Analytics, Employment, Estonia, Labour-market, Statistics

The total number of vacant and occupied posts was 608,175. The economic activities of manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and education held the largest shares in the total number of posts. The number of vacancies was highest in education (1,405), public administration and defence (1,084), and human health and social work activities (1,035).

According to Argo Tarkiainen, analyst at Statistics Estonia, the rate of job vacancies, which is the share of job vacancies in the total number of posts, was 1.3%. “Of all job vacancies, 47% were in the public sector. The rate of job vacancies was highest in public administration and defence (2.7%) and lowest in mining and quarrying (0.5%),” said Tarkiainen.

Most of the vacant posts were in Harju county (74%), including Tallinn (64%), followed by Tartu county (7.6%) and Ida-Viru county (5.3%). The rate of job vacancies was highest in Harju county (1.6%), followed by Ida-Viru and Võru counties (1.2%), and lowest in Hiiu and Saare counties (0.3%).

Labour turnover (the total number of engaged and left employees), which characterises the movement of labour, decreased by 23% compared to the second quarter of 2019. “The number of employees hired as well as the number of employees who left their job were highest in wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing, and construction. In the second quarter, 12,493 persons left their job on the employer’s initiative, which is a 131% increase compared to the second quarter of 2019,” added Tarkiainen.