.8 |
| Human health and social work activities | | 24.0 | 23.3 | 24.6 | 23.9 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 23.8 | 24.5 | 23.4 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 23.6 | 24.2 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 24.7 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 22.5 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 25.7 | 26.3 | 28.0 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 15.8 |
| Other activities | | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 9.3 |
| Non-Estonians | Economic activities total | | 290.7 | 299.8 | 293.3 | 271.8 | 242.1 | 228.6 | 218.5 | 212.5 | 202.6 | 200.0 | 195.3 | 191.1 | 192.2 | 186.7 | 189.3 | 186.6 | 196.6 | 206.3 | 210.8 | 209.0 | 187.3 | 176.4 | 186.7 | 188.4 | 191.3 | 186.1 | 192.8 | 189.7 | 198.1 | 203.7 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 22.1 | 22.2 | 21.6 | 19.2 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Mining and quarrying | | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Manufacturing | | 109.6 | 111.4 | 106.4 | 94.8 | 76.4 | 68.8 | 75.2 | 69.6 | 60.3 | 59.1 | 55.4 | 58.1 | 60.7 | 52.7 | 52.3 | 52.7 | 56.3 | 54.6 | 54.7 | 55.2 | 45.1 | 45.9 | 48.7 | 48.0 | 48.5 | 43.2 | 43.1 | 44.9 | 49.2 | 48.7 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.7 | 2.1 | .. | 2.0 | 2.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.6 | .. | .. | .. | 1.1 |
| Construction | | 21.5 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 20.7 | 18.8 | 17.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 21.3 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 17.3 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 20.1 | 17.1 | 19.0 | 19.4 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | | 17.7 | 19.5 | 20.4 | 22.7 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 23.6 | 24.3 | 22.9 | 24.6 | 24.1 | 21.2 | 22.8 | 20.6 | 24.3 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 24.7 | 23.3 | 24.6 | 26.0 | 22.6 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 23.9 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 23.6 | 25.4 | 23.2 |
| Transportation and storage | | 30.3 | 33.0 | 33.3 | 30.7 | 28.1 | 27.6 | 28.8 | 27.6 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 27.6 | 24.7 | 23.3 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 17.1 | 24.0 | 27.1 | 23.9 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 18.2 | 20.2 | 21.4 | 20.3 | 21.7 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 21.7 | 22.4 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 10.2 |
| Information and communication | | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | .. | .. | 2.7 | .. | .. | 3.7 | .. | .. | .. | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 8.1 |
| Financial and insurance activities | | .. | 2.5 | 2.6 | .. | .. | 2.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| Real estate activities | | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | .. | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | .. | .. | 3.7 | 3.0 | .. | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | .. | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Administrative and support service activities | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2.8 | 3.4 | .. | .. | .. | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.9 |
| Public administration and defence, compulsory social security | | 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| Education | | 18.9 | 19.5 | 18.8 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 15.2 | 19.2 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 13.3 |
| Human health and social work activities | | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 11.1 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | .. | .. | 2.4 | .. | .. | 2.9 | .. | .. | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| Other activities | | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.0 | .. | .. | .. | 2.3 | .. | .. | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| Proportion of the employed (economic activities total=100), % | Estonians and non-Estonians | Economic activities total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 20.8 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Mining and quarrying | | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Manufacturing | | 25.5 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 22.0 | 21.3 | 24.9 | 23.9 | 21.7 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 18.9 | 18.8 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 18.6 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Construction | | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.8 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.0 |
| Transportation and storage | | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Information and communication | | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| Financial and insurance activities | | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Real estate activities | | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Administrative and support service activities | | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Public administration and defence, compulsory social security | | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| Education | | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.2 |
| Human health and social work activities | | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| Other activities | | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Estonians | Economic activities total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 27.9 | 26.5 | 25.4 | 23.5 | 20.3 | 17.6 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Mining and quarrying | | .. | .. | .. | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .. | .. | 0.5 | 0.5 | .. | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Manufacturing | | 19.1 | 19.1 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 19.8 | 19.2 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 19.3 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 16.3 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | | .. | .. | 0.5 | .. | .. | 0.5 | .. | .. | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | .. | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |