Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

pay a 20.0% lower top tax rate

Slovakia has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

be 64.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Slovakia, 13.7% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2022.

Life

be 29.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Slovakia, approximately 4.8 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.

Expenditures

spend 43.5% more on education

Slovakia spends 4.6% 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, Tax Directorate, Slovakia.

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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