If you lived in Estonia instead of San Marino, you would:

Health

live 6.5 years less

In San Marino, the average life expectancy is 86 years (84 years for men, 87 years for women) as of 2024. In Estonia, that number is 79 years (75 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 28.5% less spent on your healthcare

San Marino spends $5,231 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Estonia spends $3,741 as of 2024.

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have 25.1% fewer doctors per person

San Marino has 46.3 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Estonia has 34.7 as of 2022.

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Economy

make 42.5% less money

San Marino has a GDP per capita of $59,871 as of 2023, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $34,418 as of 2025.

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Life

be 37.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In San Marino, approximately 8.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 69.0% more children

In San Marino, there are approximately 4.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Estonia, there are 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 25.0% more likely to die during infancy

In San Marino, approximately 1.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Estonia, on the other hand, 1.5 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 79.7% more on education

San Marino spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Estonia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 18.6% more on healthcare

San Marino spends 6.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Estonia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2024.

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Safety

be 25.4% less likely to die in a road accident

In San Marino, road accidents kill 5.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Estonia, they kill 4.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

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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