Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Bhutan instead of Ecuador, you would:
Health
be 67.8% less likely to be obese
In Ecuador, 19.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bhutan, that number is 6.4% of people as of 2016.
live 5.2 years less
In Ecuador, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2020. In Bhutan, that number is 72 years (71 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 44.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Ecuador, 5.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Bhutan, that number is 3.2% as of 2017.
be 67.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ecuador, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Bhutan, however, that number is 8.2% as of 2017.
Life
be 3.1 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Ecuador, approximately 59.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Bhutan, 183.0 women do as of 2017.
be 28.8% less likely to be literate
In Ecuador, the literacy rate is 93.6% as of 2020. In Bhutan, it is 66.6% as of 2017.
be 49.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Ecuador, approximately 18.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Bhutan, on the other hand, 27.0 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 16.9% less likely to have internet access
In Ecuador, approximately 65.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Bhutan, about 54.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 53.8% less on healthcare
Ecuador spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Bhutan, that number is 3.6% of GDP as of 2019.
spend 68.3% more on education
Ecuador spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Bhutan spends 6.9% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Bhutan: At a glance
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