NUTS statistical regions of Estonia

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Estonia for statistical purposes. 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.

Local administrative units
Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:

The LAU codes of Estonia can be downloaded here:

NUTS 3

 * 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)