If you lived in Estonia instead of El Salvador, you would:

Health

live 2.5 years longer

In El Salvador, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Estonia, that number is 78 years (73 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

be 13.8% less likely to be obese

In El Salvador, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 4.4 times more money

El Salvador has a GDP per capita of $8,100 as of 2020, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $35,600 as of 2020.

be 29.4% less likely to be unemployed

In El Salvador, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Estonia, that number is 4.9% as of 2019.

pay a 33.3% lower top tax rate

El Salvador has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 80.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In El Salvador, approximately 46.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Estonia, 9.0 women do as of 2017.

be 12.0% more likely to be literate

In El Salvador, the literacy rate is 89.1% as of 2019. In Estonia, it is 99.8% as of 2015.

be 71.8% less likely to die during infancy

In El Salvador, 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, 3.4 children do as of 2022.

have 51.0% fewer children

In El Salvador, there are approximately 17.9 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 74.7% more likely to have internet access

In El Salvador, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 52.9% more on education

El Salvador spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Estonia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 12.4 times more coastline

El Salvador has a total of 307 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, Ministry of Finance.

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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