Deposits by households in savings and loan associations increased steadily in the second quarter
Eesti Pank publishes the statistical release on savings and loan associations once a...

STATISTICAL RELEASE. The average interest rate on housing loans was lower in August than ever before
1) The stock and new sales of leases include leases issued by banks The statistics on...

STATISTICAL RELEASE. Estonia was the eighth most popular destination in the European Union for foreign direct investment at the end of 2020
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STATISTICAL RELEASE. The turnover of foreign trade was up 52% over the year in the second quarter
Eesti Pank will release the statistics for the balance of payments, the international...

STATISTICAL RELEASE. The volume of overdue loans was the smallest of the past nine years in July
1) The stock and new sales of leases include leases issued by banks The statistics on...

STATISTICAL RELEASE: Large-scale services imports stepped up the current account deficit in June
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

STATISTICAL RELEASE: The assets of voluntary pension funds have grown by half over the year
Eesti Pank will publish the funds statistics for the third quarter of 2021 on...

Foreign travel by Estonians is recovering faster than travel by foreigners to Estonia
Eesti Pank produces statistics on foreign travel because one task of the central bank is...

STATISTICAL RELEASE: Households continued to borrow enthusiastically in June
1) The stock and new sales of leases include leases issued by banks The statistics on...

The volume of housing loans issued in May was the largest for 13 years
1) The stock and new sales of leases include leases issued by banks The statistics on...

Exports and imports of both goods and services were up substantially in April
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

Payouts from mandatory pension funds in the first quarter were the largest ever
Eesti Pank will publish the funds statistics for the second quarter of 2021 on 11 August...

The continuing drop in foreign tourist numbers meant Estonia lost out on 145 million euros in the first quarter of 2021
Eesti Pank produces statistics on foreign travel because one task of the central bank is...

The amount of corporate loans and leases issued in March was the largest of the past 18 months
The statistics on credit institutions and leasing companies for April 2021 will be...

The financial balance of the whole Estonian economy was affected most in the fourth quarter by large foreign investment
Eesti Pank will publish the statistics for the financial account for the first quarter...

Growth in imports of goods led the current account in February into deficit
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

The average interest rate for housing loans issued in February was the lowest of the past three years
The statistics on credit institutions and leasing companies for March 2021 will be...

Exports of both goods and services fell in January
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

Imports of computer services led the current account into a large deficit in the fourth quarter of 2020
Eesti Pank will release the statistics for the balance of payments, the international...

Annual indicators for financial intermediaries 2020
CREDIT INSTITUTIONS Number and structure of credit institutions as at the end of the...

Bank deposits continued to grow rapidly in January
The statistics on credit institutions and leasing companies for February 2021 will be...

Foreign investment in software development for car production increased imports of computer services in December and through that increased the current account deficit
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

Contributions to voluntary pension funds were the largest ever in the fourth quarter
A statistical release on the funds statistics for the first quarter of 2021 will be...

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 meant that foreign tourists spent a billion euros less in Estonia
Eesti Pank produces statistics on foreign travel because one task of the central bank is...

The volume of housing loans issued in December was the largest for 12 years
1) The stock and new sales of leases include leases issued by banks The statistics on...

The aggregate profit of Savings and Loan Associations fell by one million euros over the year
Eesti Pank publishes the statistical release on savings and loan associations once a...

The average amount withdrawn from ATMs increased in the fourth quarter of last year
The payment statistics for January 2021 will be published on 23 February 2021 at 08.00....

Large foreign investment turned the Estonian economy into a net borrower in the third quarter
Eesti Pank will publish the statistics for the financial account for the fourth quarter...

Large imports of services in November pushed the current account into deficit
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

More housing loans were taken in November than a year earlier
Statistics on credit institutions and leasing companies November 2020 * The stock and...

Large imports of services in the third quarter pushed the current account into deficit
Eesti Pank will release the statistics for the balance of payments and the external debt...

