See main article: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Estonia for statistical purposes.[1] The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Estonia is EE and a hierarchy of three levels is established by Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Estonia, the LAU 1 is counties and the LAU 2 are municipalities.
| Level | Subdivisions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NUTS 1 | — | 1 | |
| NUTS 2 | — | 1 | |
| NUTS 3 | Groups of counties (Groups of Maakond) | 5 |
Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
| Level | Subdivisions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LAU 1 | Counties (Maakond) | 15 | |
| LAU 2 | Municipalities (Vald, linn) | 79 |
The LAU codes of Estonia can be downloaded here:
| Estonia | EE0 | Estonia | EE00 | Põhja-Eesti | EE001 |
| Lääne-Eesti | EE004 | ||||
| Kesk-Eesti | EE006 | ||||
| Kirde-Eesti | EE007 | ||||
| Lõuna-Eesti | EE008 |
EE0 Estonia
EE00 Estonia
EE001 Põhja-Eesti (Harju County)
EE004 Lääne-Eesti (Hiiu County, Lääne County, Pärnu County, Saare County)
EE006 Kesk-Eesti (Järva County, Lääne-Viru County, Rapla County)
EE007 Kirde-Eesti (Ida-Viru County)
EE008 Lõuna-Eesti (Jõgeva County, Põlva County, Tartu County, Valga County, Viljandi County, Võru County)
