Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 34.8% less likely to be obese

In Libya, 32.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Libya has a GDP per capita of $17,700 as of 2023, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $42,000 as of 2023.

be 66.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Libya, 18.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Estonia, that number is 6.3% as of 2023.

pay a 100.0% higher top tax rate

Libya has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 93.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Libya, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 69.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Libya, approximately 11.2 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 59.6% fewer children

In Libya, there are approximately 20.3 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 42.9% more likely to have access to electricity

In Libya, approximately 70% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Estonia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 2.1 times more likely to have internet access

In Libya, approximately 46.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Geography

see 2.1 times more coastline

Libya has a total of 1,770 km of coastline. In Estonia, that number is 3,794 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Estonian Tax and Customs Board, The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance.

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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