Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Kiribati instead of Gambia, you would:

Health

be 4.5 times more likely to be obese

In Gambia, 10.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Kiribati, that number is 46.0% of people as of 2016.

Life

be 84.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Gambia, approximately 597.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Kiribati, 92.0 women do as of 2017.

be 11.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Gambia, approximately 37.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Kiribati, on the other hand, 32.9 children do as of 2022.

have 30.1% fewer children

In Gambia, there are approximately 28.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Kiribati, there are 20.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 2.0 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Gambia, approximately 49% of people have electricity access (69% in urban areas, and 16% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Kiribati, that number is 100% of people on average (88% in urban areas, and 82% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 4.3 times more on education

Gambia spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Kiribati spends 12.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 2.7 times more on healthcare

Gambia spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Kiribati, that number is 10.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 14.3 times more coastline

Gambia has a total of 80 km of coastline. In Kiribati, that number is 1,143 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Kiribati: At a glance

Kiribati is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 811 sq km. The Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915; they were captured by the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati.
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