Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Estonia instead of Aruba, you would:

Health

live 2.8 years longer

In Aruba, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024. In Estonia, that number is 79 years (75 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 10.8% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $38,591 as of 2024, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $34,418 as of 2025.

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Life

be 87.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Aruba, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Estonia, on the other hand, 1.5 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 43.9% more on education

Aruba spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Estonia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 55.4 times more coastline

Aruba has a total of 68 km of coastline. In Estonia, that number is 3,794 km.

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Infrastructure

find 2.0 times more home broadband

Aruba has 17.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Estonia has 35.4 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 50.7% more CO2

Aruba emits 5.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Estonia emits 7.8 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Estonia: At a glance

Estonia is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 42,388 sq km. After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US - it regained its freedom in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops left in 1994, Estonia has been free to promote economic and political ties with the West. It joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004, formally joined the OECD in late 2010, and adopted the euro as its official currency on 1 January 2011.
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