Estonia
EE
Comparison
Estonia
EE
Germany
DE
Shared indicators
15
Estonia better
5
Germany better
10
Tie
0
Indicative result based on the count of shared indicators. Each indicator uses the latest exact year available for both countries, and no weighted composite score is applied.
Jobless Households
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Estonia
Housing & Utility Bill Arrears
Measures the share of people living in households with arrears on mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, or hire-purchase instalments.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Home Price Affordability
Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Housing Affordability
Measures the share of people living in households where total housing costs exceed 40% of disposable household income.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Estonia
Overcrowded Housing
Measures the share of people living in a dwelling with fewer rooms than required under the Eurostat overcrowding standard. The minimum number of rooms depends on household composition and the ages of its members.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Energy Poverty / Cold Homes
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to keep their home adequately warm.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Estonia
GDP per Capita
Measures GDP per inhabitant after adjusting for differences in price levels between countries using purchasing power standards (PPS). The EU27 average is set to 100, so values above or below 100 indicate a level above or below the EU average for that year. The index is primarily intended for cross-country comparison and changes over time should not be interpreted as real GDP growth.
Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Income Inequality (Gini Index)
Measures inequality in the distribution of equivalised disposable income. A value of 0 represents complete equality and 100 represents maximum inequality.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Poverty Rate
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Financial Vulnerability
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Material and Social Deprivation
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Estonia
Housing Space per Person
Measures the average number of rooms available in a household relative to the number of people living there, using Eurostat rules on which habitable spaces count as rooms.
Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Germany
Severe Material Deprivation
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 7 of the 13 material or social items used in the Eurostat material and social deprivation framework.
Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.
Eurostat ↗Better outcome: Estonia
| Indicator | Country A value | Country B value | Better outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) | 6.4% | 10.3% | Estonia |
| Arrears on housing or utility bills | 7.6% | 6.9% | Germany |
| House price to income ratio | 103.2 index | 97.7 index | Germany |
| Housing cost overburden rate | 8.8% | 11.2% | Estonia |
| Overcrowding rate | 17.9% | 11.7% | Germany |
| Inability to keep home adequately warm | 3.1% | 5.7% | Estonia |
| GDP per capita in PPS | 79 | 115 | Germany |
| Gini coefficient | 30.9 index | 30.1 index | Germany |
| Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 | 5.07 ratio | 4.68 ratio | Germany |
| At-risk-of-poverty rate | 19.5% | 16.1% | Germany |
| Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion | 21.8% | 21.2% | Germany |
| Inability to face unexpected financial expenses | 36% | 31.9% | Germany |
| Material and social deprivation rate | 8.7% | 10.7% | Estonia |
| Average number of rooms per person | 1.6 rooms/person | 1.7 rooms/person | Germany |
| Severe material and social deprivation rate | 3.5% | 5.6% | Estonia |