Estonia

Region

Europe · Northern Europe

Capital

Tallinn

Population

1,366,475 (2025)

Government

parliamentary republic

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Official languages

Estonian

Spoken languages

Estonian (official) 67.2%, Russian 28.5%, other 3.7%, unspecified 0.6% (2021est.)

Written scripts

Latin

Area

45,227 km²

Coastline

Coastal

UN member

Yes

Affiliations

EU, IMF, NATO, OECD, WCO, WTO

Borders

Latvia , Russia

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports

cars, wood, broadcasting equipment, refined petroleum, prefabricated buildings (2023)

Key imports

cars, refined petroleum, broadcasting equipment, natural gas, packaged medicine (2023)

Natural resources

oil shale, peat, rare earth elements, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud

Primary route

North Sea–Baltic feeder network into Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Antwerp

Secondary route

Transatlantic services to North America

Trade research

• WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
• World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
• OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
• ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
• CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure