| Estonians and non-Estonians | Educational levels total | Labour force, thousands | | 683.0 | 672.6 | 659.8 | 685.3 | 677.8 | 664.5 | 672.5 | 669.8 | 669.3 | 692.7 | 689.2 | 693.9 | 687.0 | 681.9 | 688.0 | 683.4 | 680.0 | 674.4 | 683.1 | 691.4 | 698.8 | 702.4 | 702.6 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 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 | 671.3 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 65.8 | 66.1 | 80.5 | 100.0 | 88.2 | 74.6 | 69.5 | 67.9 | 53.8 | 41.0 | 31.6 | 37.8 | 93.1 | 113.9 | 84.8 | 68.5 | 58.7 | 49.6 | 42.3 | 46.7 | 40.3 | 37.7 | 31.3 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 372.8 | 378.5 | 387.0 | 389.8 | 394.5 | 404.1 | 393.3 | 392.7 | 390.1 | 361.2 | 357.0 | 346.2 | 347.4 | 346.6 | 331.9 | 327.4 | 320.3 | 316.9 | 300.5 | 290.8 | 277.3 | 274.3 | 278.4 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 1 055.8 | 1 051.1 | 1 046.8 | 1 075.1 | 1 072.3 | 1 068.6 | 1 065.8 | 1 062.5 | 1 059.4 | 1 053.9 | 1 046.3 | 1 040.1 | 1 034.4 | 1 028.4 | 1 019.9 | 1 010.8 | 1 000.4 | 991.3 | 983.7 | 982.2 | 976.2 | 976.7 | 981.0 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 64.7 | 64.0 | 63.0 | 63.7 | 63.2 | 62.2 | 63.1 | 63.0 | 63.2 | 65.7 | 65.9 | 66.7 | 66.4 | 66.3 | 67.5 | 67.6 | 68.0 | 68.0 | 69.4 | 70.4 | 71.6 | 71.9 | 71.6 |
| Employment rate, % | | 58.5 | 57.7 | 55.3 | 54.4 | 55.0 | 55.2 | 56.6 | 56.7 | 58.1 | 61.8 | 62.9 | 63.1 | 57.4 | 55.2 | 59.1 | 60.8 | 62.1 | 63.0 | 65.2 | 65.6 | 67.5 | 68.1 | 68.4 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 9.6 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| Below upper secondary education | Labour force, thousands | | 136.4 | 132.5 | 129.4 | 129.0 | 120.1 | 112.2 | 118.2 | 123.3 | 106.0 | 106.8 | 100.6 | 98.3 | 94.2 | 84.3 | 86.8 | 80.7 | 76.8 | 74.6 | 70.2 | 72.2 | 75.6 | 75.2 | 65.9 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 115.3 | 112.1 | 104.0 | 98.6 | 95.3 | 90.1 | 99.0 | 102.9 | 92.0 | 95.2 | 91.1 | 88.1 | 70.2 | 61.0 | 65.5 | 63.2 | 66.0 | 65.0 | 61.6 | 63.0 | 67.4 | 67.5 | 59.4 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 21.2 | 20.4 | 25.4 | 30.5 | 24.7 | 22.2 | 19.2 | 20.5 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 21.3 | 17.4 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 213.8 | 215.3 | 213.3 | 208.1 | 205.9 | 219.3 | 209.4 | 200.3 | 195.3 | 181.2 | 173.5 | 166.3 | 160.8 | 150.7 | 136.3 | 133.0 | 124.3 | 112.2 | 109.5 | 102.5 | 97.1 | 94.6 | 96.2 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 350.3 | 347.8 | 342.7 | 337.1 | 326.0 | 331.5 | 327.6 | 323.6 | 301.3 | 288.0 | 274.1 | 264.5 | 255.0 | 234.9 | 223.2 | 213.7 | 201.1 | 186.8 | 179.7 | 174.7 | 172.7 | 169.9 | 162.1 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 39.0 | 38.1 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 36.8 | 33.9 | 36.1 | 38.1 | 35.2 | 37.1 | 36.7 | 37.1 | 37.0 | 35.9 | 38.9 | 37.8 | 38.2 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 41.3 | 43.8 | 44.3 | 40.6 |
