Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Anguilla instead of Costa Rica, you would:

Health

live 1.2 years longer

In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In Anguilla, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.

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Life

be 66.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Costa Rica, approximately 9.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Anguilla, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2022.

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have 18.1% more children

In Costa Rica, there are approximately 10.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Anguilla, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 24.7% less on education

Costa Rica spends 5.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Anguilla spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

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Geography

see 95.3% less coastline

Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Anguilla, that number is 61 km.

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Infrastructure

find 37.7% more home broadband

Costa Rica has 23.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Anguilla has 32.1 as of 2022.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2023–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

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Anguilla: At a glance

Anguilla is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 91 sq km. Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency.
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