Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Estonia
Data extracted in August 2019.
No planned update.
This Statistics Explained article is outdated and has been archived - for recent information on Europe 2020 strategy see here.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Estonia.
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Overview
Estonia reduced its GHG emissions between 2008 and 2017, remaining below its national target, which allows an increase of 11 % by 2020. In 2017, it surpassed its targets on renewable energy and primary energy consumption by 4.2 percentage points and 0.9 Mtoe, respectively. In 2018, the country also exceeded its targets on tertiary education and employment by 7.2 and 3.5 percentage points, respectively. Despite a sizeable reduction in the share of early school leavers since 2008, Estonia was 1.8 percentage points above its national target in 2018. 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 %. Due to the lack of progress in gross expenditure on R&D, in 2017 the country was further from its national target of 3 % than any other Member State.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
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.
Direct access to
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics