Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Bhutan instead of Fiji, you would:
Health
be 78.8% less likely to be obese
In Fiji, 30.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bhutan, that number is 6.4% of people as of 2016.
live 2.0 years less
In Fiji, the average life expectancy is 74 years (72 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022. In Bhutan, that number is 72 years (71 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 28.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Fiji, 4.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Bhutan, that number is 3.2% as of 2017.
be 72.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Fiji, 29.9% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Bhutan, however, that number is 8.2% as of 2017.
Life
be 5.4 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Fiji, approximately 34.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Bhutan, 183.0 women do as of 2017.
be 32.8% less likely to be literate
In Fiji, the literacy rate is 99.1% as of 2018. In Bhutan, it is 66.6% as of 2017.
be 2.7 times more likely to die during infancy
In Fiji, approximately 10.1 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.
Expenditures
spend 35.3% more on education
Fiji spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. 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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