| Employment rate, % | | 32.9 | 32.2 | 30.3 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 27.2 | 30.2 | 31.8 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 33.2 | 33.3 | 27.5 | 26.0 | 29.4 | 29.6 | 32.8 | 34.8 | 34.3 | 36.1 | 39.0 | 39.7 | 36.6 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 15.5 | 15.4 | 19.6 | 23.6 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 13.2 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 25.6 | 27.6 | 24.5 | 21.6 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| Upper secondary education, post-secondary non-tertiary education | Labour force, thousands | | 339.0 | 338.2 | 334.7 | 353.4 | 351.5 | 345.5 | 348.6 | 334.9 | 332.8 | 348.9 | 355.6 | 359.9 | 346.0 | 355.3 | 351.0 | 345.1 | 346.1 | 340.3 | 346.0 | 350.4 | 347.4 | 342.5 | 344.6 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 305.0 | 302.7 | 291.6 | 299.2 | 302.7 | 306.2 | 311.9 | 299.1 | 302.6 | 327.2 | 339.0 | 339.1 | 292.3 | 287.3 | 307.5 | 309.6 | 312.9 | 312.7 | 322.6 | 323.3 | 324.2 | 322.7 | 328.2 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 34.0 | 35.5 | 43.1 | 54.1 | 48.8 | 39.3 | 36.7 | 35.8 | 30.2 | 21.6 | 16.6 | 20.8 | 53.7 | 68.0 | 43.5 | 35.4 | 33.2 | 27.6 | 23.4 | 27.2 | 23.2 | 19.8 | 16.4 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 113.6 | 116.1 | 126.6 | 133.0 | 138.2 | 139.5 | 133.4 | 140.1 | 136.0 | 128.5 | 131.3 | 122.7 | 126.9 | 133.7 | 129.9 | 132.4 | 134.0 | 139.2 | 129.5 | 125.6 | 119.3 | 114.9 | 118.4 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 452.5 | 454.3 | 461.3 | 486.4 | 489.7 | 485.0 | 482.0 | 475.0 | 468.9 | 477.3 | 486.8 | 482.6 | 472.9 | 489.1 | 480.9 | 477.5 | 480.1 | 479.5 | 475.5 | 476.1 | 466.7 | 457.4 | 463.1 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 74.9 | 74.4 | 72.6 | 72.6 | 71.8 | 71.2 | 72.3 | 70.5 | 71.0 | 73.1 | 73.0 | 74.6 | 73.2 | 72.7 | 73.0 | 72.3 | 72.1 | 71.0 | 72.8 | 73.6 | 74.4 | 74.9 | 74.4 |
| Employment rate, % | | 67.4 | 66.6 | 63.2 | 61.5 | 61.8 | 63.1 | 64.7 | 63.0 | 64.5 | 68.6 | 69.6 | 70.3 | 61.8 | 58.7 | 63.9 | 64.8 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 67.9 | 67.9 | 69.5 | 70.5 | 70.9 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 10.0 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 15.5 | 19.1 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| Tertiary education | Labour force, thousands | | 207.6 | 201.9 | 195.7 | 203.0 | 206.2 | 206.7 | 205.7 | 211.6 | 230.5 | 237.0 | 233.0 | 235.7 | 246.7 | 242.3 | 250.2 | 257.6 | 257.2 | 259.5 | 266.9 | 268.7 | 275.9 | 284.7 | 292.0 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 197.0 | 191.7 | 183.7 | 187.5 | 191.6 | 193.7 | 192.1 | 200.0 | 221.0 | 229.3 | 227.5 | 228.8 | 231.4 | 219.6 | 230.1 | 242.0 | 242.4 | 247.2 | 256.6 | 258.4 | 267.0 | 274.6 | 283.7 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 10.6 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 15.3 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 10.1 | 8.3 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 45.4 | 47.1 | 47.0 | 48.7 | 50.4 | 45.4 | 50.5 | 52.3 | 58.8 | 51.6 | 52.3 | 57.2 | 59.8 | 62.1 | 65.7 | 62.0 | 62.0 | 65.5 | 61.6 | 62.7 | 60.9 | 64.8 | 63.8 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 253.0 | 249.0 | 242.7 | 251.7 | 256.6 | 252.1 | 256.2 | 263.9 | 289.3 | 288.5 | 285.3 | 292.9 | 306.5 | 304.4 | 315.9 | 319.6 | 319.2 | 325.0 | 328.5 | 331.4 | 336.8 | 349.5 | 355.8 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 82.1 | 81.1 | 80.6 | 80.6 | 80.4 | 82.0 | 80.3 | 80.2 | 79.7 | 82.1 | 81.7 | 80.5 | 80.5 | 79.6 | 79.2 | 80.6 | 80.6 | 79.8 | 81.2 | 81.1 | 81.9 | 81.5 | 82.1 |
