Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 19.7% less likely to be obese

In Hungary, 26.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 53.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Hungary, 4.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Estonia, that number is 6.3% as of 2023.

be 86.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Hungary, 12.1% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2022.

pay a 33.3% higher top tax rate

Hungary has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 66.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Hungary, approximately 15.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 26.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Hungary, approximately 4.6 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.

Expenditures

spend 37.5% more on education

Hungary spends 4.8% 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: Estonian Tax and Customs Board, The World Factbook, National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary.

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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