Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Estonia instead of Italy, you would:
Health
live 4.7 years less
In Italy, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 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
be 50.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Italy, 9.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Estonia, that number is 4.9% as of 2019.
pay a 59.0% lower top tax rate
Italy has a top tax rate of 48.8% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 25.9% more children
In Italy, there are approximately 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Estonia, there are 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 4.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Italy, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Estonia, 9.0 women do as of 2017.
Basic Needs
be 37.3% more likely to have internet access
In Italy, approximately 70.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 23.0% less on healthcare
Italy spends 8.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Estonia, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2019.
spend 20.9% more on education
Italy spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Estonia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 50.1% less coastline
Italy has a total of 7,600 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, Italian Revenue Agency.
Estonia: At a glance
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