EU-partnerships

Estonia

Research | 8 September 2026

€68 mln

Estonia’s goods surplus with Ukraine reached €68 mln in 2025

More than 63k Ukrainian citizens in Estonia at the start of 2026, 2nd largest foreign community and 4.6% of the total population

€235 mln

Estonia’s ICT service imports from Ukraine reached €235 mln, ~3/4 of Estonia’s total service imports from Ukraine

€232 mln

Estonia’s FDI stock in Ukraine was €232 mln in 2025, above its pre-war level

Centre for Economic Strategy (CES), an independent Ukrainian think tank that analyzes key public policies and promotes support for reforms.

With donor support, CES has launched a series of studies on trade relations between Ukraine and the European Union countries.

Free movements of goods and services

Estonia exported €176 mln of goods to UA in 2025 and imported €108 mln. 4 out of 5 Estonia’s largest exports to Ukraine are technology/equipment-related

Fish and seafood became Estonia’s largest export to Ukraine in 2025

Ukraine supplied 73.5% of Estonia’s refined sunflower-oil imports in 2025

Estonia’s services deficit with UA reached a record €185 mln in 2025

Estonia’s ICT service imports from UA more than doubled between 2021 and 2025

Ukraine supplied 9.8% of Estonia’s extra-EU services imports in 2025

Estonia’s travel-services exports to Ukraine peaked at €64 mln in 2022

Trade Balance UA-EE 2025

Free movement of persons and capital

63,200

Ukrainian citizens live in Estonia in 2026

54%

Only 54% of Ukrainian residents in Estonia held TP in January 2026

22.3 per 1k

Estonia hosts 22.3 TP beneficiaries per 1,000 (5th in EU)

67.5%

People aged 20–64 account for 67.5% of Estonia’s Ukrainian community

Estonian investment inflows into Ukraine remained positive throughout 2022–2025
There are 1,141 EE-linked entities in Ukraine
More than 11,000 employed in EE-linked companies in UA
The ten largest EE-linked firms generated 60% of reported turnover

Ukrainians in Estonia (in 000)

Tighter co-operation potential

Further integrating two-way ties in ICT and defence sectors: building from the 2026 Drone Deal, high value potential in EE’s EU and NATO access with UA’s tested digital capabilities.
In reconstruction: duplication of Estonia’s focused projects in Zhytomyr that could reduce market-entry barriers for new firms, leveraging public guarantees and international co-financing.