Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.9 years less

In Finland, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 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 17.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Finland, 6.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Estonia, that number is 5.6% as of 2022.

pay a 61.2% lower top tax rate

Finland has a top tax rate of 51.6% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

make 23.7% less money

Finland has a GDP per capita of $49,400 as of 2022, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $37,700 as of 2022.

be 79.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Finland, 12.7% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.8% as of 2021.

Life

be 37.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Finland, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 60.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Finland, approximately 2.1 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 19.6% fewer children

In Finland, there are approximately 10.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Estonia, there are 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 18.8% less on healthcare

Finland spends 9.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 11.9% more on education

Finland spends 5.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 3.0 times more coastline

Finland has a total of 1,250 km of coastline. In Estonia, that number is 3,794 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Finnish Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

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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