Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Italy instead of Estonia, you would:
Health
live 4.7 years longer
In Estonia, the average life expectancy is 78 years (73 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022. In Italy, that number is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 100.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Estonia, 4.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Italy, that number is 9.9% as of 2019.
pay a 2.4 times higher top tax rate
Estonia has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Italy, the top tax rate is 48.8% as of 2016.
Life
be 77.8% less likely to die during childbirth
In Estonia, approximately 9.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Italy, 2.0 women do as of 2017.
have 20.6% fewer children
In Estonia, there are approximately 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Italy, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 27.2% less likely to have internet access
In Estonia, approximately 96.1% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Italy, about 70.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 17.3% less on education
Estonia spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Italy spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 29.9% more on healthcare
Estonia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Italy, that number is 8.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.0 times more coastline
Estonia has a total of 3,794 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Estonian Tax and Customs Board, The World Factbook, Italian Revenue Agency.
Italy: At a glance
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