OREANDA-NEWS. February 14, 2013. Flash estimates from Statistics Estonia have put the nation's year-on-year GDP growth at 3.7 percent for the final quarter of 2012 and the overall GDP growth for last year at 3.2 percent.

The quarterly result is the highest for the year, just above the 3.6 percent seen in the first quarter and the 3.5 percent in the third quarter. The second quarter result was much lower, at 2.2 percent.

Seasonal and working-day adjusted GDP was up 0.9 percent compared with the third quarter. From the fourth quarter of 2011, it rose 3.4 percent, the agency said in a release.

Value added in the areas of information and communication, trade and transport were the biggest drivers of economic growth during the quarter, with trade being boosted by a stable growth in retail sales, Statistics Estonia said.