Regions

Pärnu County

Pärnu County compared with Estonia. Every figure comes from the same source and period.

Pärnu County

Comparison

Pärnu and Estonia side by side

Latest month, last 12 months and accommodation indicators. Changes are against a year earlier.

Key figures for the regions side by side
IndicatorPärnuEstonia
Latest month · August 2026
Accommodated guests65,010Up +3.8%481,646Up +4.9%
Nights spent109,957Up +1.6%873,626Up +6.4%
Share of foreign guests44.1%53.9%
Nights per guest1.691.81
Last 12 months · to August 2026
Accommodated guests467,577Up +1.5%3,796,708Up +4.3%
Nights spent837,427Down −0.4%6,951,154Up +4.6%
Share of foreign guests46.5%53.4%
Share of Estonia's guests12.3%100%
Summer share (Jun–Aug), 202540%37%
Accommodation · August 2026
Room occupancy54%Up +3.0 pp58%Up +2.0 pp
Bed-place occupancy43%Down ±0.0 pp46%Up +2.0 pp
Average cost of a guest night€55Up +10.0%€51Down −1.9%
Establishments1731,233
Bed places8,29660,726

Change: monthly and 12-month figures vs a year earlier; occupancy in percentage points.

Trends

How the region has developed

The index compares the rolling 12-month total with 2019, so regions of different sizes are comparable.

Guests compared with 2019 (2019 = 100)

Rolling 12-month total, index

  • Pärnu County
  • Estonia
Indicator
COVID-194050607080901001102020202120222023202420252026104.6Pärnu100.2Estonia

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU131 · index: 12-month total / 2019 total × 100

Room occupancy by month

Last 36 months

  • Pärnu County
  • Estonia
Indicator
0%20%40%60%80%100%20242025202658%Estonia54%Pärnu

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU122

Markets & purpose

Where guests come from, and why

Each market's share of the region's foreign guests, and nights by purpose of trip.

Share of foreign markets

Share of the region's foreign guests · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026

CountryPärnuEstonia
Latvia46.5%14.3%
Finland32.7%33.8%
Sweden3.1%2.9%
Lithuania2.9%4.2%
Germany2.8%6.5%
Poland1.1%3.1%
United Kingdom1.1%4.3%
Ukraine1.0%1.5%

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU131 · Statistics Estonia may suppress small values

Purpose of trip

Nights spent over the last 12 months

Pärnu County

Statistics Estonia has withheld some data for this period for confidentiality, so the split cannot be calculated reliably.

Estonia

Holiday69.8%
Conference, seminar2.5%
Other business18.9%
Other8.9%

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU133 · data from 2019

By year

Pärnu County by year

Annual totals. The current year is marked separately and its change is calculated against the same months a year earlier.

Pärnu County· since 2010
Pärnu County by year
YearGuestsChangeNightsForeign guestsNights / guestRoom occupancyPrice per night
2026 (January–August 2026)334,458+0.5%595,51846.4%1.7842.5%€46.63
2025466,047−0.9%846,38147.0%1.8240.9%€44.17
2024470,481+10.9%866,21143.9%1.8443.2%€43.25
2023424,264−2.5%840,36742.5%1.9843.0%€41.75
2022434,969+31.9%831,10138.0%1.9140.9%€36.92
2021329,655+7.4%587,10816.9%1.7825.7%€32.08
2020306,997−31.3%576,64726.5%1.8827.4%€30.08
2019446,960+6.4%924,55749.3%2.0745.5%€32.25
2018419,914+1.9%874,03648.9%2.0844.1%€31.42
2017412,267+6.3%860,74249.6%2.0944.3%€30.83
2016387,672+11.6%855,36849.9%2.2144.3%€30.33
2015347,239+3.5%775,34850.6%2.2343.5%€29.42
2014335,421+13.6%767,05550.9%2.2941.9%€28.50
2013295,190+5.6%730,70752.2%2.4841.6%€27.75
2012279,667+1.8%710,42353.1%2.5442.8%€26.00
2011274,770+6.6%703,42055.0%2.5642.6%€24.50
2010257,719+11.6%682,41357.0%2.6544.3%€23.33

The row in italics is the current, incomplete year. Occupancy and price are simple averages of the months.

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU131, TU122

All regions

All counties and cities

Last 12 months. Sort by clicking a column header; choose a region by clicking its name.

All counties and cities
Region
3,796,708+4.3%6,951,15453.4%1.8345.8%€49.25
2,037,348+7.0%3,917,00673.1%1.9258.5%€52
1,899,223+7.7%3,672,49776.0%1.9361.8%€52.42
467,577+1.5%837,42746.5%1.7941.3%€44.92
405,391+1.4%741,81551.3%1.8350.1%€47
309,843+5.1%524,32842.6%1.6946.4%€48.25
288,536+5.7%488,61844.1%1.6955.8%€48.17
211,449+2.5%374,49615.3%1.7742.3%€46.17
180,222+2.6%306,76431.2%1.7031.5%€47.92
127,099+2.8%216,31517.7%1.7027.4%€46.08
116,451−2.5%188,54219.6%1.6231.8%€52.58
115,348+0.1%179,86921.2%1.5634.6%€42.83
78,029+1.4%138,36814.2%1.7729.4%€45.33
50,512+0.8%80,98016.0%1.6020.8%€44.67
25,482−9.4%45,42012.6%1.7819.5%€47.25
23,155−16.0%37,36511.4%1.6116.7%€41.42
20,429−2.6%32,48811.0%1.5915.8%€39.17
18,345−6.3%32,89612.2%1.7914.8%€36.75
15,419−6.0%38,89013.4%2.5224.1%€24.83

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU131, TU122 · rolling 12-month total or average

Data availability

What data exists for Pärnu County

Statistics Estonia publishes some data by county and city, and some for Estonia as a whole only.

  • Accommodated guests and nightsTU131Monthly data since 2005, by country of residence.
  • Establishments and occupancyTU122Monthly data since 2002, including price per night.
  • Purpose of tripTU133Monthly data since 2019.
  • Long-run capacity (since 1992)TU11Published only for Estonia and its macro-regions, not by county.
  • Residents' travelTU51, TU54, TU56, TU63, TU551, TU552, TU661A sample survey published only for Estonia as a whole.
  • Accommodation-sector economicsEM001, TU410, PA113Business and wage statistics are published only for Estonia as a whole.