Social Development in Estonia

168 indicators covering social development for Estonia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 9 2018 unchanged 33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 52 2025 up 33.3% 166th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 28.4% 152nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 33.9% 155th
Political Rights Score 39 2025 up 2.6% 9th
Freedom Score 96 2025 up 2.1% 13th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 321 2025 up 339.7% 120th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 up 323.3% 91st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 118.0% 112th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -16.13 % change on previous year 2025 down 162.5% 71st
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 19 2018 unchanged 33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 86.63 % change on previous year 2025 up 761.5% 7th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.908 2025 unchanged 19th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.98 2025 up 0.5% 11th
Political Corruption Index 0.025 2025 down 7.4% 167th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.025 2025 down 7.4% 167th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.24 2024 down 30.9% 17th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0014 units per square kilometre 2023 up 168.2% 172nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0081 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2,246.6% 103rd
LGBT+ Rights Index 6.8 2019 down 1.7% 31st
Forcibly displaced people 41,620 2025 up 17,917.3% 104th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 1st
Age of electoral democracy 35 years 2025 up 40.0% 73rd
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 76 2024 up 10.1% 13th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 10.38 2024 down 9.3% 36th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 12.84 2024 down 25.7% 2nd
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.9623 2024 up 33.0% 56th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -3.43 2024 up 47.7% 207th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.41 2025 up 16.2% 45th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.41 2025 up 16.2% 45th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 33.9% 2024 down 5.2% 121st
Homicide rate 1.54 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 61.1% 113th
Homicides 21 homicides 2023 down 59.6% 134th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.54 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 61.1% 113th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.54 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 61.1% 112th
Age of electoral democracy 33 years 2025 up 43.5% 56th
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 1st
Citizen support for democracy 0.3296 2020 up 78.5% 38th
Homicides 21 deaths 2022 down 67.7% 82nd
Child homicide rate 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 100.0% 95th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.3243 2020 up 316.6% 46th
Homicide rate 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 67.5% 47th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 67.5% 47th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 1st
Homicides 24.54 deaths 2021 down 64.9% 160th
Homicide rate 1.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 64.9% 139th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.85 2021 down 64.9% 133rd
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 207,000 2030 down 21.3% 133rd
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 12.22 2030 up 13.5% 10th