Employment by professional status in Estonia
Estonia: Employment by professional status was 698.77 Persons in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment by professional status in Estonia, 1989–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
The most recent figure for employment by professional status in Estonia is 698.77 Persons, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment by professional status in Estonia peaked at 836.2 Persons in 1989 and was at its lowest, 567.98 Persons, in 2010.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 836.2 Persons | 836.2 Persons | 836.2 Persons | 1 |
| 1990s | 680.55 Persons | 577.2 Persons | 824.7 Persons | 10 |
| 2000s | 614.44 Persons | 585.27 Persons | 657.6 Persons | 10 |
| 2010s | 631.25 Persons | 567.98 Persons | 671.35 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 682.38 Persons | 654.23 Persons | 703.83 Persons | 6 |
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- Unemployed population — Unemployment 56.17 Persons (2025)
- Average annual hours actually worked per worker — Hours worked 1,610 Hours per year per person (2025)
- Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment 615.5 Persons (2025)
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- Monthly unemployment levels 55.92 Persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment by professional status in Estonia?
- Employment by professional status in Estonia was 698.77 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest employment by professional status recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 836.2 Persons in 1989.
- What is the lowest employment by professional status recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 567.98 Persons in 2010.
- How does Estonia rank for employment by professional status?
- Estonia ranks 7th out of 7 regions with data for 2025.
- Is employment by professional status rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.