Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Bhutan instead of Guatemala, you would:
Health
be 69.8% less likely to be obese
In Guatemala, 21.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bhutan, that number is 6.4% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 29.8% more money
Guatemala has a GDP per capita of $8,400 as of 2020, while in Bhutan, the GDP per capita is $10,900 as of 2020.
be 86.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Guatemala, 59.3% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Bhutan, however, that number is 8.2% as of 2017.
be 39.1% more likely to be unemployed
In Guatemala, 2.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Bhutan, that number is 3.2% as of 2017.
Life
be 92.6% more likely to die during childbirth
In Guatemala, approximately 95.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Bhutan, 183.0 women do as of 2017.
be 17.6% less likely to be literate
In Guatemala, the literacy rate is 80.8% as of 2018. In Bhutan, it is 66.6% as of 2017.
have 28.6% fewer children
In Guatemala, there are approximately 22.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Bhutan, there are 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 41.9% less on healthcare
Guatemala spends 6.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Bhutan, that number is 3.6% of GDP as of 2019.
spend 2.1 times more on education
Guatemala spends 3.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Bhutan spends 6.9% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Bhutan: At a glance
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