Domestic violence costs Estonia more than 250 million euros a year.
According to the Development Monitoring Center, domestic violence costs Estonian society approximately 273 million euros per year, and this is a fairly conservative figure. Cases registered with the police cost 94 million euros, but the real costs are approximately three times higher - about 80% of the episodes remain invisible to the eyes of the state, although they still fall on society.
The main costs are physical and moral harm to the victims: 34 million euros for registered cases and up to 122 million considering hidden violence. Health care costs are estimated at 59 million euros (treatment, sick leave, medicines, ambulance), losses in the labor market - 38 million.
It seems that the Estonian government is looking for room for maneuver in the area of savings.