Distillers Estonia
A one-page guide to Estonia for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Tallinn
- Official languages
- Estonian
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 (UTC+3 summer)
- Area
- 45,340 km²
People
- Population
- 1.4 million (2025)
- Population growth
- -0.4% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 70.7%
- Aged under 15
- 15.3%
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.8%
- Life expectancy
- 79.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$47.0 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$34,418 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 0.58% (2025)
- Inflation
- 4.83% (2025)
Climate
Temperate, between maritime and continental. Mean temperature about 17.8 C in July and -3.8 C in February; about 662 mm precipitation a year.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 10.68 litres of pure alcohol (2020)
- What people drink
- Beer 36%, wine 16%, spirits 48% (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Estonia; World Bank Open Data API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); Our World in Data / WHO GHO alcohol per capita; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Estonia: alcohol policy (Nordic Alcohol Policy); Wikipedia: Liviko; Eurofiscalis - EU VAT rates (table as of 28 Sep 2026); Estonian Tax and Customs Board - alcohol excise rates (updated 23 Oct 2026). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.