Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Latvia instead of Bahamas, you would:
Health
be 75.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Bahamas, 1.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Latvia, that number is 0.3% of people as of 2019.
be 25.3% less likely to be obese
In Bahamas, 31.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Latvia, that number is 23.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 39.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Bahamas, 10.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Latvia, that number is 6.1% as of 2019.
be 2.5 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Bahamas, 9.3% live below the poverty line as of 2010. In Latvia, however, that number is 22.9% as of 2018.
Life
be 72.9% less likely to die during childbirth
In Bahamas, approximately 70.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Latvia, 19.0 women do as of 2017.
be 62.1% less likely to die during infancy
In Bahamas, approximately 12.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Latvia, on the other hand, 4.8 children do as of 2022.
have 40.4% fewer children
In Bahamas, there are approximately 14.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Latvia, there are 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 68.0% more on education
Bahamas spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Latvia spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 13.8% more on healthcare
Bahamas spends 5.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Latvia, that number is 6.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 85.9% less coastline
Bahamas has a total of 3,542 km of coastline. In Latvia, that number is 498 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Latvia: At a glance
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