International Rankings of Estonia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Estonia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Estonia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	27	34.88	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	93	431251	0
Internet users - percent of population	31	89.36 %	2018
Internet users - total	135	1.112 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	61	26.24	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	107	324388	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	20	157.82	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	149	1.951 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	92	10.440 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	88	10.370 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	33	0.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	7	76.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	14	80.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	10	95.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	2	99.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	104	31.461 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	22	77.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	46	20.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	147	50.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	161	74 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	55	24 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	34	2.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	123	2.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	71	29.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	61	68.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	84	25.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	28	2.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	16	9.5 %	2017
Labor force	150	648000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	127	2.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	65	20.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	29	76.8 %	2017
Population below poverty line	81	21.7	2018
Public debt	57	9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	115	48.987 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	40	36927 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	39	39.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	131	5.306 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2017
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	103	8.795 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	34	5.613 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	27	72	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	14	28	2017
Electricity - imports	47	3.577 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	107	2.578 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	97	11.550 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	92	481.400 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	66	481.400 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	112	28300	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	64	27150 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	95	35520 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	88	16.59 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	156	0.99 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	179	6.74 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	135	22.2	2018
Land use - arable land	73	14.9	2018
Land use - forest	41	52.1	2018
Land use - other	96	25.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	119	7.2	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	51	0.85 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	129	12.806 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	158	4.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	40	1.721 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	145	59.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	164	0.03	2025
Urbanization - urban population	76	69.4	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	94	473000 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	77	117020 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	31	24.7 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	132	42388 sq km	0
Area - total	131	45228 sq km	0
Area - water	145	2840 sq km	0
Coastline	32	3794 km	0
Elevation - highest point	162	318 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	144	61 meters	0
Irrigated land	136	40 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	128	657 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	135	22.2	2018
Land use - arable land	73	14.9	2018
Land use - forest	41	52.1	2018
Land use - other	96	25.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	119	7.2	2018
Total renewable water resources	128	12.806 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	199	8.86 %	2378
Age structure - 25-54 years	104	40.34 %	3382
Age structure - 55-64 years	34	13.58 %	0576
Birth rate	185	9.03 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	44	6.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	7	13.06 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	12	32.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	114	3.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	66	58.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	129	26.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	29	5 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	30	0.8	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	84	7100	2020
Hospital bed density	25	4.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	178	3.62 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	200	3.32 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	188	3.47 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	40	82.51 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	95	72.98 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	69	77.63 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	106	9	2017
Median age - female	8	47 years	2020
Median age - male	27	40.4 years	0
Median age - total	16	43.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	21	28.2	2019
Net migration rate	137	2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	71	21.2 %	2016
Physicians density	13	4.48 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	156	1.220 million	2021
Population growth rate	166	0.69 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	16	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	38	0.84	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	54	0.53 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	29	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	119	1.61 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	96	11.7	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	89	10.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	93	11.1	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	165	0.03	2025
Urbanization - urban population	76	69.4	2021
Transportation
Airports	105	18	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	31	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	65	13	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	91	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	64	3	2013
Heliports	25	1	2012
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	146	31981	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	88	14	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	70	2146 km	2016
Roadways - paved	69	10427 km	115
Roadways - total	66	58412 km	0
Waterways	79	335 km	320

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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