Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Estonia instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 13.4 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Estonia, that number is 78 years (73 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 16.8 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $42,000 as of 2023.

Life

be 92.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Estonia, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.

have 70.7% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Estonia, there are 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 3.4 times more coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 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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