Quality of Life Comparison


If you lived in Turks and Caicos Islands instead of Estonia, you would:


live 3.1 years longer

In Estonia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (72 years for men, 82 years for women). In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 years for women).


be 69.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Estonia, 5.9% of adults are unemployed. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 10.0%.


have 51.5% more children

In Estonia, there are approximately 10.1 babies per 1,000 people. In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are 15.3 babies per 1,000 people.

be 2.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Estonia, approximately 3.8 children die before they reach the age of one. In Turks and Caicos Islands, on the other hand, 10.1 children do.


spend 40.0% less on education

Estonia spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education. Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.3% of total GDP on education.


see 89.7% less coastline

Estonia has a total of 3,794 km of coastline. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 389 km.

Turks and Caicos Islands: At a glance

Turks and Caicos Islands (sometimes abbreviated TCI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 948 sq km. The islands were part of the UK's Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown colony upon Jamaica's independence. The governor of The Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973. Although independence was agreed upon for 1982, the policy was reversed and the islands remain a British overseas territory.

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