Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 33.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Belize, 1.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 0.8% of people as of 2020.

live 2.1 years longer

In Belize, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Estonia, that number is 78 years (73 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

be 12.0% less likely to be obese

In Belize, 24.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 4.0 times more money

Belize has a GDP per capita of $9,500 as of 2022, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $37,700 as of 2022.

be 35.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Belize, 8.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Estonia, that number is 5.6% as of 2022.

be 44.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Belize, 41.0% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.8% as of 2021.

Life

be 96.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Belize, approximately 130.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 69.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Belize, approximately 11.2 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 53.7% fewer children

In Belize, there are approximately 17.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Estonia, there are 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 55.0% more likely to have internet access

In Belize, approximately 62.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 24.1% less on education

Belize spends 8.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 13.0% more on healthcare

Belize spends 6.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 9.8 times more coastline

Belize has a total of 386 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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