Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Estonia instead of Saint Lucia, you would:

Health

live 1.1 years less

In Saint Lucia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 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

make 2.9 times more money

Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2020, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $35,600 as of 2020.

be 75.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Lucia, 20.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2003. In Estonia, that number is 4.9% as of 2019.

be 13.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Saint Lucia, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Estonia, however, that number is 21.7% as of 2018.

Life

be 92.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Lucia, approximately 117.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Estonia, 9.0 women do as of 2017.

be 71.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Saint Lucia, approximately 12.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Estonia, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.

have 27.2% fewer children

In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Estonia, there are 8.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 81.3% more likely to have internet access

In Saint Lucia, approximately 53.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 44.4% more on education

Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Estonia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 55.8% more on healthcare

Saint Lucia spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Estonia, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 24.0 times more coastline

Saint Lucia has a total of 158 km of coastline. In Estonia, that number is 3,794 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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