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|  | New: Country Brief, Sept 2003
Estonia is an upper middle income country with Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$ 4,140. As a relatively small country with a fairly narrow range of natural resources, the country's economic prospects remain heavily dependent on trade and thus on the external environment.
Estonia's aspirations to modernize its economy and join the EU have been the driving force for economic reforms, and the country has successfully implemented a broad agenda of stabilization and structural reform policies. Negotiations for European Union (EU) membership are complete and Estonia will join the EU in 2004..more
World Bank Country Study , Implementing the EU Acession Agenda, June 1999 - The study focuses on selected issues in the Estonia's EU accession agenda.The issues selected cover areas where there is the greatest overlap between the accession agenda and measures to strengthen economic management ...more
Estonia - 2000 |
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Population: 1 million
Surface area (1997): 45.1 thousand sq. km
Population per sq. km: 34
Population growth: -0.9%
Life expectancy (1999): 71 years
Population below national poverty line % (1995): 8.9
GNP per capita (US$): 3,410
GDP (US$ millions): 4,969
Source: World Development Indicators Database
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