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Estonia on the 12 axes

MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.

Estonia is typed MLPG, the Free-Market Cosmopolitan. Its clearest lean is Democratic Authority at -1.00, backed by judicial constraints on the executive of 0.97 and a Liberal Democracy Index of 0.837 (2025). Structure is Central at +1.00 in a unitary state with a strong elected regional governments index of 0. Next come Progressive Morality (-0.85), Liberty on Security (-0.75) and Global Trade (-0.75), with trade equal to 156% of GDP (2025). Welfare (-0.10) and Foreign policy (-0.10) are near the centre.

Latvia is the closest match at 86%. Both are Central, Secular, Private and lean National identity at +0.30 on Culture. They split on Technology, where Estonia leans Embrace at -0.45 and Latvia leans Caution at +0.45, and on Morality, where Latvia is milder at -0.55. Estonia also spends 3.4% of GDP on the military (2025). Look through the politicians and historical figures nearest to Estonia, or take the test to see your own closeness.

Laws and institutionsData 2026-10
ECONOMYSTATESOCIETYWORLDOwnershipMarketsWelfareAuthoritySecurityStructureMoralityReligionTechnologyCultureTradeForeign
Axis by axis

Where Estonia sits

  1. 01Ownership+65
    PublicPrivate
  2. 02Markets+45
    PlannedFree
  3. 03Welfare-10
    SharedSelf-reliant
  4. 04Authority-100
    DemocraticStrong leader
  5. 05Security-75
    LibertyOrder
  6. 06Structure+100
    LocalCentral
  7. 07Morality-85
    ProgressiveTraditional
  8. 08Religion-75
    SecularReligious
  9. 09Technology-45
    EmbraceCaution
  10. 10Culture+30
    MulticulturalNational identity
  11. 11Trade-75
    GlobalProtected
  12. 12Foreign policy-10
    CooperationStrength

Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built

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What is Estonia's type on the 12 axes?

Read from its laws and institutions, Estonia comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.

Which countries are governed most like Estonia?

On the 12 axes, Latvia is closest at 86%, followed by Lithuania at 83%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.