Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 13.8% less likely to be obese

In Cuba, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

live 1.8 years less

In Cuba, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 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 3.4 times more money

Cuba has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2016, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $42,000 as of 2023.

be 5.5 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cuba, 1.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Estonia, that number is 6.3% as of 2023.

Life

be 87.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cuba, approximately 39.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 17.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Cuba, approximately 4.1 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 17.2% fewer children

In Cuba, there are approximately 9.9 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 35.4% more likely to have internet access

In Cuba, approximately 71.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 48.4% less on education

Cuba spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2010. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 37.6% less on healthcare

Cuba spends 12.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

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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