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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

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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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