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).