Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Estonia instead of Czech Republic, you would:

Health

be 18.5% less likely to be obese

In Czech Republic, 26.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

live 1.9 years less

In Czech Republic, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 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 2.5 times more likely to be unemployed

In Czech Republic, 2.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Estonia, that number is 5.6% as of 2022.

be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Czech Republic, 10.2% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.8% as of 2021.

Life

be 66.7% more likely to die during childbirth

In Czech Republic, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 42.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Czech Republic, approximately 2.4 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 16.3% fewer children

In Czech Republic, there are approximately 9.8 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 10.7% more likely to have internet access

In Czech Republic, approximately 86.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 15.2% less on healthcare

Czech Republic spends 9.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 29.4% more on education

Czech Republic spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education 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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