Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kazakhstan instead of Spain, you would:
Health
be 11.8% less likely to be obese
In Spain, 23.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Kazakhstan, that number is 21.0% of people as of 2016.
live 10.0 years less
In Spain, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Kazakhstan, that number is 73 years (67 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 66.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Spain, 14.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Kazakhstan, that number is 4.8% as of 2019.
be 79.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Spain, 20.7% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Kazakhstan, however, that number is 4.3% as of 2018.
pay a 77.8% lower top tax rate
Spain has a top tax rate of 45.0% as of 2016. In Kazakhstan, the top tax rate is 10.0% as of 2016.
make 30.1% less money
Spain has a GDP per capita of $36,200 as of 2020, while in Kazakhstan, the GDP per capita is $25,300 as of 2020.
Life
have 2.2 times more children
In Spain, there are approximately 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Kazakhstan, there are 15.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Spain, approximately 4.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Kazakhstan, 10.0 women do as of 2017.
be 7.8 times more likely to die during infancy
In Spain, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Kazakhstan, on the other hand, 19.2 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 31.0% less on education
Spain spends 4.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Kazakhstan spends 2.9% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 69.2% less on healthcare
Spain spends 9.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Kazakhstan, that number is 2.8% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Agencia Tributaria, Spain.
Kazakhstan: At a glance
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