| Employment rate, % | | 77.9 | 77.0 | 75.7 | 74.5 | 74.6 | 76.8 | 75.0 | 75.8 | 76.4 | 79.5 | 79.8 | 78.1 | 75.5 | 72.1 | 72.9 | 75.7 | 75.9 | 76.0 | 78.1 | 78.0 | 79.3 | 78.6 | 79.7 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| ..professional secondary education based on secondary education | Labour force, thousands | | 78.4 | 74.3 | 71.2 | 76.5 | 77.9 | 74.8 | 70.8 | 68.9 | 67.6 | 70.4 | 70.4 | 64.5 | 67.2 | 66.6 | 57.9 | 59.6 | 51.8 | 45.6 | 47.8 | 44.9 | 43.5 | 40.7 | 43.5 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 73.4 | 69.6 | 64.8 | 70.1 | 70.2 | 68.2 | 65.0 | 63.4 | 64.5 | 66.9 | 67.5 | 61.9 | 61.1 | 58.7 | 52.6 | 53.7 | 48.2 | 43.1 | 45.6 | 42.9 | 41.4 | 38.8 | 42.4 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 4.9 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 24.9 | 22.9 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 19.5 | 21.3 | 24.7 | 21.3 | 22.9 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 19.2 | 19.9 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 21.8 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 16.7 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 103.3 | 97.2 | 92.0 | 98.1 | 97.4 | 96.1 | 95.5 | 90.2 | 90.5 | 89.0 | 89.7 | 83.7 | 87.3 | 85.8 | 77.8 | 78.1 | 69.3 | 67.3 | 66.2 | 62.7 | 59.7 | 57.1 | 60.2 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 75.9 | 76.5 | 77.4 | 78.0 | 80.0 | 77.8 | 74.1 | 76.4 | 74.7 | 79.1 | 78.5 | 77.1 | 77.0 | 77.6 | 74.4 | 76.3 | 74.7 | 67.7 | 72.2 | 71.5 | 72.9 | 71.2 | 72.2 |
| Employment rate, % | | 71.1 | 71.6 | 70.4 | 71.5 | 72.0 | 71.0 | 68.1 | 70.3 | 71.2 | 75.2 | 75.3 | 74.0 | 70.0 | 68.4 | 67.6 | 68.8 | 69.5 | 64.0 | 68.8 | 68.4 | 69.3 | 67.9 | 70.5 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 6.3 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 11.9 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
| ..higher education, Master’s and Doctor’s degree | Labour force, thousands | | 129.3 | 127.6 | 124.5 | 126.5 | 128.3 | 131.9 | 134.9 | 142.7 | 162.9 | 166.6 | 162.6 | 171.2 | 179.5 | 175.7 | 192.3 | 198.1 | 205.4 | 213.9 | 219.1 | 223.9 | 232.3 | 244.0 | 248.5 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 123.6 | 122.1 | 118.9 | 117.4 | 121.4 | 125.4 | 127.1 | 136.6 | 156.5 | 162.4 | 160.0 | 166.9 | 170.4 | 161.0 | 177.5 | 188.3 | 194.2 | 204.0 | 211.1 | 215.5 | 225.6 | 235.8 | 241.3 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 7.3 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 20.5 | 24.2 | 26.2 | 27.1 | 30.9 | 24.1 | 25.8 | 31.1 | 35.9 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 38.0 | 39.7 | 42.9 | 45.8 | 43.4 | 44.5 | 43.8 | 43.2 | 44.8 | 44.7 | 48.3 | 47.1 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 149.7 | 151.8 | 150.7 | 153.6 | 159.2 | 156.0 | 160.7 | 173.7 | 198.8 | 199.6 | 195.6 | 209.2 | 219.2 | 218.6 | 238.0 | 241.5 | 249.9 | 257.7 | 262.3 | 268.7 | 277.0 | 292.4 | 295.6 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 86.3 | 84.0 | 82.6 | 82.3 | 80.6 | 84.6 | 83.9 | 82.1 | 82.0 | 83.5 | 83.1 | 81.8 | 81.9 | 80.4 | 80.8 | 82.0 | 82.2 | 83.0 | 83.5 | 83.3 | 83.9 | 83.5 | 84.1 |
