Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Burma instead of Cote d'Ivoire, you would:
Health
be 71.4% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Cote d'Ivoire, 2.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Burma, that number is 0.6% of people as of 2019.
live 7.7 years longer
In Cote d'Ivoire, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 years for women) as of 2022. In Burma, that number is 70 years (68 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2022.
be 43.7% less likely to be obese
In Cote d'Ivoire, 10.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Burma, that number is 5.8% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 57.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Cote d'Ivoire, 9.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Burma, that number is 4.0% as of 2017.
be 37.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Cote d'Ivoire, 39.5% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Burma, however, that number is 24.8% as of 2017.
make 13.5% less money
Cote d'Ivoire has a GDP per capita of $5,200 as of 2020, while in Burma, the GDP per capita is $4,500 as of 2020.
Life
be 59.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 617.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Burma, 250.0 women do as of 2017.
be 40.8% less likely to die during infancy
In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 55.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Burma, on the other hand, 32.9 children do as of 2022.
have 42.3% fewer children
In Cote d'Ivoire, there are approximately 28.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Burma, there are 16.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 32.9% less likely to have access to electricity
In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 76% of people have electricity access (99% in urban areas, and 51% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Burma, that number is 51% of people on average (76% in urban areas, and 39% in rural areas) as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 45.9% less on education
Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Burma spends 2.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 42.4% more on healthcare
Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Burma, that number is 4.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 3.7 times more coastline
Cote d'Ivoire has a total of 515 km of coastline. In Burma, that number is 1,930 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Burma: At a glance
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