The deposits of companies and households in banks grew rapidly in October
Statistics on credit institutions and leasing companies October 2020 * The stock and...

Goods exports started to grow in September while services continue to perform poorly
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

Contributions to mandatory second pillar pension funds declined in the third quarter
A statistical release on the funds statistics for the fourth quarter will be published...

Foreign tourists spent 145 million euros in Estonia, which was 330 million euros less than a year earlier
Only one third as many foreign tourists as a year earlier visited Estonia in the third quarter,...

In the corona crisis, the growth of savings and loan associations' deposits has stopped
Savings and Loan Associations statistics for the third quarter of 2020 Eesti Pank...

The decline in exports and imports in August was similar to those in the other summer months
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

The emergency situation did not make the financial position of households and companies worse overall
Eesti Pank will publish the statistics for the financial account for the third quarter...

The fall in exports and imports in July was the smallest of recent months
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

Estonia was in twelfth place among the European Union countries in the index of economic openness in 2019
Eesti Pank revised its balance of payment time series starting from 2016 and published them on 08.09...

The total turnover of goods and services was down by 22% in the second quarter
Eesti Pank will release the statistics for the balance of payments, the international...

Bond transactions set the tone for the balance of payments in June
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

The assets of pension funds increased in the second quarter
A statistical release on the funds statistics for the third quarter will be published...

The volume of domestic payments remained the same in the second quarter, while that of cross-border payments increased
The payment statistics for July 2020 will be published on 24 August 2020 at 08.00. See...

The emergency situation did not substantially impact the Estonian economy in the first quarter
Eesti Pank will publish the statistics for the financial account for the second quarter...

The turnover of goods and services was sharply lower in May than a year earlier
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the...

The emergency situation in April reduced exports and imports of services sharply
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

Activity declined in the external economy in the first quarter
Eesti Pank will release the statistics for the balance of payments and the external...

Estonia had 200,000 fewer tourists in the first quarter because of the coronavirus crisis
Eesti Pank produces statistics on foreign travel because one task of the central bank is...

Exports and imports of services were a fifth smaller in March than a year previously
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

The assets of investment and pension funds shrank in the first quarter, but they were up over the year
A statistical release on the funds statistics for the second quarter will be published...

The statistics on foreign travel will be published on Monday 25 May
The statistics on foreign travel will be published on Monday 25 May, not 7 May as planned. The data...

The number and turnover of cash withdrawals and card transactions were down in the first quarter but the average amount withdrawn increased
The payment statistics for April 2020 will be published on 25 May 2020 at 08.00. See...

Main financial account statistics (Q4 2019)
Financial sector statistics and their publication schedule.

Trade in goods declined in February, while exports and imports of services increased
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

Imports of goods shrank faster than exports in January
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

The Estonian external economy moved towards balance in the fourth quarter
Eesti Pank will release the preliminary statistics for the balance of payments, the...

Eesti Pank is again surveying the financial behaviour of households
From 2 March until 30 June, Eesti Pank and Statistics Estonia will be carrying out research in order...

The current account was in deficit in December
Eesti Pank publishes the flash estimate of the balance of payments monthly for the last...

The share of tourists that came from Finland in 2019 was the smallest of the past decade
Eesti Pank produces statistics on foreign travel because one task of the central bank...

Both exports and imports of services increased in November
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 93 million euros in surplus in November...

The current account was almost in balance in October
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 6 million euros in surplus in October 2019....

Growth in exports of goods and services expanded the current account surplus
Eesti Pank will release the preliminary statistics for the balance of payments, the...

Imports of goods and services grew faster in September than exports did
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 6 million euros in surplus in September...

Having fallen for eight quarters, the number of tourists from Finland rose by 5% in the third quarter*
Eesti Pank produces statistics on foreign travel because one task of the central bank is...

The surplus on the current account in July about the same as a year ago
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 13 million euros in suplus in July 2019. The...

