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Estonia rankings 2026: where Estonia places in 131 global Top 10s

Estonia is #2 in Countries using the most coal energy per person and inside the top 10 of 15 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

Estonia appears in 131 of the 491 live country rankings on Top10Earth. This guide walks through every one of them: where Estonia is number one, where it makes the top 10, where it sits further down the table, and what has moved since the previous snapshot. Its best position is #2 in Countries using the most coal energy per person, where it is measured at 19.0k kWh per person (Coal energy consumption) as of 2026-11-02. Estonia finishes inside the top 10 in 15 rankings.

Top 10 finishes

Estonia is inside the top 10 of 15 further rankings. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

The remaining 3 top-10 positions are in the full list at the end of this guide.

Estonia by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Estonia holds 32 positions: #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest alcohol-related death rates (17.73 per 100,000 people), #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from mental and substance use disorders (23.04 per 100,000 people), #7 of 50 in Countries with the highest opioid use death rates (3.51 per 100,000 people) and #7 of 50 in Countries with the most deaths attributable to alcohol (share) (15.22 %). 28 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Estonia holds 26 positions: #2 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from hypertensive heart disease (76.97 per 100,000 people), #8 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of rural people with basic drinking water (100 %), #11 of 50 in Countries where 15–19 year olds drink the most alcohol (15.3 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year) and #11 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people at risk of catastrophic surgery costs (78.3 %). 22 more rankings are listed below.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Estonia holds 25 positions: #2 of 50 in Countries using the most coal energy per person (19.0k kWh per person), #2 of 50 in Countries with the highest industrial share of water withdrawals (94.19 %), #12 of 50 in Countries with the highest CO2 emissions from coal per person (3.34 tonnes per person) and #12 of 50 in Countries with the highest plug-in hybrid share of car sales (10.48 %). 21 more rankings are listed below.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Estonia holds 23 positions: #4 of 50 in Countries with the most bank depositors per 1,000 adults (2,149.63 per 1,000 adults), #15 of 43 in Countries with the highest government procurement spending (14.91 % of GDP), #15 of 50 in Countries with the most bank borrowers per 1,000 adults (505.66 per 1,000 adults) and #19 of 50 in Most trade-dependent economies (trade as share of GDP) (155.76 % of GDP). 19 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, Estonia holds 13 positions: #2 of 50 in Countries with the highest taxes as a share of cigarette price (88.17 %), #3 of 50 in Countries with the highest egg yields per hen (20.35 kilograms per bird), #12 of 50 in Countries with the highest rye yields (3.98 tonnes per hectare) and #15 of 50 in Countries with the most arable land per person (0.52 hectares per person). 9 more rankings are listed below.

Education and science

In education and science, Estonia holds 7 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the longest pre-primary education (4 years), #5 of 50 in Countries with the most students reaching minimum maths level (lower sec.) (85.03 %), #5 of 50 in Countries with the most students reaching minimum reading level (lower sec.) (86.19 %) and #21 of 50 in Countries spending the most on research as a share of GDP (1.84 % of GDP). 3 more rankings are listed below.

Consumer tech

In consumer tech, Estonia holds 5 positions: #18 of 50 in Countries by communications, computer, etc. (58.89 % of service imports, BoP), #31 of 50 in Countries by mobile subscriptions per 100 people (151.13 per 100 people), #43 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people using the internet (92.24 %) and #43 of 50 in Countries with the most fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people (35.35 per 100 people). 1 more ranking is listed below.

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Estonia moved in 119 rankings:

Since the first snapshot

Top10Earth keeps every snapshot it publishes. Where a ranking has been captured at least three times, the first recorded position can be compared with today's:

Where Estonia ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Estonia's lowest current positions are 50th of 50 in Countries by net financial account (1.29 BoP, current US$ bn), 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest bank lending to the private sector as a share of GDP (60.53 % of GDP) and 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest CO2 emissions per person including land use (5.95 tonnes per person). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Estonia

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Estonia's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Estonia

What is Estonia's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#2 in Countries using the most coal energy per person, with 19.0k kWh per person (Coal energy consumption) as of 2026-11-02.

How many rankings include Estonia?

131 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.

Is Estonia in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 15 rankings, including #2 in Countries using the most coal energy per person, #2 in Countries with the highest death rates from hypertensive heart disease and #2 in Countries with the highest industrial share of water withdrawals.

Where do the numbers come from?

From Our World in Data and World Bank Open Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

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