Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Algeria, you would:
Health
be 56.9% less likely to be obese
In Algeria, 27.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Cabo Verde, that number is 11.8% of people as of 2016.
live 4.3 years less
In Algeria, the average life expectancy is 78 years (77 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Cabo Verde, that number is 74 years (71 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 23.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Algeria, 11.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Cabo Verde, that number is 9.0% as of 2017.
make 43.9% less money
Algeria has a GDP per capita of $10,700 as of 2020, while in Cabo Verde, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2020.
be 6.4 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Algeria, 5.5% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Cabo Verde, however, that number is 35.0% as of 2015.
Life
be 48.2% less likely to die during childbirth
In Algeria, approximately 112.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cabo Verde, 58.0 women do as of 2017.
be 19.3% more likely to die during infancy
In Algeria, approximately 19.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Cabo Verde, on the other hand, 23.5 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 23.0% less on education
Algeria spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Cabo Verde spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 21.0% less on healthcare
Algeria spends 6.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Cabo Verde, that number is 4.9% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cabo Verde: At a glance
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