The international investment position is moving strongly towards balance
Eesti Pank will release the preliminary statistics for the balance of payments, the...

Transactions on the financial account set the tone for the balance of payments in June
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 41 million euros in surplus in June 2019....

The number of visitors from Finland was the lowest of recent years in the second quarter
Tourists from Finland were one third of all visitors, but the number of them was down Foreign...

The surplus on the current account in May was the largest this year
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 108 million euros in surplus in May 2019....

April was a good month for exports of both goods and services
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 33 million euros in surplus in April 2019....

The Estonian external economy was in balance in the first quarter
The current account surplus was 70 million euros in the first quarter of 2019, or 1.1% of GDP....

The current account was in deficit in March
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 45 million euros in deficit in March 2019....

Estonian residents travelled less in the first quarter, but they spent longer at their destinations
People from Estonia spent 225 million euros travelling abroad Visits to countries outside the...

Transactions on the financial account set the tone for the balance of payments in January
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 24 million euros in surplus in January 2019....

The debt owed from abroad to Estonian residents is growing
The surplus on the current account of the balance of payments was 445 million euros in 2018, or...

The current account was slightly in deficit in December
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 13 million euros in deficit in December...

Estonian residents are spending more and more on their travels
Estonian residents are spending more and more on their travels Foreign tourists spent 1.4...

Trade with the rest of the world was strong in November
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 114 million euros in surplus in November...

The surplus on the current account in October was the largest this year
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 65 million euros in surplus in October 2018....

Turnover of exports and imports of services remained at record levels in the third quarter
The surplus on the current account of the Estonian balance of payments was 77 million euros in...

The current account surplus was smaller in September than a year ago
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 68 million euros in surplus in September...

Although the summer was warm, Estonian residents travelled more to foreign countries
Tourists visiting Estonia spent an estimated 440 million euros The share of Finnish tourists...

The surplus on the goods and services account in August was the largest this year
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 43 million euros in surplus in August 2018....

Amounts of money transferred cross-border through Estonian banks
The value of cross-border transactions made by customers of Estonian banks is not exceptionally...

Bloomberg has mistaken cross-border payments for non-resident flows
In a news article published today, Bloomberg erroneously said that 900 billion euros’ worth of...

Estonia’s foreign trade continued to grow strongly in 2017
The surplus on the current account of the Estonian balance of payments reached a new record level...

The turnover of goods and services grew strongly in July
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 11 million euros in surplus in July 2018....

Growth in exports of services brought the current account back into surplus
The surplus on the current account of the balance of payments was 118 million euros in the second...

The surplus on the current account in June was the largest this year
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 94 million euros in surplus in June 2018....

Foreign tourists spent 415 million euros in Estonia in the second quarter of the year
Trips abroad by residents of Estonia lasted longer in the second quarter of 2018 than a year...

The current account returned to surplus in April 2018
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 28 million euros in surplus in April 2018....

Growth in the trade deficit led the current account a short way into negative territory
The current account deficit was 35 million euros in the first quarter of 2018, or 0.6% of GDP....

The current account was in deficit in March 2018
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 32 million euros in deficit in March 2018....

The number of same day visits from Finland was the lowest of recent years
Tarass Snitsarenko Eesti Pank Statistics Department A...

The current account surplus was smaller in February than a year ago
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 18 million euros in surplus in February...

The current account was close to balance in January 2018
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at only two million euros in deficit in January...

The external balance of the Estonian economy deteriorated in 2017
The current account surplus of 734 million euros in 2017, or 3.2% of GDP, was around twice as...

Transactions on the financial account set the tone for the balance of payments in December 2017
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 43 million euros in surplus in December...

Estonian residents are travelling more and more
Residents of Estonia travelling abroad spent an estimated 800 million euros there in 2017, which...

The current account surplus was boosted by services in November 2017
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 53 million euros in surplus in November...

