Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.9 years longer

In Greenland, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 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 30.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Estonia, that number is 6.3% as of 2023.

make 38.3% less money

Greenland has a GDP per capita of $68,100 as of 2021, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $42,000 as of 2023.

be 38.9% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Greenland, 16.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2022.

Life

be 60.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Greenland, approximately 8.8 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 39.3% fewer children

In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 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 38.3% more likely to have internet access

In Greenland, approximately 69.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 35.3% less on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 91.4% less coastline

Greenland has a total of 44,087 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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