Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Estonia instead of Israel, you would:

Health

be 18.8% less likely to be obese

In Israel, 26.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

live 5.5 years less

In Israel, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 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

pay a 60.0% lower top tax rate

Israel has a top tax rate of 50.0% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

be 12.3% more likely to be unemployed

In Israel, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 4.9% as of 2019.

Life

be 3.0 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Israel, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Estonia, 9.0 women do as of 2017.

have 49.7% fewer children

In Israel, there are approximately 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Estonia, there are 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 16.1% less on education

Israel spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Estonia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 10.7% less on healthcare

Israel spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Estonia, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 13.9 times more coastline

Israel has a total of 273 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, Israel Ministry of Finance Tax Authority.

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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