Estonia is the 31 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Estonia averaged 31.08 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 35.00 in 2010 and a record low of 26.00 in 2007. source: World Economic Forum



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Business Confidence 93.40 92.90 points Dec 2025
Capacity Utilization 68.10 67.50 percent Mar 2026
Car Registrations 1359.00 1205.00 Units Jan 2026
Cement Production 8.70 14.50 Thousands of Tonnes Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories -409.20 444.40 EUR Million Dec 2025
Corporate Profits 1083667.70 945212.80 EUR Thousand Dec 2025
Corruption Index 76.00 76.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 12.00 13.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 514.57 433.67 Gigawatt-hour Jan 2026
Industrial Production YoY 5.90 1.80 percent Jan 2026
Industrial Production MoM -0.90 -0.90 percent Jan 2026
Manufacturing Production 3.10 1.80 percent Jan 2026
Mining Production 10.70 66.40 percent Jan 2026


Estonia Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
31.00 32.00 35.00 26.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly