Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Anguilla instead of Aruba, you would:
Health
live 5.7 years longer
In Aruba, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024. In Anguilla, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Life
be 74.6% less likely to die during infancy
In Aruba, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Anguilla, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2022.
have 55.5% more children
In Aruba, there are approximately 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Anguilla, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 15.9% less likely to have internet access
In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Anguilla, about 81.6% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 10.5% more on education
Aruba spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Anguilla spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 10.9% less coastline
Aruba has a total of 68 km of coastline. In Anguilla, that number is 61 km.
Safety
be 14.9 times more likely to be murdered
Aruba has a homicide rate of 1.9 per 100,000 people as of 2014. In Anguilla, that number is 28.3 per 100,000 as of 2014.
Infrastructure
find 83.4% more home broadband
Aruba has 17.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Anguilla has 32.1 as of 2022.
Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2021–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2014–2022). How we calculate this
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