The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

10%: 2.7%

      highest 10%: 27.7% (2004)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      34 (2008) country comparison to the world: 91 37 (1999)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      22.5% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 61

      Public debt:

      7.7% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 125 7.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      2.4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 71 −0.1% (2009 est.)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      9.39% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 112 8.55% (31 December 2008 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $5.345 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 85 $5.822 billion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $10.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 98 $11.37 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $18.94 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 79 $20.32 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $2.654 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 94 $1.95 billion (31 December 2008)

      $6.037 billion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      potatoes, vegetables; livestock and dairy products; fish

      Industries:

      engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textiles; information technology, telecommunications

      Industrial production growth rate:

      10% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 15

      Electricity - production:

      11.46 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 88

      Electricity - consumption:

      7.686 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 96

      Electricity - exports:

      2.31 billion kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      1.369 billion kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      7,600 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 87

      Oil - consumption:

      30,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 113

      Oil - exports:

      7,280 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 97

      Oil - imports:

      30,590 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 98

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 182

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 199

      Natural gas - consumption:

      1.51 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 83

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 60

      Natural gas - imports:

      1.51 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 50

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 182

      Current account balance:

      $265 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 54 $898.7 million (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $10.77 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 82 $9.08 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      machinery and equipment 29%, wood and paper 13%, metals 10%, food products 8%, textiles 5%, chemical products

      Exports - partners:

      Finland 18.57%, Sweden 12.52%, Latvia 9.51%, Russia 9.33%, Germany 6.09%, Lithuania 4.76%, US 4.26% (2009)

      Imports:

      $11.52 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 86 $9.783 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and equipment 35%, textiles 19%, mineral fuels 19%, chemical products 9%, foodstuffs 6%

      Imports - partners:

      Finland 14.52%, Lithuania 10.84%, Latvia 10.47%, Germany 10.33%,

       Russia 8.59%, Sweden 8.34%, Poland 5.63% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $3.641 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 82 $3.981 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $25.13 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67 $25.56 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $17.53 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 71 $16.23 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $7.134 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 54 $6.534 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      kroon (EEK) per US dollar - 12.11 (2010), 11.232 (2009), 10.7 (2008), 11.535 (2007), 12.473 (2006)

      note: Estonia adopted the euro on 1 January 2011

      Communications ::Estonia

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      492,800 (2009) country comparison to the world: 98

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      2.72 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 117

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: foreign investment in the form of joint business ventures greatly improved telephone service with a wide range of high quality voice, data, and Internet services available

      domestic: substantial fiber-optic cable systems carry telephone, TV, and radio traffic in the digital mode; Internet services are widely available; schools and libraries are connected to the Internet, a large percentage of the population files income-tax returns online, and online voting was used for the first time in the 2005 local elections

      international: country code - 372; fiber-optic cables to Finland, Sweden, Latvia, and Russia provide worldwide packet-switched service; 2 international switches are located in Tallinn (2008)

      Broadcast media:

      the publicly-owned broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhaaling (ERR), operates 2 television channels; national private TV channels expanding service; a range of channels are aimed at Russian-speaking viewers; high penetration rate for cable TV services with more than half of Estonian households connected; publicly-owned broadcaster, ERR, operates 4 radio networks and there are a growing number