| Employment rate, % | | 82.5 | 80.4 | 78.9 | 76.4 | 76.2 | 80.4 | 79.1 | 78.6 | 78.7 | 81.4 | 81.8 | 79.8 | 77.7 | 73.6 | 74.6 | 78.0 | 77.7 | 79.2 | 80.5 | 80.2 | 81.4 | 80.7 | 81.6 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Estonians | Educational levels total | Labour force, thousands | | 449.5 | 441.1 | 425.8 | 447.2 | 444.1 | 440.9 | 448.0 | 445.3 | 443.0 | 463.8 | 463.2 | 466.2 | 455.6 | 451.6 | 460.5 | 461.8 | 461.5 | 466.8 | 473.6 | 481.3 | 481.7 | 483.2 | 477.5 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 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 | 459.6 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 34.9 | 34.6 | 41.8 | 53.0 | 46.6 | 37.8 | 34.3 | 30.0 | 24.1 | 18.4 | 16.4 | 19.1 | 49.0 | 60.0 | 44.0 | 35.2 | 31.5 | 28.1 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 21.2 | 22.1 | 17.9 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 246.6 | 250.3 | 256.7 | 265.0 | 267.6 | 269.7 | 262.6 | 264.6 | 267.1 | 244.9 | 242.4 | 237.4 | 245.7 | 247.6 | 234.6 | 226.3 | 221.4 | 210.3 | 198.0 | 192.1 | 180.3 | 176.9 | 182.5 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 696.1 | 691.4 | 682.5 | 712.2 | 711.6 | 710.6 | 710.6 | 709.9 | 710.1 | 708.7 | 705.6 | 703.6 | 701.3 | 699.1 | 695.0 | 688.1 | 682.9 | 677.1 | 671.6 | 673.4 | 662.0 | 660.1 | 659.9 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 64.6 | 63.8 | 62.4 | 62.8 | 62.4 | 62.0 | 63.0 | 62.7 | 62.4 | 65.4 | 65.6 | 66.3 | 65.0 | 64.6 | 66.3 | 67.1 | 67.6 | 68.9 | 70.5 | 71.5 | 72.8 | 73.2 | 72.4 |
| Employment rate, % | | 59.6 | 58.8 | 56.3 | 55.3 | 55.9 | 56.7 | 58.2 | 58.5 | 59.0 | 62.8 | 63.3 | 63.5 | 58.0 | 56.0 | 59.9 | 62.0 | 63.0 | 64.8 | 66.7 | 67.6 | 69.6 | 69.8 | 69.6 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 7.8 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Below upper secondary education | Labour force, thousands | | 94.0 | 93.2 | 90.3 | 93.1 | 88.4 | 80.4 | 83.5 | 86.8 | 73.9 | 79.2 | 73.9 | 72.7 | 68.9 | 63.7 | 64.0 | 61.1 | 56.5 | 56.7 | 54.8 | 53.0 | 55.3 | 55.5 | 48.4 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 80.9 | 80.0 | 74.2 | 72.6 | 71.2 | 67.7 | 72.1 | 74.9 | 66.0 | 72.8 | 67.9 | 67.0 | 54.4 | 48.4 | 51.2 | 49.2 | 49.2 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 47.0 | 50.6 | 50.5 | 44.6 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 13.1 | 13.2 | 16.1 | 20.4 | 17.3 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 14.5 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 146.1 | 144.9 | 143.3 | 143.4 | 145.2 | 152.0 | 143.5 | 139.8 | 142.1 | 129.1 | 122.7 | 120.0 | 119.9 | 115.2 | 103.2 | 98.3 | 91.6 | 82.0 | 79.9 | 75.3 | 71.4 | 70.6 | 69.8 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 240.1 | 238.0 | 233.6 | 236.5 | 233.6 | 232.4 | 227.0 | 226.5 | 216.0 | 208.2 | 196.6 | 192.7 | 188.9 | 179.0 | 167.2 | 159.4 | 148.1 | 138.7 | 134.7 | 128.3 | 126.7 | 126.1 | 118.2 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 39.1 | 39.1 | 38.7 | 39.4 | 37.9 | 34.6 | 36.8 | 38.3 | 34.2 | 38.0 | 37.6 | 37.7 | 36.5 | 35.6 | 38.3 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 40.8 | 40.7 | 41.3 | 43.7 | 44.0 | 40.9 |
