Quality of life comparison
If you lived in New York instead of Estonia, you would:
Health
be 47.1% more likely to be obese
In Estonia, 20.3% of adults are obese as of 2024. In New York, that number is 29.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 47.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Estonia, 8.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In New York, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
be 40.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Estonia, 22.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In New York, however, that number is 13.3% as of 2023.
make 2.7 times more money
Estonia has a GDP per capita of $34,418 as of 2025, while in New York, the GDP per capita is $91,992 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