Estonia's activity in foreign markets remained large in October 2017
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 33 million euros in surplus in October 2017....

The surplus on the services account of the Estonian balance of payments was the largest ever in the third quarter
The surplus on the current account of the Estonian balance of payments was 241 million euros in...

Transactions on the financial account set the tone for the balance of payments in September
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 76 million euros in surplus in September...

Estonian residents travelled abroad in unprecedented numbers in the third quarter
Estonian residents visited foreign countries 1.1 million times in the third quarter of 2017, which...

The current account surplus in August was smaller than it was a year ago
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 63 million euros in surplus in August 2017....

Foreign trade increased faster in Estonia in 2016 than in the euro area as a whole
The surplus on the current account of the Estonian balance of payments in 2016 was the largest...

Exports of both goods and services increased in July
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 49 million euros in surplus in July 2017....

The turnover of Estonia’s foreign trade hit record levels in the second quarter
The surplus on the current account of the balance of payments was 108 million euros in the second...

Spending by inbound visitors up by 20 million euros in Q2
There were close to 1.8 m visitors from abroad, an increase of 7% when compared with Q2 of...

Exports of both goods and services increased in May 2017
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 42 million euros in surplus in May 2017. The...

The current account was close to balance in April 2017
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 9 million euros in deficit in April 2017....

The current account of the Estonian balance of payments was in surplus in the first quarter
The current account surplus was 99 million euros in the first quarter of 2017, or around 2% of...

Estonia's activity in foreign markets increased in March 2017
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 37 million euros in deficit in March 2017....

The number of Estonian residents travelling to warm countries rose in the first quarter
There were more than one million visits to Estonia by foreign residents in the first quarter of...

The current account was in surplus again in February 2017
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 49 million euros in surplus in February...

One-off transactions pulled the current account into deficit in January 2017
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 251 million euros in deficit in January...

Foreign investment in Estonia in 2016 was again less than Estonian investment abroad
The net capital outflow of 554 million euros was primarily a consequence of intra-group loans by...

The surplus on the current account of the Estonian balance of payments reached a record level in 2016
The surplus on the current account in 2016 was 555 million euros, or 2.7% of GDP, and it...

Exports of both goods and services increased in December 2016
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 65 million euros in surplus in December...

Eesti Pank and Statistics Estonia change the division of domestic statistical work
Eesti Pank will start to compile financial account statistics showing financial flows between the...

The current account surplus in October was the same size as a year ago
The flash estimate[1] put the Estonian current account at 37 million euros in surplus in October...

The surplus on the current account of the Estonian balance of payments reached a record level in the third quarter
The current account surplus was 289 million euros in the third quarter of 2016, or 5.5% of GDP,...

The surplus on the current account in August was the largest this year
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 98 million euros in surplus in August 2016....

Estonia has received more direct investment than many other newer members of the European Union
Estonia’s foreign direct investment position* at the end of 2015 put it behind only Hungary...

The symbiosis of economic policy and statistics is important for identifying crises, says Ardo Hansson
Governor of Eesti Pank Ardo Hansson emphasised in his opening speech at an international...

The anniversary of statistics in Estonia is to be celebrated with an international conference
On Monday 25 April, experts on statistics from Estonia and neighbouring countries will speak at an...

The current account was in deficit in January for the first time in a long time
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 55 million euros in deficit in January 2016....

Estonian investments abroad were larger in 2015 than the amount invested in Estonia from abroad
In 2015 Estonia was again a net lender to other countries. Net external funding was made up of the...

Estonia's activity in foreign markets declined in May for the second consecutive month
The flash estimate1 put the Estonian current account at 52 million euros in surplus in May 2015....

Eesti Pank's priorities among core operations
Participation in decision-making in the Eurosystem and implementation of decisions As a central...

Statistics
Eesti Pank compiles and publishes Estonia’s national balance of payments, and collects and...

Statistics Department
produces the official external sector and financial sector statistics and the quarterly financial...