| Employment rate, % | | 33.7 | 33.6 | 31.8 | 30.7 | 30.5 | 29.1 | 31.8 | 33.1 | 30.6 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 34.8 | 28.8 | 27.1 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 33.3 | 35.8 | 36.4 | 36.6 | 39.9 | 40.0 | 37.8 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 13.9 | 14.1 | 17.8 | 22.0 | 19.5 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 7.8 |
| Upper secondary education, post-secondary non-tertiary education | Labour force, thousands | | 222.0 | 220.1 | 215.0 | 228.7 | 222.5 | 227.3 | 229.8 | 223.8 | 223.8 | 225.1 | 230.8 | 233.6 | 219.0 | 225.9 | 227.2 | 222.2 | 223.9 | 229.8 | 231.7 | 237.1 | 229.5 | 227.7 | 227.4 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 203.9 | 202.0 | 193.0 | 201.2 | 198.5 | 207.7 | 213.0 | 208.7 | 211.3 | 215.8 | 223.1 | 224.2 | 192.3 | 191.2 | 205.8 | 205.5 | 207.3 | 215.2 | 218.4 | 222.5 | 217.1 | 216.8 | 218.0 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 18.2 | 18.0 | 21.9 | 27.6 | 24.0 | 19.6 | 16.7 | 15.1 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 26.7 | 34.7 | 21.5 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.4 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 75.8 | 78.9 | 86.3 | 90.9 | 93.9 | 93.4 | 89.2 | 93.8 | 89.5 | 86.0 | 87.1 | 82.5 | 87.1 | 90.8 | 88.4 | 88.8 | 90.5 | 91.0 | 83.0 | 78.1 | 74.3 | 69.3 | 75.2 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 297.8 | 299.0 | 301.3 | 319.6 | 316.4 | 320.7 | 319.0 | 317.5 | 313.3 | 311.1 | 317.9 | 316.1 | 306.0 | 316.7 | 315.6 | 310.9 | 314.4 | 320.8 | 314.7 | 315.2 | 303.8 | 297.1 | 302.6 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 74.5 | 73.6 | 71.4 | 71.6 | 70.3 | 70.9 | 72.0 | 70.5 | 71.4 | 72.3 | 72.6 | 73.9 | 71.5 | 71.3 | 72.0 | 71.5 | 71.2 | 71.6 | 73.6 | 75.2 | 75.5 | 76.7 | 75.1 |
| Employment rate, % | | 68.4 | 67.6 | 64.1 | 62.9 | 62.7 | 64.8 | 66.8 | 65.7 | 67.5 | 69.4 | 70.2 | 70.9 | 62.8 | 60.4 | 65.2 | 66.1 | 65.9 | 67.1 | 69.4 | 70.6 | 71.5 | 73.0 | 72.0 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 8.2 | 8.2 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 12.2 | 15.3 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| Tertiary education | Labour force, thousands | | 133.5 | 127.9 | 120.6 | 125.4 | 133.1 | 133.2 | 134.7 | 134.7 | 145.3 | 159.6 | 158.5 | 159.8 | 167.7 | 162.0 | 169.3 | 178.5 | 181.1 | 180.4 | 187.1 | 191.2 | 196.9 | 199.9 | 201.7 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 129.9 | 124.5 | 116.8 | 120.4 | 127.7 | 127.7 | 128.5 | 131.7 | 141.6 | 156.7 | 155.8 | 155.8 | 159.9 | 151.9 | 159.5 | 171.9 | 173.4 | 173.9 | 180.7 | 185.5 | 192.9 | 193.7 | 196.9 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 24.6 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 30.7 | 28.5 | 24.3 | 29.9 | 31.1 | 35.5 | 29.8 | 32.6 | 34.9 | 38.7 | 41.5 | 43.0 | 39.2 | 39.2 | 37.3 | 35.1 | 38.6 | 34.6 | 37.0 | 37.4 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 158.2 | 154.4 | 147.7 | 156.1 | 161.6 | 157.6 | 164.6 | 165.8 | 180.8 | 189.4 | 191.1 | 194.7 | 206.4 | 203.5 | 212.2 | 217.7 | 220.4 | 217.6 | 222.2 | 229.8 | 231.5 | 236.9 | 239.1 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 84.4 | 82.9 | 81.7 | 80.3 | 82.4 | 84.5 | 81.8 | 81.2 | 80.3 | 84.3 | 82.9 | 82.1 | 81.2 | 79.6 | 79.8 | 82.0 | 82.2 | 82.9 | 84.2 | 83.2 | 85.0 | 84.4 | 84.4 |
