Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Estonia instead of Virgin Islands, you would:

Health

live 2.4 years less

In Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 84 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 47.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Virgin Islands, 12.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Estonia, that number is 6.3% as of 2023.

be 22.1% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Virgin Islands, 28.9% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Estonia, however, that number is 22.5% as of 2022.

Life

be 55.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Virgin Islands, approximately 7.7 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 26.1% fewer children

In Virgin Islands, there are approximately 11.1 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 48.3% more likely to have internet access

In Virgin Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Estonia, about 96.1% do as of 2022.

Geography

see 20.2 times more coastline

Virgin Islands has a total of 188 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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