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2015 OECD ECONOMIC SURVEY OF ESTONIA
CHARTBOOK: BASIC STATISTICS This chartbook compares Estonia to other OECD countries
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INCOME: Estonia’s GDP per capita is below the OECD average
Estonia • GDP per capita: USD 25 590
OECD average • GDP per capita: USD 39 129
POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS: Estonia has more elderly people and less youth than the OECD average
Estonia • 17.1% are over 65 years old • 16% are under 15 years old
OECD average • 15.6% are over 65 years old • 18.3% are under 15 years old
LENGTH OF LIFE: life expectancy in Estonia is below the OECD average
Estonia • Life expectancy: 76.5 years-old
OECD average • Life expectancy: 80.2 years-old
HEALTH CARE: Estonia spends less on health care than most OECD countries
Estonia • 5.9% of GDP
OECD average • 9.2% of GDP
WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT: In Estonia, women represent a lower share of parliament than in most OECD countries
Estonia • 19% of women in Parliament
OECD average • 27% of women in Parliament
EDUCATION: Estonia spends slightly less on education than the OECD average (as % of GDP)
Estonia • 3.4% of GDP
OECD average • 3.9% of GDP
EDUCATION: the Estonian PISA scores are higher than the OECD average
Estonia • Reading: 516 • Math: 521 • Science: 541
OECD average • Reading: 496 • Math: 494 • Science: 501
R&D: Estonia spends close to the OECD average on research and development (as % of GDP)
Estonia • 2.2% of GDP
OECD average • 2.4% of GDP
PENSIONS: Estonia spends less than the OECD average on pensions (as % of GDP)
Estonia • 7% of GDP
OECD average • 8.7% of GDP
DEBT: Contrary to many other OECD countries, Estonia has general government net financial assets (as % of GDP)
Estonia • -32.2% of GDP
OECD average • 69.9% of GDP
HOURS WORKED: those holding a job in Estonia work more hours per year than the OECD average
Estonia • 1 868 hours per year
OECD average • 1 771 hours per year
EMPLOYMENT: Estonia’s employment rate for women is higher than to the OECD average. The same rate for men is lower than the OECD average.
Estonia • Women: 65.7% • Men: 71.4%
OECD average • Women: 57.4% • Men: 73.1%
UNEMPLOYMENT: Estonia has a higher unemployment rate than the OECD average
Estonia • 8.6%
OECD average • 7.8%
UNEMPLOYMENT: Estonia has a slightly higher youth unemployment rate than the OECD average
Estonia • 18.8%
OECD average • 16.1%
ENVIRONMENT: Estonia’s CO2 emissions per capita from fossil fuel combustion are higher than the OECD average
Estonia • 12 tonnes of CO2
OECD average • 10 tonnes of CO2
INEQUALITY: Estonia’s income inequality (as measured by the Gini index) is close to the OECD average
Estonia • 0.32
OECD average • 0.31
List of country abbreviations
JPN Japan KOR Korea LUX Luxembourg MEX Mexico NLD Netherlands NZL New Zealand NOR Norway POL Poland PRT Portugal SVK Slovak Republic SVN Slovenia ESP Spain SWE Sweden CHE Switzerland TUR Turkey GBR United Kingdom USA United States OECD OECD average
AUS Australia AUT Austria BEL Belgium CAN Canada CHL Chile CZE Czech Republic DNK Denmark EST Estonia FIN Finland FRA France DEU Germany GRC Greece HUN Hungary ISL Iceland IRL Ireland ISR Israel ITA Italy JPN Japan
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