U, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNTSO, UPU,
WEU (associate partner), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Sven
JURGENSON FAX: [1] (202) 588-0108
[1] (202) 588-0101 chancery:
Diplomatic representation from the US: Ambassador Joseph M. DeTHOMAS
(designate) embassy: telephone: [372] 668-8100 FAX: [372] 668-8134

Flag description: pre-1940 flag restored by Supreme Soviet in May 1990 -
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white

Economy Estonia

Economy - overview: Estonia, as a new member of the World Trade
Organization, is steadily moving toward a modern market economy with
increasing ties to the West, including the pegging of its currency to the
euro. A major goal is accession to the EU, possibly by 2004. The state of
the economy is greatly influenced by developments in Finland and Sweden,
two major trading partners.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $14.3 billion (2001 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 4.7% (2001 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $10,000 (2001 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6% industry: 28% services: 66%
(2000)

Population below poverty line: 25% of households (2000)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 29.8% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 37 (1999)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.8% (2001)

Labor force: 608,600 (2001 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: industry 20%, agriculture 11%, services 69%
(1999 est.)

Unemployment rate: 12.4% (2001)

Budget: revenues: $1.89 billion expenditures: $1.89 billion, including
capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

Industries: engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textile;
services; transit, information technology, telecommunications

Industrial production growth rate: 5% (2000 est.)

Electricity - production: 7.056 billion kWh (2000)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 99.77% hydro: 0.06%
other: 0.17% (2000) nuclear: 0%

Electricity - consumption: 5.362 billion kWh (2000)

Electricity - exports: 1.2 billion kWh (2000)

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)

Agriculture - products: potatoes, vegetables; livestock and dairy
products; fish

Exports: $3.4 billion (f.o.b., 2001)

Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment 24%, wood products 20%,
textiles 17%, food products 9%, metals, chemical