Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tuvalu instead of Belize, you would:
Health
be 66.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Belize, 1.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2024.
see 2.9 times more spent on your healthcare
Belize spends $573 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Tuvalu spends $1,671 as of 2023.
have 23.9% more doctors per person
Belize has 10.9 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2018. Tuvalu has 13.5 as of 2020.
live 6.5 years less
In Belize, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.
be 49.9% more likely to be obese
In Belize, 43.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 65.1% of people as of 2024.
have 23.5% less access to essential health services
Belize scores 68 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Tuvalu scores 52 as of 2021.
Economy
make 23.2% less money
Belize has a GDP per capita of $7,865 as of 2025, while in Tuvalu, the GDP per capita is $6,041 as of 2025.
Life
be 13.8% more likely to be literate
In Belize, the literacy rate is 87.9% as of 2022. In Tuvalu, it is 100.0% as of 2022.
have 21.7% more children
In Belize, there are approximately 18.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tuvalu, there are 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Belize, approximately 67.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Tuvalu, 170.0 women do as of 2023.
be 52.8% more likely to die during infancy
In Belize, approximately 10.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Tuvalu, on the other hand, 16.5 children do as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 2.8 times more on education
Belize spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Tuvalu spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
spend 6.5 times more on healthcare
Belize spends 4.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Tuvalu, that number is 27.1% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 93.8% less coastline
Belize has a total of 386 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.
Infrastructure
find 53.6% less home broadband
Belize has 9.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Tuvalu has 4.5 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2018–2025), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this
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