Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Israel instead of Estonia, you would:
Health
live 5.5 years longer
In Estonia, the average life expectancy is 78 years (73 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022. In Israel, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
be 23.1% more likely to be obese
In Estonia, 21.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Israel, that number is 26.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 10.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Estonia, 4.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Israel, that number is 4.4% as of 2020.
pay a 2.5 times higher top tax rate
Estonia has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Israel, the top tax rate is 50.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 66.7% less likely to die during childbirth
In Estonia, approximately 9.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Israel, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
have 99.0% more children
In Estonia, there are approximately 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Israel, there are 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 19.2% more on education
Estonia spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Israel spends 6.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 11.9% more on healthcare
Estonia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Israel, that number is 7.5% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 92.8% less coastline
Estonia has a total of 3,794 km of coastline. In Israel, that number is 273 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Estonian Tax and Customs Board, The World Factbook, Israel Ministry of Finance Tax Authority.
Israel: At a glance
How big is Israel compared to Estonia? See an in-depth size comparison.