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.[2] 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.
Overall
NUTS Codes
| Level |
Subdivisions |
# |
| NUTS 1 |
— |
1 |
| NUTS 2 |
— |
1 |
| NUTS 3 |
Groups of counties (Groups of Maakond) |
5 |
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 codes
| NUTS 1 |
Code |
NUTS 2 |
Code |
NUTS 3 |
Code |
|---|
| Estonia |
EE0 |
Estonia |
EE00 |
Põhja-Eesti |
EE001 |
| Lääne-Eesti |
EE004 |
| Kesk-Eesti |
EE006 |
| Kirde-Eesti |
EE007 |
| Lõuna-Eesti |
EE008 |
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)