| Employment rate, % | | 82.1 | 80.6 | 79.1 | 77.1 | 79.1 | 81.1 | 78.1 | 79.4 | 78.3 | 82.8 | 81.5 | 80.0 | 77.4 | 74.7 | 75.2 | 78.9 | 78.7 | 79.9 | 81.3 | 80.7 | 83.3 | 81.8 | 82.4 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| ..professional secondary education based on secondary education | Labour force, thousands | | 43.4 | 39.5 | 36.5 | 41.0 | 48.4 | 44.8 | 40.4 | 39.0 | 37.0 | 42.3 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 41.0 | 39.5 | 31.3 | 32.2 | 31.2 | 27.8 | 29.5 | 27.6 | 23.9 | 22.6 | 23.5 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 42.1 | 38.4 | 34.6 | 38.8 | 44.7 | 41.8 | 37.3 | 37.9 | 36.2 | 41.7 | 40.4 | 37.0 | 38.3 | 36.6 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 26.5 | 28.2 | 26.4 | 23.1 | 21.8 | 23.2 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 1.2 | .. | .. | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | .. | .. | .. | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | .. |
| Inactive, thousands | | 11.6 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.7 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 54.9 | 51.3 | 47.3 | 53.7 | 58.8 | 54.9 | 53.7 | 50.5 | 49.5 | 52.0 | 52.9 | 47.4 | 51.6 | 50.4 | 41.3 | 41.2 | 40.9 | 39.0 | 38.1 | 36.5 | 31.3 | 30.4 | 32.3 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 78.9 | 77.1 | 77.3 | 76.3 | 82.4 | 81.5 | 75.2 | 77.3 | 74.8 | 81.2 | 79.3 | 81.4 | 79.5 | 78.3 | 75.7 | 78.1 | 76.3 | 71.3 | 77.3 | 75.7 | 76.2 | 74.3 | 72.9 |
| Employment rate, % | | 76.7 | 74.8 | 73.3 | 72.2 | 76.0 | 76.1 | 69.5 | 75.2 | 73.2 | 80.1 | 76.3 | 78.0 | 74.2 | 72.6 | 71.9 | 74.4 | 73.5 | 68.0 | 73.9 | 72.2 | 73.6 | 71.7 | 71.9 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 2.8 | .. | .. | 5.4 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 2.8 | .. | .. | .. | 4.1 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | .. |
| ..higher education, Master’s and Doctor’s degree | Labour force, thousands | | 90.2 | 88.4 | 84.0 | 84.4 | 84.7 | 88.5 | 94.3 | 95.7 | 108.3 | 117.3 | 116.6 | 121.2 | 126.7 | 122.5 | 138.0 | 146.3 | 149.9 | 152.6 | 157.6 | 163.6 | 173.1 | 177.3 | 178.1 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 87.8 | 86.1 | 82.1 | 81.6 | 83.1 | 86.0 | 91.2 | 93.7 | 105.4 | 115.1 | 115.4 | 118.8 | 121.6 | 115.3 | 129.9 | 141.2 | 143.4 | 147.4 | 152.5 | 159.1 | 169.8 | 171.9 | 173.7 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 2.4 | 2.3 | .. | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | .. | 2.4 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 13.1 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 14.2 | 16.6 | 19.6 | 23.1 | 20.0 | 21.7 | 26.1 | 28.2 | 30.6 | 32.9 | 30.2 | 29.5 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 29.8 | 27.2 | 29.2 | 28.6 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 103.2 | 103.1 | 100.4 | 102.4 | 102.8 | 102.6 | 110.9 | 115.3 | 131.4 | 137.4 | 138.2 | 147.3 | 154.9 | 153.1 | 170.9 | 176.5 | 179.5 | 178.7 | 184.1 | 193.3 | 200.2 | 206.5 | 206.8 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 87.4 | 85.7 | 83.7 | 82.4 | 82.4 | 86.2 | 85.0 | 83.0 | 82.5 | 85.4 | 84.3 | 82.3 | 81.8 | 80.0 | 80.7 | 82.9 | 83.5 | 85.4 | 85.6 | 84.6 | 86.4 | 85.9 | 86.1 |
