Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in Estonia
Estonia: Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) 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.
Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 836.2 Persons | — |
| 1990 | 824.7 Persons | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 805.3 Persons | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 760.2 Persons | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 697.5 Persons | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 673.6 Persons | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 631 Persons | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 617 Persons | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 615 Persons | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 604 Persons | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 577.2 Persons | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 585.27 Persons | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 589.62 Persons | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 589.88 Persons | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 602.95 Persons | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 601.9 Persons | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 615.55 Persons | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 651.7 Persons | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 657.6 Persons | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 656 Persons | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 593.88 Persons | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 567.98 Persons | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 603.23 Persons | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 614.92 Persons | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 621.35 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 624.83 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 640.9 Persons | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 644.62 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 658.58 Persons | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 664.75 Persons | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 671.35 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 656.6 Persons | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 654.23 Persons | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 680.85 Persons | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 700 Persons | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 703.83 Persons | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 698.77 Persons | -0.7% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 4 Japan 68,280 Persons compare
- 4 Lithuania 1,463 Persons compare
- 5 Mexico 59,440 Persons compare
- 5 Slovenia 996.6 Persons compare
- 6 Germany 42,726 Persons compare
- 6 Latvia 889.67 Persons compare
- 7 United Kingdom 34,160 Persons compare
- 8 France 29,328 Persons compare
- 9 Italy 24,117 Persons compare
- 10 Colombia 23,827 Persons compare
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- Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 75.4% (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 81.7% (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 1,012 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 693.1 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 81.7% (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 75.4% (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 693.1 Thousand persons (2025)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 35.6 Hour (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 countries 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.