Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.1 years longer

In Romania, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 79 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 13.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Romania, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Estonia, that number is 6.3% as of 2023.

pay a 25.0% higher top tax rate

Romania has a top tax rate of 16.0% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 50.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Romania, approximately 10.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 41.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Romania, approximately 5.8 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.

Basic Needs

be 14.4% more likely to have internet access

In Romania, approximately 84.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 78.4% more on education

Romania spends 3.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 23.8% more on healthcare

Romania spends 6.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 16.9 times more coastline

Romania has a total of 225 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, National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF).

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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