Quality of life comparison
If you lived in China instead of Argentina, you would:
Health
be 75.0% less likely to be obese
In Argentina, 37.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In China, that number is 9.3% of people as of 2024.
see 51.9% less spent on your healthcare
Argentina spends $3,089 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). China spends $1,487 as of 2023.
have 39.1% fewer doctors per person
Argentina has 51.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. China has 31.1 as of 2022.
be 12.7% more likely to die by suicide
Argentina has a suicide rate of 7.9 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In China, it is 8.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Economy
be 35.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Argentina, 7.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In China, that number is 4.6% as of 2025.
Life
be 51.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Argentina, approximately 33.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In China, 16.0 women do as of 2023.
be 48.8% less likely to die during infancy
In Argentina, approximately 8.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In China, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.
have 39.0% fewer children
In Argentina, there are approximately 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In China, there are 6.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 22.0% less on education
Argentina spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. China spends 3.9% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
spend 42.2% less on healthcare
Argentina spends 10.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In China, that number is 5.9% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 2.9 times more coastline
Argentina has a total of 4,989 km of coastline. In China, that number is 14,500 km.
Safety
be 88.9% less likely to be murdered
Argentina has a homicide rate of 4.5 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In China, that number is 0.5 per 100,000 as of 2020.
be 97.7% more likely to die in a road accident
In Argentina, road accidents kill 8.8 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In China, they kill 17.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 80.8% more home broadband
Argentina has 26.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. China has 47.2 as of 2024.
use 2.3 times more electricity
Argentina uses 2,822 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2024. China uses 6,524 kWh as of 2023.
live with 4.0 times more strain on fresh water
Argentina withdraws 10% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. China withdraws 42% as of 2022.
Environment
be 2.2 times more likely to die from air pollution
In Argentina, air pollution causes 29.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In China, it causes 64.0 as of 2019.
emit 2.3 times more CO2
Argentina emits 4.0 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. China emits 9.3 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this
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