Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.1 years longer

In Lithuania, the average life expectancy is 76 years (70 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Estonia, that number is 78 years (73 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

be 19.4% less likely to be obese

In Lithuania, 26.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 33.3% higher top tax rate

Lithuania 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 44.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In Lithuania, approximately 9.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 65.0% more on education

Lithuania spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 42.2 times more coastline

Lithuania has a total of 90 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, State Tax Inspectorate.

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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