Estonia
Presentation of country
- Baltic country of 1.3 million inhabitants, at north east of EU. Capital: Tallinn with 445,000 people
- Extremely well performing economy with unemployment rate of around 5% and revenue per capital which is one which is growing the most over last 5 years
- Large specialization on IT and new tech business particularly among the skilled young professionals
- Average salary around 1,550€ /month, which is close to West European standards
- Very safe place to live, with high standards of living including environmental criteria. Surnamed as Switzerland of the Baltics or Singapour of the Baltics for those reasons
Potential
- Estonia is probably one of the best in class within previously called «Eastern Europe» countries
- GDP per capita increased from a level equivalent to 45% of European average to 90% of European average over the last 15 years
- 5 of the best education system in the world, including Japan
- Highest rate of Internet use among the population
- Highest rate of new start up creation per inhabitant in the world
- GDP growth of 4.1% in 2019
- Total debt /GDP ratio is around 18.2% vs. 116.3% in France. This number is the lowest in Europe
Real estate market
- Real estate market boosted by demand on new apartments. Number of new constructions is 2 times higher than in West European cities
- High demand in renting and in acquisitions (+20% over last 2 years for number of transactions and increase of rent of 10% over last year)
- Price per sqm up by 17.3% in 2021
- Half of acquisitions without bank financing and average living area per person is 24 sqm
- Possibility to have access to financing at the level of 50% of the acquisition price for non residents investors
- Still significant value creation potential in apartment value and in rental value
Tax & Social
- Corporate tax: 20%
- Tax rate on rents for non-residents investors: 20%
- Tax on dividends distributed: 15%
- No land tax
- Transfer tax of real estate: 0.5%-2.5% of land cadastral value
- VAT: 20%, reduced rate 9%
- Currency: EURO