Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 5.1 years less

In Luxembourg, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 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

pay a 54.1% lower top tax rate

Luxembourg has a top tax rate of 43.6% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

make 68.3% less money

Luxembourg has a GDP per capita of $132,400 as of 2023, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $42,000 as of 2023.

be 22.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Luxembourg, 5.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Estonia, that number is 6.3% as of 2023.

be 29.3% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Luxembourg, 17.4% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2022.

Life

be 16.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Luxembourg, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

have 29.3% fewer children

In Luxembourg, there are approximately 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Estonia, there are 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 32.0% more on education

Luxembourg spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 34.5% more on healthcare

Luxembourg spends 5.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Administration des Contributions Directes, The World Factbook, Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

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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