Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.6 years longer

In Syria, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 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 23.7% less likely to be obese

In Syria, 27.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Estonia, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 14.5 times more money

Syria has a GDP per capita of $2,900 as of 2021, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $42,000 as of 2023.

be 53.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 13.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Estonia, that number is 6.3% as of 2023.

be 72.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Syria, 82.5% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2022.

Life

be 83.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Syria, approximately 30.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Estonia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 15.6% more likely to be literate

In Syria, the literacy rate is 86.4% as of 2015. In Estonia, it is 99.9% as of 2021.

be 78.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Syria, approximately 15.9 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 62.2% fewer children

In Syria, there are approximately 21.7 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 12.4% more likely to have access to electricity

In Syria, approximately 89% 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 Syria, approximately 46.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 29.4% more on education

Syria spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2009. Estonia spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 19.7 times more coastline

Syria has a total of 193 km of coastline. In Estonia, that number is 3,794 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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