Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Korea instead of Bahrain, you would:
Health
live 3.1 years longer
In Bahrain, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In South Korea, that number is 83 years (80 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2022.
be 84.2% less likely to be obese
In Bahrain, 29.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In South Korea, that number is 4.7% of people as of 2016.
Life
be 21.4% less likely to die during childbirth
In Bahrain, approximately 14.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In South Korea, 11.0 women do as of 2017.
be 71.8% less likely to die during infancy
In Bahrain, approximately 10.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In South Korea, on the other hand, 2.9 children do as of 2022.
have 44.2% fewer children
In Bahrain, there are approximately 12.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In South Korea, there are 6.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 95.7% more on education
Bahrain spends 2.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. South Korea spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 2.0 times more on healthcare
Bahrain spends 4.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In South Korea, that number is 8.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 15.0 times more coastline
Bahrain has a total of 161 km of coastline. In South Korea, that number is 2,413 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
South Korea: At a glance
How big is South Korea compared to Bahrain? See an in-depth size comparison.