Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Aruba instead of Estonia, you would:
Economy
be 38.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Estonia, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Aruba, that number is 7.7% as of 2016.
pay a 3.0 times higher top tax rate
Estonia has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Aruba, the top tax rate is 59.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 41.5% more children
In Estonia, there are approximately 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Aruba, there are 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 3.5 times more likely to die during infancy
In Estonia, approximately 3.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Aruba, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 16.7% less on education
Estonia spends 6.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Aruba spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
Geography
see 98.2% less coastline
Estonia has a total of 3,794 km of coastline. In Aruba, that number is 68 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Estonian Tax and Customs Board, The World Factbook, Ministerio di Finansas, Comunicacion, Utilidad y Energia.
Aruba: At a glance
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