Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Estonia instead of Costa Rica, you would:

Health

be 17.5% less likely to be obese

In Costa Rica, 25.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

live 1.8 years less

In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Estonia, that number is 78 years (73 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 80.7% more money

Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $19,700 as of 2020, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $35,600 as of 2020.

be 39.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Costa Rica, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Estonia, that number is 4.9% as of 2019.

pay a 33.3% higher top tax rate

Costa Rica has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 66.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Costa Rica, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Estonia, 9.0 women do as of 2017.

be 59.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Estonia, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.

have 38.7% fewer children

In Costa Rica, there are approximately 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Estonia, there are 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 18.6% more likely to have internet access

In Costa Rica, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 22.4% less on education

Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Estonia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 2.9 times more coastline

Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Estonia, that number is 3,794 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Estonian Tax and Customs Board, The World Factbook, Directorate General of Taxation of Costa Rica.

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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