| Employment rate, % | | 85.0 | 83.5 | 81.8 | 79.7 | 80.8 | 83.7 | 82.3 | 81.3 | 80.2 | 83.8 | 83.5 | 80.7 | 78.5 | 75.3 | 76.0 | 80.0 | 79.9 | 82.5 | 82.8 | 82.3 | 84.8 | 83.3 | 84.0 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 2.7 | 2.6 | .. | 3.3 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | .. | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Non-Estonians | Educational levels total | Labour force, thousands | | 233.5 | 231.5 | 234.0 | 238.1 | 233.8 | 223.5 | 224.5 | 224.6 | 226.4 | 228.9 | 226.1 | 227.7 | 231.4 | 230.3 | 227.5 | 221.7 | 218.5 | 207.6 | 209.6 | 210.1 | 217.1 | 219.3 | 225.1 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 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 | 211.7 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 30.9 | 31.5 | 38.7 | 47.0 | 41.6 | 36.8 | 35.3 | 38.0 | 29.7 | 22.5 | 15.2 | 18.7 | 44.0 | 54.0 | 40.8 | 33.3 | 27.2 | 21.5 | 16.7 | 20.4 | 19.1 | 15.6 | 13.3 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 126.2 | 128.2 | 130.3 | 124.8 | 126.9 | 134.4 | 130.6 | 128.0 | 123.0 | 116.3 | 114.6 | 108.8 | 101.7 | 99.0 | 97.4 | 101.1 | 99.0 | 106.6 | 102.6 | 98.8 | 97.1 | 97.4 | 96.0 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 359.7 | 359.7 | 364.2 | 362.9 | 360.7 | 358.0 | 355.2 | 352.6 | 349.3 | 345.2 | 340.7 | 336.5 | 333.0 | 329.3 | 324.9 | 322.7 | 317.5 | 314.2 | 312.1 | 308.9 | 314.2 | 316.7 | 321.0 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 64.9 | 64.4 | 64.2 | 65.6 | 64.8 | 62.5 | 63.2 | 63.7 | 64.8 | 66.3 | 66.4 | 67.7 | 69.5 | 69.9 | 70.0 | 68.7 | 68.8 | 66.1 | 67.1 | 68.0 | 69.1 | 69.3 | 70.1 |
| Employment rate, % | | 56.3 | 55.6 | 53.6 | 52.7 | 53.3 | 52.2 | 53.3 | 52.9 | 56.3 | 59.8 | 61.9 | 62.1 | 56.2 | 53.6 | 57.5 | 58.4 | 60.3 | 59.2 | 61.8 | 61.4 | 63.0 | 64.3 | 66.0 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 13.2 | 13.6 | 16.5 | 19.7 | 17.8 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 13.1 | 9.8 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 19.0 | 23.4 | 17.9 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| Below upper secondary education | Labour force, thousands | | 42.5 | 39.3 | 39.1 | 36.0 | 31.6 | 31.8 | 34.7 | 36.6 | 32.1 | 27.7 | 26.7 | 25.5 | 25.3 | 20.6 | 22.9 | 19.6 | 20.3 | 18.0 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 17.5 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 34.4 | 32.1 | 29.8 | 25.9 | 24.1 | 22.3 | 26.9 | 27.9 | 26.0 | 22.4 | 23.2 | 21.1 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 12.6 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 17.0 | 14.8 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 8.1 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 67.7 | 70.4 | 70.0 | 64.6 | 60.7 | 67.3 | 65.8 | 60.5 | 53.2 | 52.1 | 50.8 | 46.3 | 40.8 | 35.4 | 33.1 | 34.7 | 32.7 | 30.1 | 29.6 | 27.2 | 25.7 | 24.0 | 26.4 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 110.2 | 109.8 | 109.1 | 100.6 | 92.3 | 99.1 | 100.5 | 97.1 | 85.3 | 79.8 | 77.5 | 71.8 | 66.1 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 54.3 | 53.0 | 48.1 | 45.0 | 46.4 | 46.0 | 43.7 | 43.9 |