Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Estonia
- Data from June 2017. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables. Planned article update: September 2018.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Estonia.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
Main statistical findings
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
By 2015 Estonia had decreased its GHG emissions by 2.5 % compared to 1990 levels, remaining well below its national target, which allows emissions to increase by 11 % by 2020. In the same year, Estonia surpassed its targets on renewable energy and primary energy consumption by 3.6 percentage points and 4.8 %, respectively. In 2016, the country also exceeded its targets on tertiary education and employment by 5.4 and 0.6 percentage points, respectively. Despite a sizeable reduction in the share of early school leavers since 2008, Estonia was 1.4 percentage points below its national target in 2016. Gross expenditure on R&D has increased only slightly since 2008 and in 2015 the country was further from its national target than the EU was as a whole from its respective EU target. Since 2010 the share of the population living at risk of poverty after social transfers has increased gradually, pushing Estonia further from its national target to reduce monetary poverty to a rate of 15 %.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Main tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission COM(2011) 211 final
Other information
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics